10/08/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/08/2024 09:05
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $43 million in selected projects to support the development of transformational technologies essential for reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions across industrial subsectors. With 16 projects selected as part of a $38 million funding opportunity on cross-sector technologies and five projects selected in partnership with the Electrified Processes for Industry without Carbon (EPIXC) Institute, these investments will drive industrial emissions down while increasing America's manufacturing competitiveness in global markets.
DOE's investments in cross-sector technologies address common decarbonization challenges across the U.S. industrial sector and can be tailored to meet the unique needs of specific subsectors. Selected projects will advance DOE's Industrial Heat Shot™ initiative, which aims to develop cost-competitive industrial heat decarbonization technologies with at least 85% lower greenhouse gas emissions by 2035.
"These investments will help the United States meet the Biden-Harris administration's goal of a net-zero economy by 2050," said Jeff Marootian, principal deputy assistant secretary of energy efficiency and renewable energy. "Through the deployment of cost-competitive technology solutions, the U.S. industrial sector can increase global manufacturing competitiveness while reducing emissions in communities across the country."
These projects will advance research, development, and pilot-scale demonstrations of cross-sector process and equipment technologies with wide applicability and high emissions reduction potential. Topics were selected in the following three areas.
Learn about these funding opportunity projects.
Selected projects will cost-effectively lower emissions, enhance energy efficiency, and expedite industrial decarbonization through the electrification of process heat-the single largest source of industrial emissions.
The selected projects will develop and scale innovative electric heating concepts for chemicals, steel, and cement manufacturing to reduce emissions, improve flexibility, and enhance the energy efficiency of industrial heating using cost-effective solutions. In addition, these projects will address the challenge of integrating these new technologies and processes into existing facilities designed around conventional heating technologies.
The EPIXC Institute is DOE's newest Manufacturing USA institute funded through DOE's Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) and led by Arizona State University. The institute is a public-private partnership developed to drive decarbonization of the industrial sector using clean electricity with cost effective, high-impact solutions that will help increase U.S. industrial competitiveness and decrease GHG emissions.
Learn about these EPIXC Institute-partnership projects.
These investments are part of the Technologies for Industrial Emissions Reduction Development (TIEReD) Program, which leverages resources across DOE's applied research offices to invest in fundamental science, research, development, initial pilot-scale demonstrations projects, and technical assistance and workforce development.
These projects are funded by IEDO in DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Selection for award negotiations is not a commitment by DOE to issue an award or provide funding. Before funding is issued, DOE and the applicants will undergo a negotiation process, and DOE may cancel negotiations and rescind the selection for any reason during that time.