The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 provided $250 million to accelerate heat pump manufacturing through the Defense Production Act (DPA), including industrial heat pumps. The investment seeks to reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels, improve efficiency, lower consumer energy costs, strengthen national defense and
Under the Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program, the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) finances projects that support clean energy deployment and energy infrastructure reinvestment, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Title 17 was created through the Energy Policy
The Industrial Efficiency & Decarbonization Office (IEDO), within the Department of Energy (DOE), has Technical Assistance and Workforce Development partnerships, intended to increase the adoption of energy-efficient practices, decarbonization technologies, energy management programs, and water and waste reduction strategies across the industrial sector. IEDO supports
The Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnership (CHP TAPs), a Department of Energy (DOE) program, aims to help manufacturers lower operating costs and reduce carbon emissions while increasing energy flexibility and resilience. CHP, also called cogeneration, generates electricity and uses thermal energy that is
The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) is a program within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022. This program provides $27 billion in competitive grants to leverage private capital for clean energy and climate projects that reduce pollution,
The Energy Storage Demonstration and Pilot Grant Program was authorized by the Energy Act of 2020 and funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) of 2021. The program, led by the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED), is designed to provide $355 million to carry
The Advanced Energy Manufacturing and Recycling Grant Program was created through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) of 2021. The program is designed to provide $750 million in grants to small- and medium-sized manufacturers in communities where coal mines or coal power plants have closed to
The Long Duration Storage Shot program was the second of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Earthshots Initiative, announced in July 2021. The program aims to accelerate breakthroughs in affordable and reliable energy grid technologies, including thermal storage, targeting a 90% cost reduction of grid-scale
The Industrial Heat Shot was the sixth branch of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Earthshots Initiative to be announced, in September of 2022. It aims to develop cost-competitive industrial heat decarbonization technologies to achieve 85% lower greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. Resources for the
The Steel Upgrading Partnerships and Emissions Reduction (SUPER) Act was established in the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. The act encourages increased competitiveness of American manufacturing through the authorization of a Department of Energy (DOE) crosscutting Research and Development (R&D) program that targets low-emission
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