Replies to post #54785 on Plug Power Inc (PLUG)

[scubastevemd]

How many times did they say they did not need money or the IRA to succeed.? When you have to depend on the Government to succeed then there is an issue. Poor planning and going out with a shotgun approach and not putting profits ahead of the saving the planet mantra got us in this situation. You cannot save the planet (perceived or reality) if you are out of business.

[jbsliverer]

Steve, Andy, management and BOD deserve part of the blame. However, DOE and the Biden Administration also deserve a good part of the blame, in my opinion.

What part is DOE's and current administrations. The part not enough going into supporting the badly managed penny stocks? Or should everything go into just one nascent overly expensive source of energy for years because it should cover bad investment practices of bag holders. I've been on the email list for energy news since the beginning Obama administration, suggest anyone who's interested in where and when money is being invested into cleaner or alternative energy beyond fossil fuels sign up and get all the notices.

I was going to list the entire year, and quickly changed my mind due to the magnitude of notices (there's 100's). Then looked at the last half and decided just to put most of one month but not all and the entire message is not listed on any of them. Much more to each email notification and energy news. At the bottom is the one from today.

When the complaint is that this administration paired with the extreme right controlled congress paid for by $100's of millions from the fossil fuel industry isn't doing enough for your penny stock, we can go back to the previous administration where the email notices from the DOE or EERE of the work they did I could count on one hand for an entire year.

PLUG's hydrogen is not the whole world, doesn't count for much into the bucket of greenery, alternative energy, and the climate crisis.


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Manufacturing the Future
Under the Biden-Harris Administration, private companies have announced $640 Billion so far in commitments to invest in 21st century industries like:
$234BSemiconductors & Electronics
$157BEVs & Batteries
$75BClean Energy Manufacturing
$24BBiomanufacturing
$18BHeavy Industry
$133BClean Power
All data was sourced from public press releases, industry associations, and news articles.
www.whitehouse.gov

July 6, 2023 EERE News
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $45 Million to Boost Domestic Solar Manufacturing
Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Will Support Silicon Component Manufacturing and Develop Agrivoltaics and Photovoltaics Technology
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $45 million, including $18 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to support pilot manufacturing of solar components that can contribute to a domestic manufacturing sector capable of meeting the Administration’s solar deployment goals without relying on imported products. The funding will also support the development of new dual use solar technologies such as agrivoltaics and building-integrated photovoltaics, to create new markets for American products. Revitalizing the U.S. manufacturing sector is an essential component of President Biden’s economic strategy, Bidenomics, and is critical to achieving a clean energy future that benefits all Americans.

July 12, 2023
New EV Toolkit Will Help Urban Communities Build Out Charging Infrastructure
Comprehensive Guide from DOT, DOE, and Joint Office Builds on Success of Recent Rural EV Toolkit
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (Joint Office), released a free technical resource to help larger communities take full advantage of Federal funding for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and other forms of electric transportation. It follows the popular Rural EV toolkit released last year and updated earlier this month.

July 12, 2023
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $90M to Support Resilient and Efficient Building Energy Codes and Save American Families Money
President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Accelerates Adoption of Modern Building Codes, Improves Resilience, and Helps Tackle the Climate Crisis 
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $90 million in competitive awards to help states, cities, tribes, and partnering organizations implement updated energy codes for buildings. Funded by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, these awards will support 27 projects across 26 states and the District of Columbia to ensure buildings meet the latest standards for energy efficiency — reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lowering energy bills for American families and businesses.

July 12, 2023
Department of Energy Launches Prize to Jumpstart Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Industry
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today launched the Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize. This $5.1 million competition funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help the United States develop a cost-effective recycling industry for two important of materials used in wind turbines: fiber-reinforced composites and rare earth elements. By helping to create a circular wind energy economy, this prize will increase the sustainability of wind energy and support President Biden’s goals of achieving a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035 and net-zero emissions by 2050.  


