DOE Announces $175 Million for Novel Clean Energy Technology Projects, Including Fusion

DOE Announces $175 Million for Novel Clean Energy Technology Projects, Including Fusion

ByAndrew

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $175 million for 68 research and development projects aimed at developing disruptive technologies to strengthen the nation’s advanced energy enterprise. Led by DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the OPEN 2021 program prioritizes funding high-impact, high-risk technologies that support novel approaches to clean energy challenges. The selected…

PCAST Meeting: Accelerating Innovation in Energy Technologies

PCAST Meeting: Accelerating Innovation in Energy Technologies

ByAndrew

You are invited to join a meeting held by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology on January 21, 2022 from 2:45 PM – 5:00 PM ET. The focus of the meeting is on accelerating innovation in energy technologies, and it will feature a panel with experts in this field, including Fusion Industry…

Support for Fusion Energy in the House-passed Build Back Better Legislation

Support for Fusion Energy in the House-passed Build Back Better Legislation

ByAndrew

The FIA applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passing HR5376, the Build Back Better Act, because it will make transformative investments into fusion energy research, development, and deployment as a part of the legislation’s climate and energy provisions. The Build Back Better infrastructure package includes, among other sections, significant new investments into clean energy…

NASA RFI Seeking Fusion Concepts

NASA RFI Seeking Fusion Concepts

ByAndrew

NASA has announced a Request for Information (RFI) entitled ‘Industry-Developed Tipping Point Technologies and Climate and Clean Energy Technologies for Early Stage Investment.’ Their announcement is below. The Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) Industry-Developed Tipping Point Technologies and Climate and Clean Energy Technologies for Early Stage Investment – Request for Information is available via the…

IAEA Webinar: Pushing for fusion energy – what is happening now?

IAEA Webinar: Pushing for fusion energy – what is happening now?

ByAndrew

You’re invited to join an IAEA-sponsored Webinar on Monday, Nov 22 2021 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET. This meeting will feature comments by FIA CEO Andrew Holland and a discussion led by FIA Director of Communications Melanie Windridge. The agenda is below. Agenda17:00 CETOpening Remarks by Ms. Sehila M. Gonzalez de Vicente (IAEA)…

White House Science Advisors Consider Fusion Energy in Public Meeting

White House Science Advisors Consider Fusion Energy in Public Meeting

ByAndrew

On Tuesday, October 19, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology hosted a discussion on “The Potential for Integrating Fusion into the U.S. Energy Grid” in the second day of a two day public meeting on Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment. The discussion with Dr. Richard Hawryluk, Chair of the National Academies…