WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Grid Deployment Office of the U.S. Department of Energy announced the second round awardees of the Grid Innovation Program, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (IIJA).
“With these awards the Energy Department is addressing some of the most acute challenges facing our energy system, including the need to connect more clean energy to the power grid and making the grid more efficient,” said Harry Godfrey, Managing Director of Federal Investment & Manufacturing at national business association Advanced Energy United. “The best way to cost-effectively meet growing energy demand is with advanced energy technologies, including advanced transmission technologies, long-duration storage, microgrids, and more. The continued success of this program, for which DOE received far more applications than there are dollars available, demonstrates the continued, bipartisan appeal of building an affordable, reliable, and clean grid to power America’s homes and businesses into the 21st century.”
Below, Advanced Energy United highlights four awardees in particular that are emblematic of the diverse ways in which advanced energy technologies are playing a role in helping build a more robust grid and addressing acute challenges:
- Massachusetts + New England: “Power Up New England” is emblematic of the role offshore wind and energy storage can play in building a reliable, 100% clean grid.
- Virginia: “Data Center Flexibility as a Grid Enhancing Technology” shows how advanced energy technologies (onsite generation / storage) can help address rising load from data centers w/o the need for new, dirty generation.
- California: “Charge 2T” is indicative of the impact interconnection improvements and advanced reconductoring can play in cost-effectively creating new grid capacity and bringing more clean energy into the system.
- California: “Tribal Energy Resilience and Sovereignty (TERAS) Project” will use microgrids to create greater distribution grid resilience and reliability.
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