EERE News
July 12, 2023
DOE Selects Nine Organizations that will Implement Regional Onsite Energy Technical Assistance Partnerships to Decarbonize America’s Industrial Sector
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) announced the selection of nine organizations—eight regional and one national—that will establish a network of Technical Assistance Partnerships (TAPs) to help industrial facilities and other large energy users increase the adoption of onsite energy technologies. The organizations will receive up to $23 million in federal funding for multi-year technical assistance activities to accelerate the integration and deployment of clean energy technologies to drive U.S. industrial decarbonization, productivity, and competitiveness.

THE ADVANCED MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE
July 14, 2023
AMMTO Announces $2.1 Million in Materials and Manufacturing Research Grants for American Small Businesses
On July 10th, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $72 million to support 296 projects across 44 states through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards programs. This investment includes $2.1 million in Phase I proof of concept grants for 12 projects funded and co-funded by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO).
American small businesses play a critical role in bridging the gap between the laboratory and the commercial marketplace. The SBIR and STTR programs help small businesses transform DOE-supported science and technology breakthroughs into viable products and services.
Through these programs, AMMTO provides non-dilutive funding to small business research and development projects that improve energy efficiency and material productivity and drive economy-wide decarbonization and competitiveness for American manufacturers.
The AMMTO-funded SBIR/STTR Phase I topics include:
• Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies: An AMMTO-funded topic focused on developing the next-generation materials and manufacturing technologies to support a clean, decarbonized economy, including the following subtopics:
? Power Electronics for Energy Efficient Electrification
? Chemistry-level Electrode Quality Control for Battery Manufacturing
? Other Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies: Next Generation Materials and Manufacturing Processes as well as Secure and Sustainable Materials. 
 
• Fuel Cell and Electrolyzer Recycling: A joint topic among AMMTO, the Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO), and the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office to develop innovative manufacturing of clean energy technologies, advance novel recycling processes for critical materials, and facilitate wide-spread adoption of hydrogen production and use. Subtopics include:
? Efficient and Sustainable Recovery and Reuse of Materials from Manufacturing Scrap in Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers
? Reducing Hazardous Substances in Fuel Cell and Electrolyzer Recycling
 
• Decarbonization of Agriculture, Buildings, Transport, Industry and their Communities: A joint topic among AMMTO, IEDO, and four other EERE technology offices to drastically reduce carbon emissions across the U.S. economy with a special emphasis on communities. AMMTO co-funded the following subtopic:
? Industrial Decarbonization (including conductive materials, heat pumps and biomanufacturing)


THE INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY AND DECARBONIZATION OFFICE
July 17, 2023
IEDO Announces $1.4 Million for 7 Small Business Research and Development Projects
On July 10, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $72 million to support 296 projects through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. This investment includes $1.4 million in Phase I proof of concept grants for 7 projects funded by the Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO), within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).
American small businesses play a critical role in bridging the gap between the laboratory and the commercial marketplace. The SBIR and STTR programs help small businesses transform DOE-supported science and technology breakthroughs into viable products and services.

July 21, 2023
Biden-Harris Administration Invests $20 Million to Optimize Lifecycle of Solar Energy Systems and Minimize Technology Waste
Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Will Improve Photovoltaic System Lifecycle Performance, Streamline the Reuse and Recyclability of Solar Technologies, and Boost Domestic Supply Chain
As part of Bidenomics and President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $20 million, including $8 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to minimize the use of solar energy system materials, improve installation quality and resilience of photovoltaic (PV) systems, and streamline the reuse and recyclability of solar panels. This funding opportunity will also set up a Solar Partnership to Advance Recycling and Circularity to improve materials recovery and develop safe end-of-life practices for PV system components. The projects funded by this program will work to develop holistic solutions to enable rapid solar energy deployment in the United States over the next decade, creating jobs in communities across the country that support the Biden-Harris Administration’s ambitious climate goals. 


