April 8, 2024
DOE Awards $15M to Launch Innovations for Long Duration Energy Storage Earthshot
The Office of Electricity announced the selectees of $15 million in awards at the Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Council Summit on April 8. These awards are through the Storage Innovations 2030: Technology Liftoff funding opportunity announcement to advance energy storage innovations to help deliver clean, affordable electricity to Americans when and where it is needed most.
March 26, 2024
U.S. Department of Energy Issues Open Call for Electricity Advisory Committee Nominations
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity is accepting nominations through April 19, 2024, for the Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC). Nominees with strong technical knowledge and expertise within the electricity sector are preferred.
March 25, 2024
**Updated** U.S. Department of Energy Announces $18 Million for Flexible, Innovative Transformers
DOE announced an $18M funding opportunity for Flexible Innovative Transformer Technologies (FITT). Up to 9 projects will research advanced transformers to improve grid reliability and ease transformer supply chains.
March 11, 2024
Power of the Prize
Prizes encourage innovation by providing a competitive platform to tackle complex challenges. Prizes save taxpayer dollars by offering awards only when a solution is achieved and attract a diverse pool of participants.
February 22, 2024
DOE and Industry Team Up to Keep the Lights On for America
The importance of transformer innovation and transformer supply chains to ensure grid reliability.
January 18, 2024
U.S. Department of Energy Issues $4.8 Million Funding Opportunity for Secure Grid Communications
DOE's Office of Electricity issued a $4.8 million FOA to solicit applications for innovative distribution system communications technologies to securely communicate electricity data and manage resource deployment at the grid edge.
December 22, 2023
Microgrid Software Program at Los Alamos Lab Honored
The R&D 100 Awards recognize new commercial products, technologies, and materials for their technological significance available for sale or license.
December 18, 2023
REPAIR Model to Help Utilities Enhance Resilience
Current electric utility investments to improve distribution system reliability are often based on analysis of historical performance.
December 13, 2023
United States and India Host Launch Event for Joint Energy Storage Task Force
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) announced that the U.S.-India Energy Storage Task Force (ESTF) hosted a virtual launch event on December 13.
December 12, 2023
Energy Department Announces $7 Million Funding Opportunity for Grid-Enhancing Data Analytics Demonstrations
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity today announced a $7 million funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to enhance the electric power systems’ reliability and resilience via grid-enhancing data analytics demonstrations for operations, monitoring and control.