 IEDO Newsletter – December
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Recent News & Funding Opportunities
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Highlights
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DOE Announced $121 Million to Reduce Emissions Across America’s Industrial Sector
On November 17, DOE’s Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) announced a $38 million funding opportunity that will accelerate the innovative, cross-sector technologies required to create a clean energy economy. Additionally, DOE announced a notice of intent (NOI) to issue a $83 million funding opportunity that will decrease emissions in the hardest to decarbonize industrial subsectors. By accelerating the development and adoption of sustainable technologies that increase efficiency and eliminate industrial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, this funding will help tackle the climate crisis, boost the competitiveness of domestic manufacturing, and create good-paying jobs for American workers. Learn more about these funding opportunities.
Decarbonizing Chemicals Manufacturing — New Funding for DOE’s Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment Institute
On October 23, IEDO announced renewed funding for the Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Institute. The RAPID Institute is one of DOE’s seven Manufacturing USA Institutes. The 5-year, $40 million investment will propel research, development, and demonstrations (RD&D) of advanced process technologies to enable more resilient, lower cost, and reduced energy and carbon footprint manufacturing in the process industries. This includes the production of chemicals and fuels, which account for more than a third of all U.S. industrial emissions and energy consumption. Read the full announcement.
IEDO and Purdue University Northwest Celebrate a $10 million DOE Grant to Decarbonize the U.S. Steel Industry
On October 11, more than 80 industry, local community, state, federal, and elected leaders gathered at Purdue University Northwest (PNW) to celebrate an IEDO grant of nearly $10 million to support the Development and Demonstration of an Industrial Hydrogen-fired Steel Reheating Furnace (H2RF). This DOE grant will help PNW’s Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation lead a nationwide collaboration between industry, academia, and national labs to pioneer a first-of-its-kind industry-scale demonstration of a hydrogen-fired continuous reheating furnace operation that will help reduce carbon emissions across the steel industry. DOE Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Jeff Marootian and IEDO Director Dr. Avi Shultz both gave remarks at the event. Learn more about the event and the H2RF project.
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Developing and Assessing Ideas for Social and Behavioral Research to Speed Efficient and Equitable Industrial Decarbonization
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is inviting researchers, scholars, practitioners, and experts to submit abstracts for position papers to help inform an upcoming public workshop. This workshop will outline the social, behavioral, and economic sciences and interdisciplinary research needed to develop evidence-based approaches for ensuring the concurrent success of industrial decarbonization, a just transition to clean energy, and American leadership in the next generation of clean energy technologies. Writers will receive funding for their position papers. More information about the project, funded by DOE, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Science Foundation, is available here.
NEW 2023 Sustainable Chemistry Roundtable Report
IEDO and Change Chemistry (formerly the Green Chemistry & Commerce Council, GC3) co-hosted a roundtable on March 7, 2023. The event brought together participants—from industry, national laboratories, small businesses, startups, non-profits, and government—to gather input on how to effectively leverage sustainable chemistry to advance industrial decarbonization, industrial efficiency, and environmental justice goals. Read the 2023 Sustainable Chemistry in RD&D to Transform the Chemicals Sectors Roundtable Report.
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Watch Season Two of the Better Climate Challenge Road Show
The latest episodes of the Better Climate Challenge Road Show are now available! Watch as DOE energy experts visit several of our Better Buildings and Better Plants partners to see how organizations are putting decarbonization strategies into action. From Cleveland-Cliffs to City of Cleveland and Cleveland Clinic, these industry leaders are making major headway in emissions reduction and sharing strategies for others to follow suit. Come along for the ride and watch the full series now!
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In Case You Missed It
IEDO’s 2024 Priorities for Decarbonizing America’s Industrial Sector
On November 17, IEDO held a webinar during which IEDO Director Dr. Avi Shultz discussed IEDO’s 2023 accomplishments and the office’s priorities for 2024. During the webinar, Dr. Shultz gave an overview of IEDO’s research and development strategy—including cross-cutting and sector-specific priorities to reduce industrial emissions—and shared how IEDO is working closely with industry partners on technical assistance and workforce development programs to prepare workers for the transition to a clean energy economy. View the webinar recording and presentation.
DOE Hosts Industrial Heat Shot Summit
DOE held the Industrial Heat Shot Summit on October 23 to engage on objectives, progress, and future plans of DOE’s Industrial Heat Shot™. The Summit’s recording and presentations are now available and can be accessed here.
NOW AVAILABLE: 2023 Peer Review Posters and Presentations
IEDO, along with DOE’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office, held its first Peer Review, an in-person event, from May 16–May 18. The three-day joint Peer Review showcased efforts across both offices that help accelerate the innovative materials, processes, and technologies to drive U.S. industrial and economy-wide decarbonization. View the posters and presentations.
IEDO at the Combined Heat and Power Summit
On November 15 and 16, the Combined Heat and Power Alliance hosted the National Summit on Combined Heat and Power (CHP) in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth annual CHP Summit brought together a diverse group of industry experts, end-users and potential CHP hosts, government leaders, policymakers, utilities, climate advocates, and other members of the clean energy community. IEDO Director Dr. Avi Shultz gave the keynote address and IEDO Technology Manager Meegan Kelly moderated a panel on U.S. Department of Energy CHP Technical Assistance Partnerships. View a recap video here. |
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Events & Opportunities
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We’re Hiring: Join the IEDO team!
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Fellowship Opportunities
IEDO is seeking talented and passionate Fellows interested in supporting technical, programmatic, strategic, and policy efforts aimed at decarbonizing the industrial sector. Fellows will collaborate closely with IEDO staff—including several former Fellows—and will develop a broad understanding of the potential of new technologies and current barriers to technology deployment across all of IEDO’s subprograms.
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Technology Manager for Cement and Concrete — IEDO is looking for an experienced Cement & Concrete Engineer/Scientist to manage the Cement and Concrete Industrial Decarbonization sub-program within the Energy- and Emissions-Intensive Industries (EEII) Program. The manager will focus on developing emerging low-carbon technologies through managing a large federal RD&D program with partners in industry, academia, and national laboratories.
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