Tag: Department of Energy
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DOE offers $18 million to fund for Flexible Innovative Transformer Technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced an $18 million funding opportunity for Flexible Innovative Transformer Technologies (FITT). Through this funding opportunity announcement, DOE will select up to nine awardees that are able to research, develop and demonstrate advanced transformers across a range of distribution to transmission scale applications, improving grid reliability and easing transformer……
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Sunnova aids Puerto Rico energy grid stability through DOE program, VPP expansion
Sunnova Energy International Inc. has embarked on two initiatives to advance energy resilience and grid stability in Puerto Rico. The company announced plans to expand its virtual power plant (VPP) platform to the island, as well as its selection by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive a portion of a $440 million investment to……
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New interactive database provides details on large-scale solar projects
All large-scale solar energy facilities can now be found on a single map, thanks to the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. This interactive map is based on the U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB) and is called the USPVDB Viewer. “With the release of the database, data……
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Redflow awarded DOE funding for 34.4 MWh energy storage project
Global clean energy storage provider Redflow Limited has received U.S. Department of Energy funding for a 34.4 MWh long-duration energy storage (LDES) microgrid project in Madera, California. Redflow was named as the battery provider for the project, which will form part of the DOE’s $325 million LDES program to advance critical clean energy technologies, expand the adoption……
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DOE report shows clean energy jobs on the rise
Jobs in the clean energy industry grew by 3.9% last year, outpacing overall U.S. employment and all other forms of energy, according to the Department of Energy’s U.S. Energy & Employment Jobs Report (USEER). More than 18,000 new U.S. utility-scale clean energy jobs were added in 2022, bringing the total number of U.S. clean energy jobs……