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Interested in collaborating with your community to find geothermal solutions? 🔥 Apply to the Geothermal Collegiate Competition (GCC) by Oct. 7 to dig into geothermal heating/cooling projects.
To help accelerate wave energy converter design and testing, check out this $112.5 million funding. 🌊
The Winners’ Circle 👑
Let’s hear it for the six final phase winners of the Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize! 🎉 Together with DOE, they’re creating cost-effective technologies to expand domestic capabilities for wind material recycling.
Catch the back-to-school wave with the 2024 Hydropower Collegiate Competition winners of the Community Connections Challenge to see how they’re creating a community around water power education. 💧⚡ Take a look at these hydropower and marine energy career maps to find one that’s right for you. 🗺️
In Case You Missed It 🔎
Congratulations to the Phase 2 winners of the Historically Black Colleges & Universities Clean Energy Education Prize Partnerships Track! 🏆 These 10 schools are building a diverse new generation of clean energy leaders.
Developers, biologists, and environmentalists from Anoka County Solar in Ramsey, Minnesota, are protecting wildlife and clean energy development by creating pollinator-friendly solar sites. 🐝 Let’s bring the bees back, one solar panel at a time!
What’s New in Buildings and Industry? 🧱
Did you know that the residents of Foundation Communities’ Homestead Apartments are saving 40%–50% on utility bills? 😱 Explore how they partnered with the Better Climate and Better Buildings Challenges to champion energy efficiency. ⚡
Valley Children’s Healthcare doesn’t just champion children’s health—they lead the way with clean energy too! 🏥 Learn more about Valley Children’s new renewable energy microgrid, which is expected to provide 80% of the energy demand for current hospital services.
What’s New in Sustainable Transportation and Fuels? 🚙
Are you charged up to join the in-demand electric vehicle workforce? DOE’s new Battery Workforce Challenge Program 🔋 is just the training for you—keep an eye out for the first of the program’s nationwide hubs, which will map out various workplace pathways.
Clean Energy Champion 💪
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with these six water power pioneers who fought droughts, scaled dams, and sailed the Pacific on their path to renewable clean energy careers. 🚢
What’s New in Renewable Energy? ☀️
How much do you know about distributed wind energy? 🤔 Test your knowledge by taking the quiz offered by the Strategize, Engage, Network, Deploy Distributed Wind (SEND) project.
True or False: Distributed wind energy projects only use small wind turbines.
Answer: False! Distributed wind energy projects are not limited to a specific turbine size or capacity; however, distributed wind projects are comparatively smaller than utility-scale wind farms. In other words, small wind turbines are almost always deployed in distributed wind applications, but distributed wind energy projects do not always include small wind turbines.