Subsequent-Gen Batteries, US Authorities Effectivity Enchancment, Marine & Offshore Wind Analysis — US DOE Information

By Imran Last updated Dec 5, 2024

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The US Division of Power continues to roll out nice cleantech information as we strategy the top of the yr and the top of an epic presidential time period for clear vitality, vitality effectivity, and electrical autos. I’m going to roll by 4 tales from the previous two days to catch us up on a number of the information.

Subsequent-Gen Batteries from Eos Power Enterprises?

We’ve lined Eos for greater than a decade on and off. It continues to trudge ahead. The DOE now thinks it might convey us next-gen batteries. As such, the DOE has simply supplied Eos Power Enterprises, Inc. (Eos) with a $303.5 million mortgage assure “to finance the development of two state-of-the-art manufacturing strains that can have the ability to produce sufficient stationary batteries per yr to annual electrical energy wants of roughly 130,000 houses.” These services shall be in-built Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, and doubtlessly in Duquesne, Pennsylvania.

“All 4 strains of the challenge are anticipated to fabricate 8 GWh of storage capability yearly by 2027, or sufficient to supply electrical energy to over 300,000 common U.S. houses instantaneously or meet the annual electrical energy wants of roughly 130,000 houses if absolutely charged and discharged every day. The challenge is predicted to create and keep as much as 1000 jobs together with each salaried staff and a well-paid manufacturing workforce, unionized by the United Steelworkers—boosting the regional financial system and including to the 16 million jobs created since President Biden and Vice President Harris took workplace,” the DOE writes.

“The Biden-Harris Administration has efficiently applied a brand new financial playbook that has boosted America’s aggressive standing on the world stage as an innovation chief within the cutting-edge applied sciences of the longer term,” stated U.S. Secretary of Power Jennfier M. Granholm. “At the moment’s announcement will bolster the nation’s vitality safety whereas making certain President Biden’s manufacturing growth continues to ship for generations to return.”

You possibly can learn rather more in regards to the expertise and why it’s being supported right here.

$18 Million for Marine and Offshore Wind Power

The US Division of Power (DOE) has supplied $18 million in funding for 27 R&D initiatives within the marine vitality and offshore wind vitality industries. The initiatives are unfold throughout 17 universities. Right here’s a basic overview of those initiatives from the DOE:

Generate publicly out there information and check platforms that can assist determine price reductions and efficiency enhancements to advance marine vitality gadgets.

- Oregon State College (Corvallis, Oregon): $500,000
- Rutgers College (New Brunswick, New Jersey): $500,000
- College of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan): Two awards—$998,700 and $500,000

Advance potential synergies between offshore wind and/or marine vitality and aquaculture growth. (This subject space is a joint effort between DOE’s Water Energy Applied sciences Workplace and Wind Power Applied sciences Workplace.)

- Boston College (Boston, Massachusetts): $375,000
- California Polytechnic State College, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, California): $375,000
- College of Hawaii at Manoa (Honolulu, Hawaii): $497,000
- College of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire): $375,000

Help undergraduate senior design and/or analysis initiatives in marine vitality.

- Baldwin Wallace College (Berea, Ohio): $499,800
- Florida Atlantic College (Boca Raton, Florida): $500,000
- Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Faculty Station, Texas): $500,000
- College of Alaska Fairbanks (Fairbanks, Alaska): $500,000
- College of Houston (Houston, Texas): $500,000
- College of Washington (Seattle, Washington): $500,000
- College of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, Wisconsin): $500,000

Advance extra concepts that assist the Water Energy Applied sciences Workplace’s Marine Power Program goals.

- Michigan Technological College (Houghton, Michigan): $598,800
- North Carolina State College (Raleigh, North Carolina): Two awards—$1,000,000 and $1,000,000
- Oregon State College (Corvallis, Oregon): Two awards—$999,500 and $1,000,000
- State College of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook, New York): Two awards—$500,000 and $500,000
- College of Alaska Fairbanks (Fairbanks, Alaska): $1,000,000
- College of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan): $994,200
- College of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire): Two awards—$985,300 and $1,000,000
- College of Washington (Seattle, Washington): $999,300

You will get extra data on these initiatives right here.

You possibly can learn the complete DOE information launch right here.

Historic Funding for Power Effectivity in Federal Authorities

As a part of the $250 million Helping Federal Amenities with Power Conservation Applied sciences (AFFECT) grant program, the Federal Power Administration Program (FEMP) simply introduced 67 challenge picks to enhance vitality effectivity within the US federal authorities — and thus save US taxpayers cash in the long run.

The DOE supplies a abstract of what these 67 initiatives cowl: “Collectively, the funding will ship substantial advantages, together with:

Decreasing greenhouse fuel emissions equal to eradicating 19,370 gas-powered autos from the street yearly (81,388 metric tons of carbon dioxide equal/yr)
Saving taxpayers $41.7 million yearly in vitality and water prices
Reaching vitality financial savings equal to powering 35,701 houses yearly (883,525 Mbtu/yr)
Conserving greater than 1 billion gallons of water yearly—sufficient for twenty-four million a great deal of laundry
Producing carbon pollution-free electrical energy equal to driving 494 million miles in electrical automobiles (176,383 MWh/yr)
Supporting 20 initiatives (30% of chosen initiatives) positioned in or adjoining to deprived communities, creating jobs and driving native financial growth
Making certain that 100% of initiatives adjust to Made in America (Government Order 14005), which goals to spice up American manufacturing and good-paying union jobs.”

Good things. That is the second and ultimate installment of the $250 million AFFECT grant program. Learn extra in regards to the information right here.

Enhancing Grid Resilience

The DOE is offering $20 million for 9 initiatives centered on offering “essential energy gear developments.” What does that imply? Right here’s extra: “Transformers regulate voltage ranges as energy enters our houses and companies. They’re a essential grid part that make sure the reliability and safety of energy supply to our nation’s houses and companies. Chosen initiatives beneath the FITT FOA will handle the technical challenges of advancing transformers by analysis, growth, and demonstration throughout a variety of distribution to transmission scale purposes. DOE’s Workplace of Electrical energy (OE) and the Workplace of Cybersecurity, Power Safety, and Emergency Response (CESER) are co-funding this FOA, contributing $18 million and $2 million, respectively.”

You will get extra particulars on these 9 initiatives right here.

Featured picture courtesy of Eos.