Join Energy Leaders at Next Week’s World Energy Engineering Congress

Register Today for AMO Co-Sponsored World Energy Engineering Congress

The 39^th World Energy Engineering Congress (WEEC) will be held September 21–23, 2016 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Register today to attend the largest energy conference and technology expo held in the U.S. specifically for business, industrial and institutional energy users.

Over the course of the three-day conference, AMO’s Better Plants Program will host a series of panels to discuss key energy management issues such as the value of ISO 50001, onsite generation, water and energy, and smarter data use. DOE will also issue a 2016 Better Plants progress update.

AMO Announces up to $3 Million in Funding to Advance Energy Technologies

This week, DOE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office announced up to $3 million in available funding for the third round of the High Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) program. DOE, in partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), plans to select 8–10 projects for this funding and seeks qualified industry partners to participate in a one-year term collaborative project. Selected projects will receive up to $300,000 to support access to supercomputers and experts at the partnering national labs.

View the solicitation call and submission instructions here. Applications are due by October 14, 2016.

For more information, attend a webinar on September 22 at 9 AM PST. No registration required.

DEADLINE: Feedback for Technical Focus Areas for Traineeships – October 14

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), on behalf of its Advanced Manufacturing Office, seeks feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on technical focus areas for graduate-level traineeship programs.

Submissions must be submitted electronically no later than 5:00 PM EST on October 14th, 2016.

Applications for AMO-Funded Cyclotron Road Cohort 3 Opens – September 29

The AMO-funded Cyclotron Road program will be accepting applications beginning September 29. Visit cyclotronroad.org/apply to view the full application timeline and to attend an informational webinar on September 21 at 1:00 PM PST.

Cyclotron Road, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, couples entrepreneurs from across the nation with the tools and expertise of Berkeley Lab to help develop cutting-edge new clean energy technologies. 

PowerAmerica Funding Available for SiC and GaN Power Devices and Circuit Applications

AMO-sponsored PowerAmerica is seeking to fund up to four projects from both industry and academia for a broad range of power electronics applications, including manufacturing of SiC and GaN devices and modules, systems incorporating such devices and modules, as well as power electronic device and circuit education and workforce development.

More information and submission directions can be found here.

AMO’s Superior Energy Performance Program Selected as a Finalist for the Green Electronics Catalyst Award

DOE AMO’s Superior Energy Performance™ (SEP) program was selected as a finalist for the Catalyst Award through the Green Electronics Council, a global celebration of innovative solutions and tangible environmental accomplishments throughout the lifecycle of electronic technologies. This recognition underscores the potential for SEP and the global ISO 50001 energy management system standard to support further advancements in the electronics industry.

Learn more about the nomination and SEP’s impact to the electronics sector. 

AMO-Sponsored Cyclotron Road Innovator Recognized as one of MIT’s 35 Innovators Under 35

Kendra Kuhl was recently named one of the MIT Technology Review’s “35 Innovators Under 35” for her work at Opus 12, a startup in the AMO-sponsored Cyclotron Road program. Kendra and her Cyclotron Road team, with tools and resources from Berkeley Laboratory, are developing a small, environmentally friendly reactor which converts carbon dioxide, a common byproduct of power plants, into valuable chemicals and fuels.

Learn more about Kendra’s accomplishment and the work that propelled her to achieve this recognition in our blog.