The U.S. Department of Energy emphasizes innovative technologies to increase manufacturing agility and open new markets. It also maintains a range of projects, analyses, protocols, and strategies to reduce industrial energy intensity and carbon emissions in specific industries and technology areas:

Industries

Aluminum
Chemicals
Forest Products
Glass
Metal Casting
Mining
Other Industries 
Petroleum Refining
Steel

Technologies

Boilers and Steam Systems
Combustion
Compressed Air
Distributed Energy/Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
Fuel and Feedstock Flexibility
Information & Communications Technology / Data Centers
Materials for Industrial Use
Motors, Fans, and Pumps
Nanomanufacturing
Process Heating
Sensors & Automation

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