July 21, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy Announces Opportunity for Industry to Connect to High Performance Computing Resources at National Laboratories and Request for Information on High Performance Computing Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a new solicitation to connect industry partners with the high performance computing (HPC) resources and expertise at DOE’s National Laboratories to improve material performance and advance manufacturing processes for an equitable clean energy future.
Through the High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) initiative, selected teams will harness the raw processing power of our National Labs’ supercomputers to apply advanced modeling, simulation, and data analysis to manufacturing and materials projects.
HPC4EI is the parent initiative for the HPC4Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) and HPC4Materials (HPC4Mtls) Programs. The HPC4EI Summer 2023 Solicitation will fund projects within both programs.

July 24, 2023
DOE Announces $10.9 Million to Expand Domestic Supplies of Lithium through Geothermal Brine Extraction
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $10.9 million for 11 projects across nine states that will advance innovative technologies to extract and convert battery-grade lithium from geothermal brine sources in the United States. This work will increase America’s access to cost-effective, domestic sources of this critical material needed for batteries for stationary storage and electric vehicles to meet the Biden-Harris Administration’s goals of 50% electric vehicle adoption by 2030 and a net-zero emissions economy by 2050.  
Currently, the United States has limited capabilities to produce and refine domestically sourced lithium. Direct lithium extraction from geothermal brines represents an opportunity to domestically produce lithium hydroxide—the form of lithium used for advanced batteries—in an efficient and environmentally friendly way.

