The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity on Sept. 18 released two notices of intent to issue funding to support research and development of electric grid technologies.

California public power utility Anaheim Public Utilities recently provided details to Public Power Current on a battery storage project that will, among other things, support renewable energy integration.

The U.S. Department of Energy on Sept. 20 announced over $3 billion for 25 selected projects across 14 states to boost the domestic production of advanced batteries and battery materials nationwide.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations has issued a notice of intent to fund up to $1.8 billion for the design, construction, and operation of mid- and large-scale commercial direct air capture facilities and infrastructure scaling platforms.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office announced the launch of the Pacific Northwest Regional Energy Planning Project, a broad engagement‐based planning process that will produce regional analyses of infrastructure investments that will be required to meet the goals and requirements of regional participants, including resource adequacy, decarbonization, ecosystem priorities, and system resilience and reliability.

EDF Renewables North America on Sept. 20 announced a 20-year power purchase agreement with Omaha Public Power District for the Milligan 1 Wind project.