Background

NASEO, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office, is working with State Energy Offices to identify, develop, and enhance resources to help manufacturing industries meet their goals and state objectives for economic development and competitiveness, emissions reduction and environmental protection, and energy reliability, resilience, and security.

This work includes both (1) helping existing industrial facilities through technical and business assistance; and (2) accelerating development and deployment of new technologies and industries. The scope includes manufacturing and related industrial activities (e.g., mining, water and wastewater treatment) broadly as well as manufacture of clean energy products (such as PVs, EVs, batteries, electrolyzers, carbon capture and utilization, high-efficiency products, controls, and clean fuels)

NASEO operates a State Industrial Working Group with interested states to advance these goals and engages with relevant programs and resources across agencies, organizations, and industries. Please contact industry@naseo.org or Rodney Sobin (rsobin@naseo.org) or Sam Cramer (scramer@naseo.org) with any questions about this initiative and to join the Working Group.

New, recent, and upcoming:

  • NEXT FORUM - TBD, please check back.

  • DOE announced 27 new Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC) and Building Training and Assessment Centers (BTAC) with intent (expected in early 2024) to release additional opportunities to expand the network of IACs at community colleges, trade schools, and union training programs (including combined labor-management training programs).

  • DOE announced selections for the Advanced Energy Manufacturing and Recycling Grant Program (BIL 40209), totaling over $275 million in federal funds for seven projects, with expectations for a second funding opportunity for $425 million to be released in early 2024.

  • DOE Announces $121 Million to Reduce Industrial Sector Emissions:

    • (1) Cross-Sector Technologies (CST) FOA ($38 million) focuses on high-impact, applied research, development, and pilot demonstration projects to advance the transformational cross-sector technologies and innovations required to reduce energy use and GHG emissions across the industrial sector. FOA topics include electrification of industrial heat, efficient energy use in industrial systems, and decarbonizing organic wastewater and wet waste treatment. Concept papers are due December 18, 2023, at 5:00pm ET, and full applications are due March 20, 2024, at 5:00pm ET. 

    • (2) Energy- and Emissions-Intensive Industries (EEII) NOI ($83 million) focuses on applied RD&D for the highest GHG-emitting industrial subsectors -- chemicals and fuels; iron and steel; food and beverage; building and infrastructure materials (including cement and concrete, asphalt pavements, and glass); and forest products -- that account for more than 65% of U.S. industrial manufacturing emissions. It also includes a topic focused on pre-front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) studies that support the development of decarbonized industrial processes such as: (a) integration of green hydrogen as a feedstock in clean fuels, chemicals, and iron and steel production; (b) carbon capture for select industrial sectors; and (c) integration of multiple decarbonization technologies for chemical production, mineral processing, and iron and steel.

  • Renewable Thermal Collaborative, Thermal Batteries: Opportunities to Accelerate Decarbonization of Industrial Heating (and October 5, 2023 webinar recording link).
  • World Resources Institute: The Role of Hydrogen for Decarbonizing Industry in the U.S. November 1. 2023 webinar description and recording link.
  • NASEO Annual Meeting (Portland, OR) session, American Manufacturing Renaissance: Productive, Prosperous, and Increasingly Clean (October 18, 2023): Carolyn Snyder (U.S. DOE, presentation), Julie Staveland (Michigan EGLE, presentation).

  • DOE Energy Efficient Transformer and Extended Product System Rebates: DOE has opened a $10 million Energy Efficient Transformer Rebates Program for owners of industrial or manufacturing facilities, commercial buildings, and multifamily buildings as well as utilities and energy service companies for the replacement of a qualified energy inefficient transformer with a qualified energy efficient transformer. DOE also opened a $10 million Extended Product System Rebates Program offering rebates to any purchasers of qualified extended product systems (i.e., electric motor, electronic control, and driven load)  and manufacturers of commercial or industrial machinery or equipment that incorporates a qualified extended product system. A Rebates Portal provides more information and means to register and apply for rebates. Rebate applications for both programs must be received by December 8, 2023, with rebates available through December 31, 2023, or until funds are expended; whichever comes first.