 July 25, 2023
DOE Partners With 9 Island and Remote Communities to Boost Resilience and Plan for Low-Cost Renewable Energy Systems
Unreliable power, lack of robust connections to mainstream power grids, and threats from strengthening storms are among the energy challenges faced by remote and island communities. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project (ETIPP) is announcing nine new projects with remote and island communities building local energy systems that are sustainable, resilient, and reliable year-round.
These nine projects have been identified to help remote communities tailor the clean energy transition that makes the most sense for them. The communities—stretching across the entire United States from Hawaii to Maine—will join 23 other projects that are already working toward clean energy solutions as part of the ETIPP network.
“Ownership and collaboration within communities is at the heart of the ETIPP,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Alejandro Moreno. “For hard-to-reach communities that have historically felt out of sight and out of mind, the DOE hears and sees you, and is here to work with you on your vision of a clean energy future.”
Through ETIPP, communities work with regional partner organizations and national laboratory experts to address local energy challenges. Driven by local energy priorities, ETIPP supports the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of decarbonizing energy and achieving a zero-emissions economy by 2050.
More information about the nine communities joining ETIPP this year and the projects they each plan to tackle through the program is below.
• Block Island, Rhode Island.
Block Island is looking to identify renewable energy sources that can be used to generate electricity on the island and reduce reliance on imported electricity and fuels. The community will engage in energy planning to shore up its resilience, particularly in the face of sea-level rise. Specifically, the community will work to lower energy costs for marginalized populations.
Deer Isle and Stonington, Maine.
Stonington, a fishing town on the southern end of Deer Isle, Maine, frequently experiences power outages that last up to a week. The community will conduct an energy assessment to understand how renewable and resilient energy options like microgrids, energy storage systems, and other technologies can integrate with its current grid, especially as its population grows, energy demand increases, and weather increasingly affects energy delivery.
• Molokai, Hawaii.
The island of Molokai has developed a Community Energy Resilience Action Plan, which outlined 10 key energy projects. Building on the priorities laid out in the plan, the community will model and assess the feasibility of solar energy, identify renewable energy sources to support critical infrastructure, and explore pumped hydropower as an option for energy storage.
• Nooksack Tribe, Washington.
The Nooksack Tribe sits at the end of power distribution lines in Deming, Washington, where it experiences frequent winter power outages that require emergency shelters. The community will conduct strategic energy planning to explore renewable and resilient energy technologies, including battery storage, microgrids, electric vehicle charging stations, and wind generators. The tribe will use their plan to prioritize renewable energy projects and  pursue grant funding, with an aim to combat prolonged power outages.
• Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, and Tisbury, Massachusetts.
Storms often threaten the electricity, water, and food supply across multiple townships on Martha’s Vineyard. Members of the year-round island community want to better understand how to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels as a backup power source for water pumping and supply. They will also continue exploring opportunities for electric buses to provide mobile power sources for water pumps, a project already underway.
• Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Washington.
In Northwest Washington, the S’Klallam Tribe is often isolated from other communities by storms that take out power lines and wash out their single road for utility repair crews’ access. The tribe will conduct energy planning, assessing their local energy resources, setting energy goals, identifying energy projects, and increasing the capacity of their staff to address the community’s energy needs.
• Shelter Island, New York.
Situated at the eastern end of Long Island, Shelter Island is considering a range of renewable technologies to bolster its resilience. The community will work with the ETIPP network to optimize solar arrays, understand whether a geothermal heating and cooling system would be appropriate for the town’s government buildings, and explore options for generating energy from its tidal resource.
• Sitka, Alaska.
Sitka, an island community in southeast Alaska accessible only by boat or plane, projects that its load will exceed available capacity for electricity generation within the next decade. Sitka will analyze and compare future forecasted energy demand, accounting for increased loads from heating electrification, electric transportation, and other decarbonization technologies. The outcomes of the analysis will help Sitka match previously identified renewable energy opportunities to meet forecasted energy demand.
• Vieques, Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rican islands of Vieques and Culebra will study the feasibility of achieving energy independence and resilience using rooftop and community solar power to provide the islands renewable energy. The islands will work with ETIPP partners to conduct modeling and analysis to understand the full potential of decentralized solar when combined with utility-scale solutions.
These tribes, islands, and remote towns mark the third cohort of communities joining ETIPP, which launched in 2021 with 11 communities. In 2022, 12 additional communities were selected for ETIPP. Existing ETIPP communities are working on projects ranging from electrifying diesel fishing vessels to planning microgrids that will provide communities with power during storm outages.
ETIPP communities work with five regional partner organizations—academic institutions and nonprofit groups that have deep knowledge of local energy ecosystems, needs, challenges, and priorities. ETIPP’s regional partners include the Coastal Studies Institute, Island Institute, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, Renewable Energy Alaska Project, and Spark Northwest.
The communities also partner with researchers at four national laboratories—including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories—to find solutions tailored to local energy challenges.
“A strong, domestic supply chain for lithium is crucial for our nation’s clean energy economy,"?said Alejandro Moreno, Acting Assistant Secretary for DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).?"This investment will support innovations leading to safe and sustainable production of the lithium we need for batteries for electric vehicles and the grid right here at home.” 
The 11 projects were selected from two Topic Areas: 
1. Field Validation of Lithium Hydroxide Production from Geothermal Brines:  Pilot or demonstration projects to validate cost-effective, innovative lithium extraction and lithium hydroxide conversion technologies.   
2. Applied Research & Development for Direct Lithium Extraction from Geothermal Brines:  Research and development projects to advance emerging direct lithium extraction process technologies to increase efficiency, reduce waste generation, and/or reduce cost. 
Click here for the full list of selected projects. 

EERE News
July 26, 2023 
U.S. Department of Energy Invests Nearly $10 Million to Advance Marine Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $10 million for seven innovative projects that will accelerate development and testing of marine energy technologies. Marine energy resources—such as wave, tidal, and ocean and river currents—are abundant, predictable, and complement other renewable energy sources. These investments advance research on wave-powered technology for use in seawater desalination and support a feasibility study for a potential ocean current test facility.  
“Marine energy technologies have incredible potential to provide clean electricity as well as clean water,” said Alejandro Moreno, Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. “These projects represent DOE’s first significant investment in marine energy serving the blue economy market and will advance technologies that can meet these needs and help achieve President Biden’s goal of a net-zero-emissions economy by 2050.” 
The seven projects announced today are part DOE’s Water Power Technologies Office’s (WPTO) Powering the Blue Economy™ Initiative, and six advance solutions that could provide low-cost, emission-free, and drought-resistant drinking water in disaster-relief situations and to small communities. 


