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Department of Energy’s Make It Prize Is Now Open for Submission!

DOE Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation sent this bulletin at 07/20/2023 11:25 AM EDT

July 20, 2023

Department of Energy’s Make It Prize Is Now Open for Submission!

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is opening the Manufacture of Advanced Key Energy Infrastructure Technologies (MAKE IT) Prize for submissions. The prize, announced earlier this spring, was developed by the DOE Office of Technology Transitions in partnership with the Offices of Clean Energy Demonstrations and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and aims to catalyze supply chain domestic manufacturing of critical clean energy technologies.

“Deploying novel and emerging clean energy technologies will be essential to achieving DOE’s clean energy and climate goals,” said DOE Chief Commercialization Officer and Director of the Office of Technology Transitions Dr. Vanessa Z. Chan. “The two MAKE IT Prize tracks will award innovators that bolster the energy manufacturing and supply chains needed catalyze the energy transition.”

The prize makes approximately $30 million available across two tracks: the Facilities Track and the Strategies Track.

The Facilities Track will award teams that demonstrate the ability to be shovel-ready to build a clean energy manufacturing facility on the fastest timeline and with the most effective approach. The eligible components for the Facilities Track are critical components for production, processing, delivery, and storage, of clean hydrogen and/or hydrogen fuel cells; components related to electric grid upgrades and long duration energy storage; and carbon capture solvent, sorbent, and membrane recovery technologies.
The Strategies Track will award teams who most effectively develop strategies to enable vibrant manufacturing activity in their communities.

Visit the prize website to learn more about the prizes and register to attend the Facilities Track informational webinar on Aug. 15, 2023 at 12 p.m. MT and the Strategies Track informational webinar on Aug. 17, 2023, at 12 p.m. MT. on Aug. 17, 2023, at 12 p.m. MT.

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