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Achieving Climate & Energy Justice: President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative
This column from the Department of Energy explores the Justice40 initiative from the Biden-Harris Administration, designed to dismantle unjust systems that disproportionately harm Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities by delivering historic clean energy investments to underserved and overburdened communities.
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Chemicals Value Chain Decarbonization: Integrated Solutions for a Complex Challenge
Decarbonizing the chemicals sector is an essential part of the strategy to achieve a strong, competitive, and net-zero industrial sector of the future. Learn how the U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) is pursuing ambitious pathways to support technology development and collaboration across the entire chemicals value chain.
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DOE Transmission Interconnection Roadmap: Transforming Bulk Transmission Interconnection by 2035
The Transmission Interconnection Roadmap, developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange (i2X), outlines solutions to speed up the interconnection of clean energy onto the nation’s transmission grid and clear the existing backlog of solar, wind and battery projects seeking to be built.
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Principles for Responsible Participation in Voluntary Carbon Markets
The U.S. Department of Energy issued the Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCMs) Joint Policy Statement to provide guidance on how to advance high-integrity VCMs and fully achieve the potential of these markets. This column summarizes voluntary principles that U.S. market participants, including corporate buyers, should embrace as they engage in VCMs.
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DOE: Progress and Accomplishments in Clean Hydrogen — and a Look Back at Major Milestones in 2024
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, momentum for clean hydrogen continued to build in 2024 across the United States and globally, with costs going down, scale ramping up, and key technologies improving in performance.
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Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Virtual Power Plants 2025 Update
Virtual power plants (VPPs) are among the critical solutions to meet the pressing challenges the grid faces today. However, deployment still needs to accelerate in the U.S. to reach 80-160 GW of VPPs that contribute to an affordable, reliable, and secure grid. In this report from the U.S. Department of Energy, learn about real-world examples, new resources, and updated industry insights that can accelerate commercial liftoff for this solution.
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