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DOE Breaks Ground on Next-Generation Concentrating Solar Power Pilot

February 21, 2023 admin csp, csp pilot, DOE, particle-based receiver, power, sandia national laboratory, Solar, solar thermal, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 01:25:58 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) has broken ground on the Generation 3 Particle Pilot Plant (G3P3), a novel concentrating solar power (CSP) facility at Sandia National Laboratory that will use sand-like ceramic particles instead of molten salt to produce and store high-temperature energy. When completed in 2024, the “multi-megawatt” solar thermal pilot project will utilize an existing […]

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Reconsider Distribution Transformer Efficiency Standards, Power Groups Urge DOE

February 16, 2023 admin appa, Business, distributed power, distribution transformers, DOE, EEI, full coverage, gridwise, news, nreca, supply chain, supply chains, Technology, transformers

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:12:32 +0000

Three major electric power trade groups in a letter on Feb. 15 urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to reconsider proposed energy efficiency conservation standards for distribution transformers, citing “severe and ongoing supply chain challenges that have prolonged and complicated distribution transformer production and availability.” The letter was sent ahead of a public meeting scheduled […]

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DOE Announces Conditional $2 Billion Loan For Redwood Materials Nevada Expansion

February 13, 2023 admin batteries, battery recycling, DOE, Energy Storage, green economy, nevada, redwood materials

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 16:05:25 +0000

Redwood Materials is in line to receive up to $2 billion from the DOE to build its battery recycling facility in Nevada.

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DOE Dedicates Funding for Up to Seven EGS Geothermal Pilot Demonstrations

February 9, 2023 admin Business, DOE, drilling, earthshot, egs, full coverage, geothermal, hot rock, news, Renewables, Research and Development

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:41:05 +0000

The Department of Energy has moved to fund up to seven pilot enhanced geothermal system (EGS) projects to demonstrate different geologic settings, a variety of development techniques, and different well orientations. The U.S. agency on Feb. 8 announced up to $74 million to support the EGS pilots, for which the November 2021–enacted Infrastructure Act designates […]

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DOE, NREL, EPRI Announce Program to Support Grid Integration of DERs

February 8, 2023 admin competition, ders, distributed energy, DOE, Energy Storage, EPRI, granholm, nrel, power, prize, Renewables, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:27:13 +0000

The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) has announced a new competition designed to support the integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) into the nation’s power grid. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm unveiled the program Feb. 7 during a presentation to attendees of the DISTRIBUTECH 2023 event at the San Diego Convention Center in California. The program […]

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The Journey to a Smart Grid: Funding and New Technology Make It Possible

February 1, 2023 admin AI, Artificial Intelligence, DOE, edgerestore, full coverage, grid innovation, grid resilience, news, power, s&c electric, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:14:00 +0000

With the U.S. government funneling billions of dollars into new grid infrastructure, and private companies rolling out new systems to mitigate outages and developing artificial intelligence that can predict

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Updates on Five Big Nuclear Energy Developments POWER Was Watching in 2022

December 30, 2022 admin advanced reactor, bipartisan infrastructure act, Business, DOE, engineering, full coverage, haleu, news, Nuclear, NuScale, office of nuclear energy, power, Research and Development, Technology, terrapower, x-energy

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 19:16:48 +0000

In January 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) published a list of five nuclear energy stories to watch in 2022. Here’s an update on the items the NE felt were important for industry insiders to keep an eye on. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law The DOE noted in the January […]

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DOE Proposes New Distribution Transformer Standards as Crippling Shortages Persist

December 29, 2022 admin Business, distribution transformers, DOE, energy efficiency, full coverage, grid, Legal & Regulatory, news, resiliency, T&D

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 20:46:45 +0000

Almost all distribution transformers produced or imported into the U.S. under a new energy efficiency standards proposed by the Department of Energy (DOE) could require amorphous steel cores starting in 2027. The measure, unveiled as industry grapples with a crippling shortage of distribution transformers, will serve a longer-term role to boost grid resiliency as a […]

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