Some of the technologies being developed with the grants, ranging from subsurface sensors to microtunneling robots, could have construction applications beyond grid projects.

This is the second round of funding from $1 billion made available through the Inflation Reduction Act.

Estimated costs to cover the backlog of four agencies' deferred projects increased by about $22 billion between 2017 and 2022, according to a new U.S. Government Accountability Office report.

The funding is part of DOE's efforts to reduce buildings-sector energy use and costs, as well as greenhouse gas emissions.

Energy Secretary touts grants from new Inflation Reduction Act for infrastructure siting projects to speed connection of renewable power sources

U.S. Energy Dept selected team, also including Fluor and Cavendish Nuclear, to manage decontamination and decommissioning work at the shuttered Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio.

Energy efficiency work created more than half of the overall sector's new construction jobs, the agency says in new report.

Funding from the 2021 infrastructure law will expedite 12 projects targeting carbon emissions from power generation and other industrial operations, said US Energy Dept. officials.

Holcim's plan to move toward 100% renewable power at its plants is part of its pledge as a member of the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Better Climate Challenge.

Redwood Materials plans to draw pieces of federal financing as it achieves milestones in phased construction of its northern Nevada battery materials campus.