Tag: Department of Energy
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DOE awards $1.2 million in funding for Energy Storage for Social Equity program
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity (OE) has announced approximately $1.2 million in funding for four organizations as part of its Energy Storage for Social Equity (ES4SE) initiative. ES4SE is designed to empower disadvantaged communities to consider energy storage technologies as a viable path toward achieving their energy goals. “These organizations are fully engaged with ES4SE to find energy storage……
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White House announces $13.5 million investment to grow solar energy workforce
As part of President Joe Biden’s “Investing in America” agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy has launched a program accelerate the clean energy transition through solar workforce training. As part of the program, the DOE announced 12 projects, whose work will span more than 13 states, selected for negotiation to launch training partnerships that expand the……
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Clayton to build solar-ready manufactured homes to meet DOE specs by end of 2023
A manufactured housing builder is planning to make all its homes solar-ready by the end of the year. Clayton has committed to build all new residential manufactured homes — also referred to as mobile homes — to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Zero Energy Ready Home specifications by Jan. 1, 2024. These solar-ready homes, available to……
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Solar One project to bring affordable solar energy to NYC public housing wins DOE award
A 1.2 MW solar energy project across 40 New York City Housing Authority rooftops has been named as the national winner of a U.S. Department of Energy program to make solar power affordable to renters in public housing. The project was developed by Solar One in collaboration with WE ACT for Environmental Justice, the Brooklyn……
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Alliant Energy tries batteries over grid upgrades to boost solar energy in Iowa
The next frontier for solar energy is solutions that do not affect the performance and efficiency of the electric grid. An innovative battery-storage solution in Decorah, Iowa, jointly supported by Alliant Energy, US Department of Energy (DOE), and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA), looks to seamlessly connect customer-owned solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine