DOE Awards 13 Organizations to Build Roadmaps to Clean Energy Manufacturing
Summary
The MAKE IT Prize is a multiphase, two-track competition aimed at catalyzing domestic manufacturing of critical components for the clean energy infrastructure. None Illinois Clean Tech Economy Coalition (Chicago, Illinois): The Clean Tech Economy Coalition (CTEC) will develop a comprehensive road map to grow a grid modernization technology manufacturing cluster in the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), leveraging existing resources, and developing new partnerships and programs to drive innovation, production, and workforce capacity. None WE-MADE (Edinburg, Texas): This project will strategically bring together university professors and centers, community partners, industry professionals, and entrepreneurs to gather input and build relationships to develop and nurture a sustainable, regional entrepreneurial roadmap focusing on launching and growing new ventures on wind energy technology/device manufacturing and recycling. Collaborations fostered through this program will provide regional economic benefits by supporting clean energy entrepreneurs starting new businesses and bringing new products to market, and by repurposing unused manufacturing facilities and increasing workforce development opportunities. This track invites U.S.-based entities with demonstrated commitment and capabilities in domestic manufacturing to complete and submit the work necessary for a shovel-ready manufacturing facility for specific clean energy technology components, including components related to hydrogen, the electric grid, long-duration energy storage, and carbon capture.