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🌊 Oceans of Opportunity: U.S. Wave Energy Open Water Testing 🌊 The Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has issued up to $112.5M in funding (🤩) to significantly accelerate the design, fabrication, and testing of multiple wave energy converters (WEC). This opportunity focuses on three marine energy pathways: ⚡ distributed energy applications, including off-grid applications at sea (up to $16.875M in available funding) 🤝 community energy solutions, including solutions for coastal communities (up to $45M in available funding) 🏭 utility energy generation, including grid-connected marine energy technologies (up to $50.625M in available funding) 📆 Concept Paper are due 10/25/2024; Full Applications are due 1/30/2025 https://lnkd.in/dkVyfF24

School buildings designed to push the boundaries of possibility by zeroing out carbon are starting to have a profound impact on student achievement. Twenty-four net zero energy schools in the U.S. are verified to produce as much renewable energy as their buildings consume. They are the vanguard. Many more are on the way.

This is a pretty amazing use of vehicle to grid. School busses are often sitting idle during peak solar production and can be charged up to provide power to the grid when the sun sets. Combining the data of the consistent routes and grid demand, both can be optimized to optimize the usage of the battery. I would be curious to see how the economics of an electric school bus look combined with profits made from selling power to the grid vs a traditional school bus. Seems like a win win.

The demand for EV experts is expected to grow significantly as the EV market expands. This growth is driven by increasing EV sales, advancements in charging infrastructure, and a focus on renewable energy and sustainability. Training programs, like those at Wake Technical Community College, are crucial for preparing the workforce to meet this rising demand.

School's out and the summer fun begins! ☀️ If your kids are looking for something educational (well you never know) check out this video on how to save energy and why it is important. It's never too early to spark the interest of future energy assessors! 🌍🔋 https://lnkd.in/g2ertKmt #SummerLearning #FutureEnergyExperts #energyassessor #education

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How students react to Archon Energy classes.

Take a 👁️ at this international summer school on #materials and #technologies for advanced #energystorage - 🇫🇷Bordeaux 1-5 July. "Throughout this summer school, the problems linked to the collection of #renewableenergy (#photovoltaic, wind, etc.), their transformation (#hydrogenproduction, etc.) and their storage (#supercapacitors, #batteries, etc.) will be analysed." QCAM is a partner institution of this school organised by Université de Bordeaux.

FROM: The Three C's of Battery Success: Capacity, Competence, and Competitiveness in the U.S. Market "Connections to local education networks will be key to the success of the Gigafactory, and this points to the second critical element in FREYR’s long-term vision: developing a competent workforce. In Norway, FREYR was central in Battkomp, a collaborative project facilitated by Norwegian Industry (part of The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise) to build battery competence and training. As part of Battkomp, FREYR has worked closely with both industrial actors and educational institutions to develop the national framework for skills for a new industry and more specifically developing short modules and longer conversion courses for several schools.   Building on this success, FREYR has now also formed local partnerships with educational services such as Georgia’s Central Educational Center — a joint venture program between high schools, colleges, and businesses designed to train a workforce for success in local industry. The company is also partnering with the Technical College System of Georgia, whose rise in recent enrollments can be attributed to recent manufacturing investments in the region." ======================================= The excerpt above, from FREYR's article of May 10, 2024, points to the privilege Central Educational Center enjoys to benefit our students, our businesses, and our entire community via this new partnership with FREYR....a world leader in a rapidly emerging technology.  

https://lnkd.in/gSxVh5EU DOE Announces $112.5 Million to Fund U.S. Wave Energy Open Water Testing Submission deadline for full applications will be Jan. 30, 2025, 5:00 p.m. ET Announcement Type: Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Opportunity:  Oceans of Opportunity — U.S. Wave Energy Open Water Testing Overview and Eligible Uses: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) opened an opportunity for up to $112.5 million in funding to advance the commercial readiness of wave energy technologies through open water testing and system validation. This opportunity is designed to reduce risks for deployments, increase the potential for commercial adoption through longer-duration demonstrations (expected to last six months to two years), and offer additional benefits to help quickly advance WECs. This includes the ability to identify and mature high-potential WEC technologies, reduce financial risks for developers and incentivize investors, progress technologies at smaller scales while developing toward utility scale, and increase learning for installation, operations, and maintenance. This opportunity will fund projects in three topic areas: Up to $16.875 million for wave device development and open water testing for dispersed (e.g., remote/offshore) use cases and power-at-sea applications. Up to $45 million for wave device development in direct support of coastal community needs, which may include power and/or desalinated water applications. Up to $50.625 million for wave device development in support of utility power needs, utilizing offshore, grid-connected testing facilities such as PacWave. Amount: $112,500,000