August 8, 2023
DOE Announces $46 Million to Boost Energy Efficiency and Slash Emissions in Residential and Commercial Buildings
29 Projects Across 15 States Will Advance State-of-the-Art Building Technologies and Retrofit Practices to Cut Utility and Operating Costs, Reduce Energy Waste, and Support Healthier Communities 
In support of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $46 million for 29 projects across 15 states to develop advanced building technologies and retrofit practices that enable healthier households and communities and reduce energy waste. The Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers and Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) funding opportunity will help advance cost-effective solutions to successfully electrify buildings across the nation while also improving their energy efficiency and demand flexibility. These projects support innovative decarbonization strategies that, when deployed widely and properly, significantly reduce the building sector’s greenhouse gas emissions, eliminate unnecessary or wasteful energy consumption, and reduce strain on the nation’s electric grid. Accelerating breakthroughs in innovative technologies that increase building resiliency while mitigating local pollution is essential to delivering on the President's plan to combat the climate crisis and build a clean energy future. 
“Exploring new ways to build and operate America’s buildings is key to cutting harmful emissions and combatting the climate crisis,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. “With this funding, the Department is providing critical new resources to teams from across the nation to transform game-changing ideas into innovative solutions, creating safer and healthier homes and buildings while cutting energy costs.” 
Residential and commercial buildings are the largest energy consuming sector of the U.S. economy, responsible for approximately 40% of the nation’s energy consumption, 74% of its electricity use, and 35% of its total carbon emissions. Estimates indicate roughly one-third, or more, of the energy used by buildings is wasted at a cost of $150 billion annually. Utilizing current technologies and developing new innovations are essential to ensuring buildings across America can quickly and more effectively improve their energy efficiency and decarbonize their on-site processes while advancing environmental and energy justice priorities.  
DOE works to reduce the energy intensity and related carbon emissions of homes and commercial buildings by supporting cost-effective technologies and practices, and these selected projects will drive innovations that help drive breakthroughs and continued progress. More than half of the 29 projects selected will pursue advancements to improve space conditioning and water heating, which accounts for just over half of all energy use in American homes. The remaining projects will help advance other components impacting homes and commercial buildings.  
For more information and a full list of selected projects, please click here.  
Selection for award negotiations is not a commitment by DOE to issue an award or provide funding. Before funding is issued, DOE and the applicants will undergo a negotiation process, and DOE may cancel negotiations and rescind the selection for any reason during that time. 
DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is accelerating the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of technologies and solutions to support President Biden’s ambitious plan to transition America to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide by 2050. EERE is helping to ensure the clean energy economy benefits all Americans, creating good paying jobs for the American people—especially workers and communities impacted by the energy transition and those historically underserved by the energy system and overburdened by pollution. 
For more information on DOE’s efforts to make our homes and buildings more affordable and comfortable, visit the Building Technologies Office homepage.



January 16, 2024
https://www.energy.gov/eere/ammto/advanced-materials-manufacturing-technologies-office?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Welcome to the Manufacturing Moment, a monthly dose of advanced manufacturing updates hot off the factory floor. Estimated read time: 5 minutes.
A Note from AMMTO’s Director:
The Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) is starting 2024 with a resolution to build on the momentum of last year's achievements. AMMTO has much to celebrate as we reflect on the successes of 2023 and we’re grateful to our vast advanced manufacturing community for contributing to those successes. We need you in our corner as we strive to achieve a clean energy future for all Americans.
AMMTO’s first year as an office was productive, to say the least: We invested in five ground-breaking funding opportunities, launched four innovative prize competitions, and renewed three Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes and the Critical Materials Innovation Hub. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg – I encourage you to read more about these accomplishments in our 2023 Year in Review!
2024 has plenty more in store. AMMTO will be launching a multitude of strategies and roadmaps to guide us closer to the clean energy future. We look forward to unveiling these plans in the upcoming months but for now, we encourage you to read on to learn what we’ve been up to.
See you back here next month,
Chris Saldaña
Reach out to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office at [e-mail] with any manufacturing musings.