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January 12, 2025

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

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Overheard at RFF Net Zero Economy Summit
Decarbonizing the hardest-to-decarbonize industries will likely entail learning lessons from past failures, according to panelists at the RFF summit.
DOE
DOE Awards $2.8 Billion to ‘Supercharge’ Battery Production
DOE announced the first 20 projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand U.S. manufacturing of batteries and components for EVs and the grid.
NREL
NREL: Sharp Job Growth Needed to Hit US’ 30-GW OSW Goal
The U.S. needs up to 58,000 full-time workers to meet the Biden administration’s goal of building 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030, NREL study says.
Shutterstock
Summit Examines What’s Needed to Build Hydrogen Economy
The hydrogen revolution could be stuck in neutral unless big industry and finance buy in. 
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A New Path to Net Zero: High-performance Computing
U.S. manufacturers are learning how to more quickly decarbonize their processes thanks in part to the Department of Energy’s high-performance supercomputers.
TVA
TVA Receives Federal Assist on Future Nuclear Plans
TVA received a voucher from the Dept. of Energy’s Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear to study future sites to deploy advanced nuclear reactors.
TVA
DOE Seeks Public Input on Biden Manufacturing Order
DOE is seeking input from the public on how to use the Defense Production Act authority that President Biden granted it to improve power grid reliability.
CRES
Jigar Shah: LPO Offers Cleantech Startups ‘Bridge to Bankability’
Jigar Shah has taken the Energy’s Loan Programs Office from a largely dormant part of DOE to an office processing applications for loans totaling $86.5 billion.
Sandia National Laboratories
Solar-Thermal and Industrial Decarbonization Projects Win Funding
The U.S. Department of Energy announced $24 million in grants to support the development of next-generation concentrating solar-thermal power technology.
ChargePoint
US Completes Review of State EV Charging Plans
The Biden administration approved EV charging plans for all 50 states, opening the spigot on $1.5 billion to add chargers over 75,000 miles of highway.

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