Nearly $18.4 million available for lower cost high-voltage direct current circuit breakers, and addressing grid and energy storage system failures.
Office of Electricity Chief Operating Officer Receives Meritorious Executive Presidential Rank Award
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) announced today that Terri Lee, Chief Operating Officer for OE, has been awarded the prestigious Presidential Rank Award (PRA). This recognition celebrates outstanding achievement, dedication, and leadership by career members of the Senior Executive Service and Senior Professionals across the nation. It is one of the highest honors in federal civil service, and final selections are made by the President of the United States.
Study will help inform industry and prepare for growing electricity demand
Projects selected will receive more than $20 million for critical power equipment advancements.
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.
Submissions open for innovative solutions for less conventional use cases for the Energy Storage Innovations Prize Round 2.
Prize will help utilities advance electric grid reliability and resiliency through digital data.
Through the Lab Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP), the Office of Electricity (OE) is thrilled to sponsor two new promising entrepreneurs with game-changing energy storage and electric grid innovations.
Selected projects will help integrate renewable energy onto the grid and reach remote communities.
Selectees will focus on storage technology acceleration and community development.