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EERE Snapshot
Through consistent investment and technical support, EERE has helped put American-made technologies and products, American workers, and American entrepreneurship at the forefront of the rapidly expanding energy market. Read the 2024 EERE Investment Snapshot to see how investments in energy innovation advance the nation’s economic growth.
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Photo courtesy of TechWerx |
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Apply for Connected Communities 2.0 funding by Jan. 9, 2025, to strengthen grid integration and ensure grid readiness as energy demand grows. This Partnership Intermediary Agreement aims to validate tech innovations in real-world situations.
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Wind turbines are soaring to record sizes. Photo courtesy of Werner Slocum, NREL |
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Apply to the Wind Turbine Technology Recycling funding opportunity by Feb. 11, 2025, to improve recyclability of wind energy tech, such as wind turbine blades. The funding will help create materials that are easily reusable, making end-of-life processing more cost-effective and sustainable.
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Manufacturing Here in the United States |
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Watch Critical Materials 101: What’s So Critical About Critical Materials? to learn the basics. |
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Critical materials are key to producing renewable energy technology—from wind turbines to electric vehicle batteries—and DOE’s 14 selected projects through the Critical Materials Accelerator program will help bring these innovations closer to real-world use. See how the Accelerator can bridge the gap between research and impact.
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Advancing Energy Innovation in a Community Near You |
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Did you miss the Solar Energy Technologies Office’s webinar sharing R&D efforts to improve the customer experience? We’ve got your back! Download the slides and watch the webinar playback video (password: vV^8z#3O) for discussions on the kinds of problems consumers are facing, steps the government is taking to deter deceptive business practices, and standards to protect consumers from harm.
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Congratulations to the selected projects advancing low carbon intensity, purpose-grown energy crops production critical to accelerating a renewable energy bioeconomy. Learn more about how these projects will expand a domestic supply chain of alternative carbon sources that can lower net emissions in the transportation and industrial sectors—and grow the U.S. agricultural industry at the same time!
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Building the Energy Workforce |
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A hydropower dam sits in a winding river. |
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Ready to support the Hydropower Foundation’s hydropower workforce development programs? Learn more about the Water Power Technologies Office’s $1 million funding to help build the workforce needed to ensure hydropower continues to provide reliable power to American homes and businesses.
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Did You Know?
 The WOW team used drones to snap photos of whales and capture their size and unique markings as one of the ways to keep track of the species. Photo courtesy of the WOW Project
From whale monitoring to prizes and funding, take a look back at the Wind Energy Technologies Office’s top wind energy stories from 2024.
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GTO Quarterly Webinar
Dec. 19 | 2 p.m. ET
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Known Unknowns: Key Energy-Efficiency Trends in the New Year
Jan. 9 | 1 p.m. ET
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DOE HFTO Workshop: Accelerating Progress Toward the National Clean Hydrogen Strategy
Jan. 14 | 4 p.m. ET
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U.S. SEER: Exploring the Potential Environmental Effects of Offshore Wind Energy in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Jan. 23 | 12 p.m. ET
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New Research Insights on Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Across U.S. Regions
Jan. 23 | 1 p.m. ET
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U.S. Floating Solar Opportunities and Barriers Workshop
Feb. 10–11 | In Person
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Don’t Forget to Apply
Critical Materials Innovation Hub Request for Proposals
$10M Funding | Dec. 20
Equitable Community Solar and Energy Assistance Fellowship 2025 Cohort
Fellowship | Dec. 30
R-STEP™ Program Collaboratives Call for Experts
Become an Expert | Jan. 9, 2025
ORISE Science and Technology Fellowship
Fellowship | Jan. 15, 2025
Good Jobs in Clean Energy Prize
$3.3M Funding | Jan. 31, 2025
Geothermal Heat Pumps PATHs Prize
$3M Funding | Feb. 12, 2025
National Wind Energy Art Challenge
Contest | Feb. 28, 2025
Introducing GeoBridge: A Centralized Repository for Geothermal Information
Webinar Replay | Free
RTES Framework
Resource | Free
No-Cost Utility and Grid Operator Technical Assistance
Technical Assistance | Rolling
Geothermal Data Repository Virtual Assistant
Resource | Free
See more open opportunities here.
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