Clean Energy Infrastructure Funding for Projects and Programs

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through the Office of the Under Secretary for Infrastructure, is focused on working across the public and private sectors to help the U.S. transition to the clean energy economy.

With more than $97 billion in investments through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, DOE is embarking on a new era focused on the rapid commercialization, demonstration, and deployment of clean energy technologies. DOE is playing a critical role in efforts to rapidly lower energy costs, slash carbon emissions, and create new industries with the high-quality union jobs that are guaranteed to boost domestic manufacturing capabilities while strengthening U.S. global competitiveness.

Through the implementation of these historic federal investments in clean energy infrastructure, DOE is turbocharging U.S. climate action, moving the nation toward industrial decarbonization and driving down costs for the rapid deployment of cheap, clean, energy technologies available right now, and made right here, in America.

Americans spend over $400 billion each year to power our homes and commercial buildings, which consume 40% of the nation's total energy. Investments in efficient buildings will help us do more with less energy, alleviate pressure on our electric grid, allow for greater use of renewable and sustainable energy supplies, and ensure that we have available reliable energy supplies well into the future.
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Central to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 is the economy-wide deployment of carbon management technology and infrastructure—across the entire value chain of carbon capture, removal, conversion, transport, and storage. DOE is delivering real-world carbon management solutions to meet U.S. climate goals, ensure energy security and reliability, and create good-paying jobs. Through these solutions, we also have the opportunity to ensure climate justice and environmental protection for communities that have been disproportionately impacted by fossil fuels.
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Hydrogen is a versatile clean energy fuel that ensures we get the most out of dynamic and domestic energy resources, including wind, solar, and nuclear energy. By investing in the development of a hydrogen industry in the United States, we are slashing emissions from carbon-intensive sectors and opening a world of economic opportunity to clean energy businesses and workers across the country.
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Many pathways exist for the U.S. to meet our clean energy goals, but they all require upgrading and expanding our aging transmission infrastructure. Our strategic investments will accelerate the deployment of new transmission lines to connect Americans to cleaner, cheaper electricity; improve the resilience and reliability of the grid; and protect against disruptions due physical and cyberattacks or climate-induced extreme weather – all while helping achieve the President’s goal of 100% carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035.
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Energy storage solutions are transforming the electric power industry and helping to accelerate the full decarbonization of the electric grid. Energy storage projects will improve the reliability of transmission and distribution systems, especially in traditionally high-energy cost rural areas; more efficiently supply energy at peak periods of demand on the grid; and increase use of existing equipment, postponing or eliminating the need for costly upgrades.
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Diversifying our nation’s energy by investing in clean sources like hydroelectric and nuclear power helps us avoid energy disruptions, strengthen our energy security, and provide reliable clean energy power to millions of households. Investments in our clean energy future hold enormous potential to lower emissions, create new jobs, and build an even stronger economy.
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In February 2022, DOE published “America’s Strategy to Secure the Supply Chain for a Robust Clean Energy Transition.” This is part of a whole-of-government approach for revitalizing the U.S. economy and domestic manufacturing. It includes more than 60 actions both the federal government and Congress can take to help the US capture the economic opportunity inherent in the energy sector transition. DOE is working with other federal agencies and Congress to advance this strategy.
DOE is delivering the next generation of innovative and carbon-reducing clean energy technologies and strengthening U.S. global competitiveness by putting our nation's scientists and researchers at the forefront of world class research and development. Advancing technologies from the lab to the marketplace, will boost the nation’s clean energy infrastructure and turbocharge U.S. climate action with the highest-impact solutions, so that we can move toward industrial decarbonization, promote environmental justice, and drive down the costs for the rapid deployment of cheap, clean energy across America.  
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In partnership with state, Tribal, and local governments and other community-based organizations, we are bolstering clean energy deployment. Highly effective and strategic opportunities will fund energy infrastructure improvements, energy planning, workforce training and development, and low-income weatherization, among other critical efforts. This comprehensive work will increase access to energy efficiency to help American families, businesses, and communities save money; achieve our clean energy goals; and accelerate job growth nationwide.
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The Impact of Our Work

Lowering Energy Bills for Households and Businesses Everywhere

Technologies like solar, wind, batteries, electric vehicles, and pollution-free heating and cooling for homes and businesses are available, right now, to lower electricity bills.

Demonstrating Clean Energy Technologies

Technology demonstration and commercialization programs are focused on delivering the next generation of clean energy technologies to the market.

Creating Good Jobs, Boosting Manufacturing & Supply Chains

DOE is strengthening domestic supply chains, investing in new manufacturing facilities, and training American workers to lead the world in producing clean energy technologies.

Making the Energy System More Secure, Reliable, and Resilient

Deploying clean energy technology to upgrade and modernize energy infrastructure and protect communities from extreme weather events and cyber attacks.