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EERE seeks comments on the testing facilities and capabilities that will validate and advance emerging and future hydropower technology innovations.
August 24, 2021
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Every day, we are powering our lives using pumped storage hydropower—a unique and relatively unknown source of energy storage.
August 24, 2021
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This joint prize competition between WPTO and NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) Office seeks to develop new technologies that can help fill the data gaps making it difficult to realize the full potential of the Blue Economy.
August 18, 2021
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DOE announced funding for continuing research and development projects in the SBIR/STTR program, including $8.1 million for seven hydropower and marine energy projects.
July 20, 2021
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