Projects that will help manufacturers improve their operational efficiency and shrink their carbon footprint through high performance computing (HPC) are the focus of a call for solicitations from the U.S. Department of Energy.

A U.S. Department of Energy ARPA-E project that began in 2014 with $3.3 million in funding could be the genesis of a hybrid solar energy converter that generates electricity and steam.

Those that have worked with industrial thermal technologies likely remember when the U.S. Department of Energy’s Industrial Technology Program was actively marketing its efforts to reduce industry’s energy consumption — and thereby reduce overall demand for energy. 

As part of its implementation of Executive Order 13771, “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs,” the Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking comments and information to assist in identifying existing regulations, paperwork requirements and other regulatory obligations that can be modified or repealed, consistent with law, to achieve meaningful burden reduction while continuing to achieve the DOE’s statutory obligations.

DOE’s test procedures rule for commercial packaged boilers (81 FR 79224) is final following its publication in the Federal Register by the Department of Energy. The effective date of the rule is December 12.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory chose three companies to design, build and operate a 10 MWe supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO₂) pilot power plant.

Improving Process Heating System Performance: A Sourcebook for Industry, 3rd Edition is available for download on the Industrial Heating Equipment Association’s website.

Most processors likely are familiar with the Advanced Manufacturing Office, part of the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

A promising new technology for economically capturing 90% of the carbon dioxide from plant.