Office of Clean Energy Releases Notice of Intent to Issue the Industrial Demonstrations Program Funding The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) recently released a Notice of Intent to provide up to $6.3 billion to support the advancement of transformational technologies necessary to decarbonize the industrial sector and provide the U.S. with a competitive edge in the race to lead the world in low- and net-zero carbon manufacturing. Click Here TechAlliance Offers Corporate Venture Connections Corporate Venture Connections is a series of industry sector events that bring corporate venture capitalists together to showcase the most promising PNW innovative startups that match the interests of the CVCs. Click Here To Lead on Climate, Lean on Nuclear Energy Northwest's, Bob Schuetz contributed an article related to climate action in the December Tri-Cities Are Journal of Business. Click Here Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Concept Paper Notifications On December 27, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) responded to Concept Papers submitted for the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) program. In September 2022, DOE opened a $7 billion funding opportunity to create clean hydrogen hubs across the country and form a critical arm of America’s future clean energy economy. For the first stage of this process, OCED required Concept Paper submittals and received 79 submissions. In these Concept Papers, applicants requested nearly $60 billion in federal funding—roughly eight to nine times the size of DOE’s $6-7 billion solicitation. Click Here Natural Gas Decarbonization Survey The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has partnered with Sustainability Solutions Group (SSG) to explore approaches for decarbonizing, or reducing greenhouse gas emissions, in Washington’s energy system. We want your input! Take the survey to learn more about the decarbonization pathways project and provide your input on the project. Click Here WSU Tri-Cities Perfectly Poised to Help Washington State Become Clean Energy Leader Governor Inslee recently visited the WSU Tri-Cities campus to announce that he will ask the state Legislature for $10 million for the newly launched Institute for Northwest Energy Futures. Inslee expressed hope that the campus will become a hub that is recognized internationally for its innovations related to clean energy sources and technology. Click Here Applications Now Open for Spring 2023 Cohort of the Cleantech Hardware Innovation Prototyping (CHIP) Program The CHIP Program is part of the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds’ partnership with the CleanTech Alliance and VertueLab, the Northwest Cleantech Innovation Network, and is funded through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC). Click Here Washington State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council Releases Draft Environmental Study for Local Project Washington State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council is proposing ways to minimize the view of hundreds of soaring towers and spinning turbine blades from a massive wind and solar energy farm planned south of the Tri-Cities. Click Here GE Hitachi Submits Generic Design Assessment Application for the BWRX-300 Small Nuclear Reactor GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) recently announced that it has submitted a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) entry application for the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) to the U.K. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Click Here TerraPower Announces Delay TerraPower recently announced a delay to the start date for its Natrium reactor due to lack of fuel availability. Click Here Toyota Urges More Than EVs The world's biggest carmaker, Toyota, isn't quite sold on electric vehicles and thinks they are not alone in their thinking. Click Here Holtec to Reapply for Federal Funding to Restart Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Holtec International is not ready to give up on the Palisades nuclear power plant. Despite having been denied federal funds for a possible reopening of the Covert, Mich., facility, the company recently announced its intention to reapply. Click Here Unsubscribe   |   Manage your subscription   |   View online