Research Areas
In order to help advance basic research and development (R&D) and deployment across the four pillars of industrial decarbonization, the U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) provides investments across a variety of activity areas. These investments include direct funding opportunities, knowledge-sharing consortia, funding to national labs, and prizes, among other programs. Activity areas include:
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2024 was a critical year for DOE's Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) as we continued to invest in transformational technologies and foster meaningful relationships to help U.S. industry thrive. -
Industrious series: Meet Corey Tyree, who shares in Q&A interview how curiosity led him from a rural town into engineering. -
Industrious Series: Chenn Zhou discusses how a parent-teacher conference redirected her career. -
The chemicals industry, critical for the U.S. economy, heavily depends on fossil resources as a feedstock and for energy. Ambitious pathways support technology development and collaboration across the entire chemicals value chain. -
On the southern shore of Lake Michigan, a university and a steel plant are working on the same problem. Dr. Geri Richmond and Rep. Frank Mrvan paid both organizations a visit. -
A few current and former fellows describe their tenure in the Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO). With applications due Jan. 15, 2024, a new cohort of fellows can decide which word perfectly describes their time at IEDO. -
Learn how a utility in Fairbanks, Alaska, and a national lab used tools to simulate the impact of clean energy technologies on the city’s power system. -
When you walk up and down the aisles of your local grocery store, it’s easy to focus on your list and not the water, energy, and complex logistics that go in to producing, packaging, and transporting everything in front of you. -
Water is the earth’s greatest natural resource, yet 2 billion people globally lack reliable access to clean water. -
Researchers and industry partners are making significant strides to improve energy efficiency and reduce the carbon footprint for chemical manufacturing of essential products, like ethylene. Ethylene is a chemical
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