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The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, on behalf of the Advanced Manufacturing Office, will make available approximately $35 million to support early-stage innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing that are not significantly represented in EERE’s current portfolio.
The Advanced Manufacturing Office recently announced 28 higher education institutions from 25 states across the country selected to receive nearly $35 million to set up and operate regional Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC).
AMO issued a funding opportunity for a Technical Field Manager for the Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs). Up to an estimated $5 million will be available for a period of five years, subject to appropriation. Full applications are due February 15, 2017.
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, on behalf of the Advanced Manufacturing Office, announced the American Institute of Chemical Engineers to lead new Manufacturing USA Institute. The Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Institute will focus on developing technologies to boost energy productivity and energy efficiency by 20 percent in five years.
The key to taking on manufacturing challenges is developing strong partnerships and prioritizing technology innovation. Learn how AMO is utilizing private and public partnerships to tackle the challenges facing manufacturers today, such as how to increase energy productivity, create quality jobs, and utilize state of the art technology.
Manufacturing converts a wide range of raw materials, components, and parts into finished goods that meet market expectations. The Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) partners with industry, small business, universities, and other stakeholders to identify and invest in emerging technologies with the potential to create high-quality domestic manufacturing jobs and enhance the global competitiveness of the United States.
What We Do
We partner with industry, small business, universities, regional entities, and other stakeholders to identify and invest in emerging clean energy technologies. We establish collaborative communities focused on developing and commercializing targeted technologies; play a leadership role in the national interagency Advanced Manufacturing Partnership; and encourage a culture of continuous improvement in corporate energy management. Our investments have high impact, use project diversity to spread risk, target nationally important innovation at critical decision points, and contribute to quantifiable energy savings.
By reducing the life-cycle energy consumption of manufactured goods by 50 percent over 10 years, we will support the creation of high-quality domestic manufacturing jobs and enhance the competitiveness of the United States.
Why It Matters
Manufacturing converts a wide range of raw materials, components, and parts into finished goods that meet market expectations. Game changing investments in Advanced Manufacturing—efficient, productive, highly integrated, and tightly controlled processes—have the potential to fill the innovation gap between research and full "to scale" industrial production. As an end-use sector, manufacturing is the most diverse in the U.S. economy in terms of its energy sources, foundational technologies, and the products manufacturing produces. In 2012 (unless otherwise indicated), U.S. manufacturing was responsible for 12.5% [1] of GDP, direct employment for about 12 million people [1], and 70% [2] of all business R&D performed (in 2010 and 2011); and close to 75% [3] of U.S. exports of goods; production of 17% [4] of the world's manufacturing output, and 25% [5] of U.S. energy use.
1 U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Value Added by Industry, Gross Output by Industry, Intermediate Inputs by Industry, the Components of Value Added by Industry, and Employment by Industry (xls)
2 National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Business R&D Performance in the United States Increased in 2011 (pdf)
3 U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. US International Trade in Goods and Services December 2012 (pdf)
4 United Nations. National Accounts main Aggregates Database. GDP and its breakdown at current prices in US Dollars (xls)
5 U.S. Energy Information Administration. Annual Energy Outlook. Residential, Commercial, & Industrial Demand Sector Data Tables
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News
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December 21, 2016
EERE announces up to $35 million in available funding to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing that are not significantly represented in EERE’s current portfolio.
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December 16, 2016NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR EXTENDING INDUSTRIAL ASSESSMENT CENTERS TO UNDERSERVED AREAS Funding Number: DE-FOA-0001704Funding Amount: $4,080,000 - subject to appropriations The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO), a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Extending Industrial Assessment Centers to Underserved Areas.”
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December 15, 2016
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December 14, 2016
Highlights
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December 9, 2016
An old proverb reminds us, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Great innovation is the result of facing a challenge and finding a unique way to overcome it. Overcoming challenges often relies on partnership and teamwork to identify and achieve common goals.
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December 8, 2016
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December 5, 2016
Events
AMO Peer Review
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Featured Publications
Recent Publications
- R&D For Dispatchable Distributed Energy Resources At Manufacturing Sites - Workshop Summary Report, April 2015
- Barriers to Industrial Energy Efficiency - Report to Congress, June 2015
- Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative Midwest Regional Summit: Lightweighting Breakout Session Summary
- Wide Bandgap Semiconductors: Pursuing the Promise
- Additive Manufacturing: Pursuing the Promise
- CHP: A Clean Energy Solution, August 2012
- Energy Technology Solutions: Public-Private Partnerships Transforming Industry, November 2010
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