In a joint effort, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Labor (DOL) released National Guideline Standards for the Battery Workforce Initiative (BWI), giving guidance for those pursuing apprenticeships with battery machine operators.
Meant to aid growth of this particular manufacturing sector ... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding up to $22 million to improve planning, siting, and permitting processes for large-scale renewable energy facilities.
About $10 million of that amount will go to six state-based projects through the Renewable Energy Siting through Technical Engageme... Read More »
The U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provided additional information about the bonus tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act for clean energy projects and facilities located in so-called energy communities.
Energy communities are those that have historically gener... Read More »
Focused on industries where decarbonization technologies will have the largest impact, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced up to $6 billion for 33 projects to decarbonize while building up domestic manufacturing.
“Spurring on the next generation of decarbonization technologi... Read More »
The Senate recently advanced a bill (S.4050) by U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and John Kennedy (R-LA) that would allow the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to extend construction licenses for new hydropower projects beset by supply chain shortages.
Specifically, the bill targete... Read More »
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and U.S. Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced legislation last week a that would expedite the siting and permitting of interregional transmission lines.
The Streamlining Powerlines Essential to Electric Demand (SPEED) and Reliability Act would change the process... Read More »
Offshore wind is projected to be a key part of the energy picture for the East Coast states, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The DOE’s Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Study, conducted by researchers from DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific ... Read More »
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its latest Pathways to Commercial Liftoff report focusing on the next generation of geothermal power.
The report, the ninth installment in the Liftoff series, shows how advanced geothermal technology could increase U.S. geothermal energy... Read More »
The U.S. energy storage market continues rapid growth, with a record-shattering 4,236 MW installed in the final quarter of 2023.
According to the latest American Clean Power Association (ACP) and Wood Mackenzie-crafted U.S. Energy Storage Monitor report, that represented a 100 percent increase fr... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has picked 11 projects to receive $34 million for tools to help the electricity grid run on wind and solar energy.
Projects selected for this funding program, called the Solar Energy Technologies Office’s Operation and Planning Tools for Inverter-Based Resou... Read More »