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On October 30, 2024, the Federal Energy Management Program announced project selections for funding from the second and final installment of the $250 million Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies grant program.

The report shows that electrolysis has the potential to achieve the aggressive DOE Hydrogen Shot™ goal of reducing hydrogen production costs to $1 per kilogram, and it details innovations needed, along with necessary technology advancements.

Projects selected will receive more than $20 million for critical power equipment advancements.

DOE Announces Framework for Assessing Research, Technology, and Economic Security (RTES) Risk

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today released a new report focusing on distribution transformers in the electrical power grid. The report, prepared for OE by researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), looks at the number of U.S. distribution transformer units, the number and capacity of the assets, their units’ current age profile, and how demand for distribution transformers might increase in the coming years.

This week's award: IDP's Nexcast - Next Generation Aluminum Mini Mill

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations recently announced the first tranches of funding for the Gulf Coast Hydrogen Hub and Midwest Hydrogen Hub, two of the seven regional hydrogen hubs unveiled in late 2023.

Opportunity will connect private sector companies working in fusion with DOE national laboratories and U.S. universities

DOE has published the second round of CALiPER test results for germicidal ultraviolet products. These Round 2 results further demonstrate the importance of education and industry standards in the GUV product industry.