REGISTER TODAY: AMO 2018 Peer Review — July 17-19

Join AMO’s research and development team as they make presentations on their work and leading technology experts as they review AMO's program and provide their view on its effectiveness and impact at AMO’s Peer Review from July 17-19, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

Click here for the updated program agenda.

Online registration will close Thursday, July 12, 2018. Onsite registration will be available.

PODCAST: Sitting Down with Secretary Perry

Secretary Perry sitting in a recording booth.

In the season three premiere of DOE’s Direct Current Podcast, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry sits down to discuss everything from his vision for the future of the Department to his stint on ABC’s "Dancing with the Stars."

Get to know the current U.S. Secretary of Energy in DOE’s latest podcast.

SAVE THE DATE: Grid Modernization Initiative Peer Review — September 4–7

DOE’s Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI), a DOE-wide collaboration to renovate the reliable power grid, will hold a peer review on September 4–7, 2018, at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Organizers of the event will provide an overview of 13 GMI programs, including seven recently awarded Resilient Distribution Systems projects, and share lessons learned and best practices.

Registration is free. Please complete the registration form to confirm your attendance.

AMO to Co-sponsor the 2018 TransTech Energy Business Development Conference

AMO will co-sponsor the 2018 TransTech Energy Business Development Conference from October 23-24, 2018 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. AMO Director Rob Ivester will also speak about smart manufacturing and innovation in traditional manufacturing regions.

TransTech is an annual conference held to encourage and enable innovators, entrepreneurs, and emerging companies throughout the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic states to pitch their company or commercializable projects to investors, strategic partners, and project developers.

For additional Information, visit www.TransTechEnergy.org

Four U.S. Firms Win 2018 Energy Management Insight Awards

DOE recognizes four U.S. companies selected to receive the Clean Energy Ministerial’s 2018 Energy Management Insight Awards: Google, Hilton, JW Marriott, and Nissan North America. These awards celebrate leading organizations that use the global ISO 50001 energy management system standard to attain enduring improvement in energy performance.

Learn more about how the winning U.S. companies implemented innovative, robust energy management systems across one or more of its facilities.

3D Printing Technology Front and Center at Supercomputing Announcement

On June 8, 2018, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry dedicated the world’s fastest and smartest scientific supercomputer, Summit, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. While Summit was the star of the show, other technologies from ORNL’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) were front and center. Every component of the podium, except for the microphone and wiring, that the Secretary spoke from was 3D-printed using technology developed at the MDF.

Click here to learn more about this application of 3D printing.