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DOE provides $34 million to advance renewable energy integration

Projects will advance tools that enable developers to more easily use and integrate renewable energy resources

Projects are solar, microgrid and pumped storage hydropower systems as well as geothermal and battery energy storage systems

Anticipated underground line would have delivered Canadian wind and solar power to the Northeast

Competitive awards will help state, local and Tribal governments adopt updated building codes and support training and technical assistance programs

DOE opens RFPs to use “capacity contracts” that will commit the department to purchase up to 50% of the maximum capacity of a line

Program provides funding to states and tribes for the modernization and replacement of aging power infrastructure

Projects are expected to double the amount of current on-site carbon-free electricity at federal facilities

Projects in Texas, California, North Dakota are anticipated to remove about 7.75 million metric tons of carbon emissions from being released

Network of seven regional clean hydrogen hubs will create hydrogen from available resources in each region to store and use locally

Final rule will require oil and gas companies to eliminate routine flaring of natural gas from new oil wells as one way to reduce methane emissions