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  • DOE, Stellantis Join Hands to Launch Battery Workforce Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE, Stellantis Join Hands to Launch Battery Workforce Challenge

    The Department of Energy has partnered with automaker and mobility provider Stellantis to launch the Battery Workforce Challenge, a three-year battery design competition that aims to promote the transition to electric mobility and help the economy achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.  Argonne National Library will manage the competition, under which participants will strive to design, […] More

  • Parsons to Develop Clean Energy Tech Under Under DOE Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons to Develop Clean Energy Tech Under Under DOE Contract Modification

    Parsons has received a contract modification from the Department of Energy to continue accelerating development of clean energy technologies. Work under the $14 million Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations award will cover a wide range of technical, program and project management support for OCED, the company said Thursday. Parsons secured the initial task order in June […] More

  • General Electric Demos Direct Air Capture Tech for Carbon Removal Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Electric Demos Direct Air Capture Tech for Carbon Removal Efforts

    General Electric has conducted a laboratory demonstration of its first direct air capture technology designed to help the Department of Energy boost efforts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. GE said Tuesday the DAC technology was built on the company’s thermal management and heat exchanger design expertise and chemistry and material systems development experience.  […] More

  • 10 Teams Win DOE Contest for Energy Storage Innovations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    10 Teams Win DOE Contest for Energy Storage Innovations

    The Department of Energy has named the ten winners of its first contest for innovations in energy storage that could support its decarbonization goals. The Energy Storage Innovations Prize is collectively worth $300,000, with five teams receiving $50,000 each and the rest securing $10,000 each, DOE said Monday. The Office of Electricity-led challenge recognizes emerging […] More

  • OmniSync Receives Energy Department's Phase III Award for Innovation Matching Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OmniSync Receives Energy Department’s Phase III Award for Innovation Matching Tech

    OmniSync, a California-based software developer, has secured a five-year, phase three contract under a Department of Energy small business initiative to advance an artificial intelligence-based platform meant to enhance program outcomes. The startup said Wednesday it will work with DOE to build the Small Business Innovation Research Partnering Platform to augment turnouts for the SBIR/Small Business […] More

  • Small Businesses Awarded DOE Funding for R&D Efforts on Clean Energy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Small Businesses Awarded DOE Funding for R&D Efforts on Clean Energy

    The Department of Energy awarded $17 million in research grants to 77 small business projects that support the advancement of clean energy.   Each project will receive $200,000 under the median Phase 1 to conduct research and development work for a six- to 12-month period. Phase I grants will compete for funding for prototypes or […] More

  • Xage Joins 1st Cohort of NREL's Clean Energy Cybersecurity Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xage Joins 1st Cohort of NREL’s Clean Energy Cybersecurity Program

    Xage Security will participate in the first cohort of a National Renewable Energy Laboratory initiative that supports the development and testing of secure clean energy technologies.  NREL’s Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator offers the company an opportunity to test renewable energy systems using zero trust identity-based access management and remote access capabilities and autonomous local identity […] More

  • 111 Energy Service Companies Get DOE Qualification for Federal Contract Opportunities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    111 Energy Service Companies Get DOE Qualification for Federal Contract Opportunities

    The Department of Energy has identified 111 energy service companies that are qualified for the government’s multi-tiered energy savings performance contracting program.  The list is in compliance with the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and serves as an initial step in the procurement process for energy-related contract opportunities, DOE said Friday.  The energy companies will […] More

  • Ensco-Led Industry Team to Build, Test DOE Fortis Railcar; Jeff Stevens Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco-Led Industry Team to Build, Test DOE Fortis Railcar; Jeff Stevens Quoted

    The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy has selected an Ensco-led team to fabricate and test a prototype railcar envisioned to transport high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Ensco said Thursday it will partner with Kasgro Rail, Oak Ridge Technologies and RailcarCo to support the testing of the eight-axle, flat-deck railcar, dubbed Fortis, […] More

  • ARL, Amyx & Edgewater to Support Energy Department's CFO Office; William Schaefer Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ARL, Amyx & Edgewater to Support Energy Department’s CFO Office; William Schaefer Quoted

    Acquisition, Research and Logistics will work with Amyx and Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide Corporate Business Systems support services to the Department of Energy’s office of the chief financial officer under a potential five-year, $20 million contract. The OCFO contract awarded through the DOE Professional and Administrative Support Services blanket purchase agreement includes consulting, administrative, […] More

  • Volta, Imagen Receive DOE Funding To Commercialize Electric Vehicle Fast Charger - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Volta, Imagen Receive DOE Funding To Commercialize Electric Vehicle Fast Charger

    The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has awarded a joint project by Volta and Imagen Energy a grant to commercialize a U.S.-manufactured direct current fast-charging equipment for electric vehicles.  Volta said Wednesday it will use its PredictEV infrastructure planning tool and software to help Imagen Energy select sites for effective piloting and initial […] More

  • General Atomics Researchers Secure DOE Funding for Tokamak Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Researchers Secure DOE Funding for Tokamak Research

    The Department of Energy has provided five researchers from General Atomics with funding to perform experimental research on fusion energy at tokamak facilities in support of the administration’s goal of developing a fusion energy pilot plant. General Atomics said Friday research projects at tokamak facilities in the U.S. and worldwide are mainly focused on creating […] More