FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnerships The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Combined H...
Advanced Manufacturing & Industrial Decarbonization
January 19, 2017
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Top Stories:
- FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnerships
- DOE Issues Twenty-Nine Grants to Advance Clean Energy Technologies
- WEBINAR: Extending Industrial Assessment Centers to Underserved Areas
- EVENT: AMO Director to Moderate Briefing on the Current State of U.S. Manufacturing
- REGISTER NOW: HPC4Mfg Industry Engagement Day
- EERE’s First-ever Assessment of the State of Global Clean Energy Manufacturing
- DOE Releases Second Annual National Energy Employment Analysis
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnerships
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnerships” to further the installation of cost-effective, highly efficient combined heat and power (CHP) by seeking organizations to be regional Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnerships (CHP TAPs).
For more information, view the full solicitation.
Register for the informational webinar on January 26 at 3:00 PM ET.
DOE Issues Twenty-Nine Grants to Advance Clean Energy Technologies
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Technology-to-Market Office announced 29 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I, Release 1 awards selected for negotiations. These awards help small businesses further develop clean energy technologies with a strong potential for commercialization and job creation.
Among the 29 cleantech selections are six awards under the two Advanced Manufacturing topics: Wide Bandgap Semiconductors and Atomically Precise Membranes.
Click here for the list of all awards selected for negotiations for cleantech projects.
Phase I, Release 2 FOA applications are due February 7, 2017. To view the full funding, outreach, and award schedule for upcoming SBIR/STTR grants, click here.
WEBINAR: Extending Industrial Assessment Centers to Underserved Areas – January 19
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), on behalf of the Advanced Manufacturing Office, will host an informational webinar on January 19, 2017 at 12:00 PM ET regarding the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Extending Industrial Assessment Centers to Underserved Areas.” Standard application questions will be discussed. No new information will be presented during the webinar and EERE will not answer any attendee questions.
Register for the webinar here.
For more information, view the full solicitation.
EVENT: AMO Director to Moderate Briefing on the Current State of U.S. Manufacturing – January 24
You are invited to a briefing, entitled “Improving the Energy Productivity and Competitiveness of U.S. Manufacturers”, on the current state of U.S. manufacturing and the activities of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO). The event is hosted by the House Manufacturing Caucus and will be moderated by AMO Director Mark Johnson. Join us for this fascinating discussion on January 24, from 10:00 am–11:30 am at the Rayburn House Office Building, room B-318.
Space is limited. Please RSVP here.
REGISTER NOW: HPC4Mfg Industry Engagement Day – March 2-3, 2017
Join AMO Director Mark Johnson at the HPC4Manufacturing Industry Engagement Day “Spurring Innovation in U.S. Manufacturing Through Advanced Computing” event on March 2–3, 2017. World-class experts will gather to reflect on global trends and adoptable innovations in High Performance Computing (HPC) in manufacturing, exchange ideas and share an inside perspective on how to use HPC to address company challenges.
The deadline for online registration is Tuesday, January 31, 2017. Hotel details, agenda, and additional information on the event can be found here.
EERE’s First-ever Assessment of the State of Global Clean Energy Manufacturing
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), in partnership with the Clean Energy Manufacturing Analysis Center, commissioned the first inaugural assessment of the state of global clean energy manufacturing in a report entitled “Benchmarks of Global Clean Energy Manufacturing”. The report examines trade and economic benchmarks for 12 key economies in four clean energy technologies: wind turbine components, solar photovoltaic modules, lithium-ion battery cells for electric vehicles, and light-emitting diode (LED) packages for energy-efficient lighting technologies.
Click here for more information.
DOE Releases Second Annual National Energy Employment Analysis
According to the Department of Energy’s second annual U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER), 6.4 million Americans now work in the energy industry, which added 300,000+ new jobs in 2016. Additionally, the national manufacturing industry alone employs just over 12.3 million workers.
A copy of the full report is available here.