EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: AMO Co-Sponsored World Energy Engineering Congress – September 9
The deadline for early registration for the 39th World Energy Engineering Congress (WEEC) is September 9, 2016. Register here for the conference and tradeshow.
AMO’s Better Plants Program will be showcased at the WEEC, which is the largest energy conference and technology expo held in the U.S. specifically for business, industrial and institutional energy users. Over the course of the three-day conference, the Better Plants program team will host a series of panels to discuss key energy management issues such as the value of ISO 50001, onsite generation, water and energy, and smarter data use. DOE will also issue a 2016 Better Plants progress update.
The WEEC will be held September 21–23, 2016 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
DEADLINE: REMADE in America Institute Full Application Submission – September 28
Full application submissions for the Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Reducing EMbodied-energy And Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) in Materials Manufacturing funding opportunity are due September 28 at 5:00 PM EST.
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), invests in cutting-edge research, development, and demonstration activities focused on sustainable transportation, renewable power, and energy efficiency. The estimated period of performance for the award will be 5 years with the goal of the Institute to be self-sustaining by the end of the project period.
View the funding opportunity and submission instructions here, which includes more information about the proposed applicant eligibility requirements.
EVENT: DOE to Host Boot camps to Help Advanced Energy Manufacturing Businesses Grow
DOE’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI) is hosting MITEC Boot Camps in Michigan, Georgia, and Virginia coordinated through the Manufacturing Impacts Through Energy and Commerce (MITEC) program. These boot camps are designed to help small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in advanced energy sectors access DOE national lab capabilities and assets; learn about DOE programs targeting SMEs including the Small Business Vouchers pilot and the Small Business Innovation Research program; and how to specifically engage with two DOE national labs—the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL).
RSVP for the Michigan boot camp on September 14th at NextEnergy in Detroit.
RSVP for the Georgia boot camp on October 4th at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
RSVP for the Virginia boot camp on October 6th at James Madison University in Harrisonburg.
More information about MITEC can be found by following these links about the boot camps and pilot program, or by emailing CleanEnergyManufacturing@ee.doe.gov.
AMO Partner IACMI Hosts Innovation Hub Tour
Last week, IACMI-The Composites Institute CEO, Craig Blue, spoke with national commerce and manufacturing leaders during an innovation and partnership event attended by U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Economic Development, Matt Erskine. Led by The University of Tennessee’s East Tennessee Area IMCP Initiative, DRIVE!, the one day event included business, education, government and research participants. Craig Blue led a tour of the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and provided on overview of the new $250M Composites Institute based in Knoxville.
Erskine’s visit was part of a tour of 24 cities across the country that have been designated as manufacturing communities under the Obama administration's Investing in Manufacturing Community Partnership program (IMCP).
Click here to read more about the official visit.
AMO’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility Helps Set Guinness World Record in 3D Printing
Last week, the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) broke the record for the largest solid 3D printed item by Guinness World Records with a 3D printed trim-and-drill tool. ORNL printed the lower cost trim tool in only 30 hours using carbon fiber and ABS thermoplastic composite materials, which will be tested in building the Boeing 777X passenger jet. At 17.5 feet long, 5.5 feet wide and 1.5 feet tall, the 3D printed structure is comparable in length to a large sport utility vehicle and weighs approximately 1,650 pounds.
The record was set at the DOE Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at ORNL, which is supported by the Advanced Manufacturing Office. Learn more about the record on our blog, and watch this video to see the tool being printed.
DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory Licenses Rare Earth Magnet Recycling Process to Momentum Technologies
In a new licensing agreement between DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Momentum Technologies, a process to recover rate earth magnets from used computer hard drives has been discovered. The patent-pending process developed as part of DOE’s Critical Materials Institute is designed to economically recover large amounts of magnets made from neodymium—a rare earth element that is mined almost exclusively outside the United States. The magnets are the most powerful on earth, and used in everything from computer hard drives and cell phones to clean energy technologies such as electric vehicles and windmills.
Click here for more information.