November 18, 2024

DOE Loan Programs Office

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DOE Ramps up Support for LMI Community Solar
Jennifer Granholm announced new funding opportunities and projects aimed at expanding access to solar for low- and moderate-income consumers and communities.
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DOE Reports Highlight 3 Technologies to Decarbonize US Economy
DOE released three reports assessing how the U.S. can decarbonize by 2050 through massive deployment of hydrogen, advanced nuclear and energy storage.
Energy Innovation
Report: IRA Makes Renewables Cheaper than Virtually All US Coal Plants
A new report found that nearly all coal plants studied “are more expensive to run than replacing their generation capacity with either new solar or wind.”
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USEA Panel Explores How to Cut CO2 as Electricity Demand Increases
The impact of growing power demand is a key problem in the drive to decarbonize U.S. electricity, said Robert Rowe, president of NorthWestern Energy.
CRES
Jigar Shah: LPO Offers Cleantech Startups ‘Bridge to Bankability’
Jigar Shah has taken the Energy’s Loan Programs Office from a largely dormant part of DOE to an office processing applications for loans totaling $86.5 billion.
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Jigar Shah: ‘Oil and Gas Sector Shouldn’t be Vilified’
Jigar Shah wondered whether decarbonizing the grid by 2035 is even possible and called on the clean energy industry to stop vilifying the oil and gas industry.
Hydrogen Council, McKinsey & Co.
Technical, Cost Challenges Noted on the Path to ‘Hydrogen Economy’
Transitioning to a "hydrogen economy" will require technical advances to overcome resource constraints and reduce costs, speakers told a SEPA/EPRI conference.
Hydrogen Council, McKinsey & Co.
Utilities Mull Opportunities in Hydrogen
Hydrogen offers big opportunities for utilities, but it will also enable distributed micro grids, according to speakers at the SEPA/EPRI H2Power conference.
Proterra
DOE Can Crack the Funding Problem for E-bus Adoption
The multiple values that e-buses can deliver to a community make it difficult to determine who should pay for the vehicles, according to DOE's Jigar Shah.

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