This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program, provides $1,770,043 to Macalester College to design and implement a battery sustainability and energy storage educational and outreach platform focused on Minnesota, with the potential to extend to other states. The key products and services to be delivered include a permanent and traveling public exhibit, a Recharge Academy, and a StoryMap - all aimed at changing battery recycling behavior through scalable and replicable public-facing initiatives. The award period is from Aug 1, 2024 to Oct 31, 2025, and the project seeks to address the federal Consortium for Advanced Batteries goals by promoting battery sustainability and energy storage education.
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