13 Projects Selected to Receive Nearly $25M to Advance Technologies for Energy-Efficient Electric Motors The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), on behalf of the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO), announced nearly $25 million ...
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December 2, 2016
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- 13 Projects Selected to Receive Nearly $25M to Advance Technologies for Energy-Efficient Electric Motors
- BLOG: Driving a Revolution in Efficient Manufacturing of Energy Technology
- AMO’s Valri Lightner Talks about STEM and Advice to Students
- John Deere Electronic Solutions to Begin Adopting Innovative Technologies
13 Projects Selected to Receive Nearly $25M to Advance Technologies for Energy-Efficient Electric Motors
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), on behalf of the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO), announced nearly $25 million for 13 projects aimed at advancing technologies for energy-efficient electric motors.
Each of the 13 projects have been selected to address one of four topic areas identified by AMO: manufacturing of high performance thermal and electrical conductors; manufacturing of low-loss silicon steel; high temperature superconducting wire manufacturing; and manufacturing of other enabling technologies to increase performance.
For more information and a complete list of selectees, view the press release.
BLOG: Driving a Revolution in Efficient Manufacturing of Energy Technology
Investing in new energy technologies is a key factor to drive economic growth and to remain competitive in the global clean energy race. In part two of AMO’s blog series, we discuss the need to prioritize innovation in new energy technologies by highlighting a few technologies that are currently being developed out of the Advanced Manufacturing Office, such as advanced semiconductors, lightweight materials and big area additive manufacturing.
Read more in part two of our blog series: “Smart, Safe, Sustainable, and Surging: A Fresh Outlook on U.S. Manufacturing.”
AMO’s Valri Lightner Talks about STEM and Advice to Students
AMO’s senior technical manager and supervisory engineer, Valri Lightner, recently sat down with DOE’s Office of Economic Impact & Diversity to discuss her path into chemical engineering and the work she has accomplished in her 22-year career at the Department of Energy.
Learn more about Valri and read her advice to emerging students in STEM fields.
John Deere Electronic Solutions to Begin Adopting Innovative Technologies
AMO’s PowerAmerica funding has accelerated wideband gap technology development work at John Deere Electronic Solutions (JDES). As a result of the partnership, JDES has begun testing Gen-0 SiC inverters to drive its JD 644K Hybrid Loader. The utilization of this technology within JDES is ahead of schedule and set to spark commercialization and adoption of wideband gap technology in John Deere and non-Deere vehicle applications in the near future.