Source: Christine D. Harbin, Director of External Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy
— Coal: DOE’s
Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 17 projects
to receive approximately $39 million in federal funding for cost-shared
research to improve the existing coal-fired fleet.
— Geothermal:
DOE announced that it will contribute up to $2 million
in available funding to advance geothermal research and development
through a new partnership with more than a dozen European countries.
— Nuclear: DOE
announced $10.6 million in awards to support advanced nuclear energy
technologies. This funding supports three domestic advanced nuclear
technology projects.
— Physics: DOE announced $75
Million for high energy physics research. These projects will
focus on topics such as the Higgs boson, neutrinos, dark matter, dark energy,
the search for new physics, and more.
— Quantum Science: DOE announced plans
for Quantum Information Science Centers, and seeks stakeholder input on topic
areas and selection criteria. DOE issued a combined Notice of Intent
(NOI) and Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register, seeking input
from stakeholders on possible topic areas, organization, requirements, review
criteria, and processes for assessing applications, to help inform the
development of the FOA. Written comments and information are requested on
or before July 5, 2019 and should be submitted online.