  • Grants for Small and Medium-sized Manufacturers: U.S. DOE, in collaboration with its Partnership Intermediary, ENERGYWERX, has re-opened solicitation for small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) to receive 50% cost-shared grants of up to $300,000 to implement recommendations made by Industrial Assessment Centers, Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnerships (CHP TAPs), and qualified third-party assessors. DOE is also soliciting applications from third-party assessors interested in qualifying as “IAC-equivalent” so their clients can be eligible for future implementation grants. Implementation grant applicants and applicants for third-parties seeking “IAC-equivalent” qualification may click here for more information (next deadline for both are December 31, 2023, 5:00 pm ET.) RSVP here. A list of Round 1 Implementation Grant Awardees and qualified third-party assessors can be found here.
  • Deadline extended: DOE $2B Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grants  (informational webinar Oct. 5, 3:30 pm ET [register here], concept paper deadline extended to Nov. 1, 2023 and applications due Jan. 9, 2024) and $10B Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program oriented toward electrified vehicle manufacture.
  • DOE Announces State Manufacturing Leadership Program Selectees: The DOE Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) announced $22 million in funding for 12 state-run programs under the State Manufacturing Leadership Program. The programs will make smart manufacturing technologies and high-performance computing more accessible to domestic manufacturing firms. The State Manufacturing Leadership Program aims to remove barriers that prevent innovative, data-driven tools and technologies from being used by small- and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs).  Selected states include CA, CT, HI, IA, MA, MI, MT, NC, OH, PA, RI, and VA. The IA, MT, and OH lead organizations include their State Energy Offices. Additional information can be found here, with fact sheets for each selected state here.
  • DOE Pathway to Commercial Liftoff: Industrial Decarbonization reports: Overview report, Chemicals & Refining, and Low-carbon Cement. See the June 28, 2023, interim report webinar presentation slides and recording
  • NASEO Industrial/Manufacturing Working Group Forum: (1) Implementation Grants for Industrial Research and Assessment Centers, (2) Advanced Manufacturing Tax Credits, and (3) Focus on Michigan - September 13, 2023: This Forum featured DOE presentations on (1) implementation grants available to help small and medium sized manufacturers implement recommendations from Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs), CHP Technical Assistance Partnerships, and equivalent assessments (presentation) and (2) the 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit and 48C Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (presentation link pending) . There was also a focus on Michigan, with State Energy Office remarks and presentations from the Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University on the RESTART technical assistance program (presentation) and the Industrial Decarbonization Innovation Challenge (presentation).
  • DOE Industrial Technologies Funding and Technical Assistance compendium
  • DOE $3.5B Notice of Intent: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 40207(b) Battery Materials Processing and 40207(c) Battery Manufacturing Grants Round II
  • Michigan Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University announce an Industrial Decarbonization Innovation Challenge in partnership with Whirlpool, Gerdau, MI Economic Development Corp., NREL, and Breakthrough Energy. Up to $250,000 will be available to support industrial decarbonization demonstrations and other technology development services.

  • U.S. DOE, Better Buildings Framework for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Planning: Industrial Portfolios (2023): This framework helps organizations develop an actionable plan that achieves Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions reduction targets. This resource is tailored for organizations with an industrial portfolio.

Programs and Resources

Working Group materials

  • NASEO Industrial/Manufacturing Working Group Forum: (1) Implementation Grants for Industrial Research and Assessment Centers, (2) Advanced Manufacturing Tax Credits, and (3) Focus on Michigan - September 13, 2023: This Forum featured DOE presentations on (1) implementation grants available to help small and medium sized manufacturers implement recommendations from Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs), CHP Technical Assistance Partnerships, and equivalent assessments (presentation) and (2) the 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit and 48C Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (presentation link pending) . There was also a focus on Michigan, with State Energy Office remarks and presentations from the Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University on the RESTART technical assistance program (presentation) and the Industrial Decarbonization Innovation Challenge (presentation).
  • NASEO Industrial/Manufacturing Working Group Forum on NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership and EPA ENERGY STAR Program for Industry - July 12, 2023: This Forum featured presentations on technical assistance, tools, and resources to help American industry offered through EPA's ENERGY STAR industrial program and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEP). ENERGY STAR helps U.S. industry to enhance energy management through partnerships, tools, and other resources. MEP is a public-private partnership with Centers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico serving small- and medium sized manufacturers. The Forum included state discussion and exchange. Presentation slides are here.
  • NASEO Webinar: Renewable Thermal Vision and Industrial Electrification in U.S. States (June 14, 2023): The Renewable Thermal Collaborative, a global coalition for companies, institutions, and governments committed to scaling up renewable heating and cooling and cutting carbon emissions at industrial facilities, partners discussed its Renewable Thermal Vision and Industrial Electrification in U.S. States reports as well as associated policy and technical tools available to help states and industries advance industrial electrification. The presentation slides can be found here, recording is pending.
  • NASEO Industrial/Manufacturing Working Group Forum on Industrial Assessment Centers and Complementary TA Programs (May 3, 2023):  U.S. DOE presented on the DOE-supported Industrial Assessment Centers, including its services and planned program enhancements and expansion. The Forum also included discussion of complementary technical assistance programs (CHP/Onsite Energy Technical Assistance Partnerships, DOE Better Plants) as well as perspective from the University of Utah-based Intermountain IAC on IAC-State Energy Office collaboration. Discussion of state support for industrial energy assessments occurred during state exchange portion of the program. Slides here and recording here.
  • NASEO Industrial/Manufacturing Working Group Forum (March 1, 2023): DOE Advanced Energy Manufacturing Grants and Industrial Demonstrations Programs and Connecticut Focus (March 1, 2023) - presentation and recording

U.S. Department of Energy

  • Industrial Technologies Funding and Technical Assistance compendium
  • Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office supports innovation in technologies and the adoption of practices to enable the industrial sector to cost-effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office researches, develops, and demonstrates next-generation materials and manufacturing technologies needed to increase U.S. industrial competitiveness and to drive economy-wide decarbonization. AMMTO supports the national plan to revitalize American manufacturing, secure critical supply chains, and develop diverse innovation ecosystems leading to new manufacturing jobs and increased economic strength of the nation.
  • Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains is responsible for strengthening and securing manufacturing and energy supply chains needed to modernize the nation’s energy infrastructure and support a clean and equitable energy transition.
  • Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations was established as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to accelerate clean energy technologies from the lab to market and fill a critical innovation gap on the path to achieving our nation’s climate goals of net zero emissions by 2050. Its mission is to deliver clean energy demonstration projects at scale in partnership with the private sector to accelerate deployment, market adoption, and the equitable transition to a decarbonized energy system.
  • Loan Program Office
  • DOE Technical Assistance, Tools, and Resources

Other Programs

Other Organizations and Resources

Selected Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Provisions

Selected Inflation Reduction Act Provisions