Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $43 million in selected projects to support the development of transformational technologies essential for reducing energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across industrial subsectors. With 16 projects selected as part of a $38 million funding opportunity on cross-sector technologies and five projects selected in partnership with the Electrified Processes for Industry without Carbon (EPIXC) Institute, these investments will drive industrial emissions down while increasing America’s manufacturing competitiveness in global markets.
DOE’s investments in cross-sector technologies address common decarbonization challenges across the U.S. industrial sector and can be tailored to meet the unique needs of specific subsectors. Selected projects will advance DOE’s Industrial Heat Shot™ initiative, which aims to develop cost-competitive industrial heat decarbonization technologies with at least 85% lower greenhouse gas emissions by 2035.
“These investments will help the United States meet the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of a net-zero economy by 2050,” said Jeff Marootian, principal deputy assistant secretary of energy efficiency and renewable energy. “Through the deployment of cost-competitive technology solutions, the U.S. industrial sector can increase global manufacturing competitiveness while reducing emissions in communities across the country.”
