The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $900,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 81.117 - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance) to New Mexico State University (NMSU) to support the development and delivery of specialized training programs focused on energy audits, HVAC systems, energy management, phase change materials, and onsite renewables. The project will employ targeted training, innovative integration of virtual...
This $199,649 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) will fund Gravity Power Inc., a for-profit organization located in Santa Barbara, CA, to develop and test a system for underground pumped hydro storage. The project period runs from July 22, 2024 to June 21, 2025. The Department of Energy's Office of Science, the primary sponsor of this fundamental research, aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $1,000,000 in funding to the Hydropower Foundation, Inc. to conduct outreach to universities, community colleges, trade schools, and minority-serving institutions. The goal is to educate students about career opportunities in the hydropower industry and offer them engagement with the...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under CFDA Program 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development, aims to collect data from an existing utility-scale direct current (DC)-coupled photovoltaic (PV)-plus-storage plant, prepare the data for public sharing, and provide analyses on solar resource, plant performance, and battery degradation. The $249,984 award, granted on May 1, 2024,...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $53,536,114 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The project, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, seeks to develop a carbon storage hub in the Four Corners region and perform comprehensive commercial-scale characterization of three storage facilities within the San Juan Basin. The goal...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), aims to develop a particle media transport and storage solution to enable reliable power generation from Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems. The goal is to create a system that can achieve high-capacity factors and compare favorably to intermittent renewable energy sources like...
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $12,175,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University System of New Hampshire's University of New Hampshire (UNH) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The 5-year award, effective from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2029, will support the Atlantic Marine Energy Center (AMEC) in accelerating the transition of marine energy technologies to market. Key activities...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to Rio Arriba County, New Mexico to install electric vehicle charging stations. The project, which will run from July 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, aims to work with a company to establish a network of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the Española, NM area. This effort supports the program's broader...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $8,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Native Renewables, Inc. under the Clean Energy Demonstrations (CFDA 81.255) federal grant program. The project, titled "Energizing Rural Hopi and Navajo with Solar Powered Battery-Based Systems," seeks to install photovoltaic solar systems (PV) and battery energy storage systems (BESS) at off-grid homes in the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe communities. The goal is to increase the availability of clean energy,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) program provides $1,458,067 to New Mexico State University (NMSU) to establish the NMSU Energy Cybersecurity Penetration Testing Center. The goal of this 1-year project, which runs from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, is to increase capacity for the Integrated Digitally-Connected Enterprise Accelerator Laboratory (IDEAL) to prove and validate...