{"id":175461,"date":"2023-05-17T15:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T22:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inbusinessphx.com\/?p=175461"},"modified":"2023-05-17T15:40:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T22:40:02","slug":"asu-to-lead-new-doe-clean-energy-manufacturing-innovation-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/?p=175461","title":{"rendered":"ASU to Lead New DOE Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The\u00a0U.S. Department of Energy has selected Arizona State University<\/a>\u00a0to receive up to $70 million to establish a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute<\/a> devoted to the challenge of fighting greenhouse gas emissions from industrial process heating. ASU will lead the multi-institution effort known as Electrified Processes for Industry Without Carbon, or\u00a0EPIXC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe industrial sector accounts for more than 30% of the nation\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions, and fossil fuel-driven process heating \u2014 from pasteurizing milk to melting steel \u2014 is the most significant contributor to those emissions,\u201d said\u00a0Sridhar Se<\/a>etharaman<\/a>, vice dean for research and innovation in the\u00a0Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering<\/a>\u00a0at ASU and the director of EPIXC.<\/p>\n

Seetharaman said the new institute will support expanded use of clean electricity for process heating \u2014 the thermal energy used to prepare materials and produce manufactured goods \u2014 and a dramatic reduction of CO2 emissions across industrial sectors, including iron and steel, chemicals, petroleum, food and beverage, forest products and cement. It will operate as a public-private partnership conducting innovative research, development, demonstration and deployment of relevant technologies as well as necessary workforce training.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdditionally, this is part of society\u2019s broader transition to clean energy, and we need to look at the social justice aspects of what we are doing,\u201d Seetharaman said. \u201cOur current energy landscape positioned petrochemical plants in an unjust way. Certain communities suffered health consequences from their proximity, and they continue to suffer from them. As we move forward with the new energy landscape, we need to make it happen in a truly just manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alongside ASU\u2019s leadership of EPIXC, key partners include the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, Pennsylvania State University, Stanford University, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Tuskegee University, North Carolina State University, Navajo Technical University, Idaho National Laboratory, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. KB Science provided strategic guidance for the proposal\u2019s development.<\/p>\n

EPIXC joins the DOE\u2019s six other\u00a0Manufacturing USA institutes<\/a>,\u00a0which convene the nation\u2019s brightest minds to solve the country\u2019s toughest manufacturing challenges and move novel electrification processes out of the lab and into the market.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe enhancement of energy efficiency in industrial manufacturing processes poses a complex array of technical and societal challenges,\u201d said\u00a0Kyle Squires, ASU\u2019s vice provost of engineering, computing and technology and dean of the Fulton Schools. \u201cWe look forward to leading the development of clean energy heating solutions for industry, leveraging our outstanding faculty, strong partnerships and the support of the community.<\/p>\n

“Our commitment extends beyond technological advancements as we also anticipate fostering the growth of a new generation of engineering leaders who will drive the necessary technology innovations in an equitable fashion to achieve the greatest possible benefit to the communities we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis strong array of academic, community and industry partners will propel the EPIXC team to groundbreaking impact via scientific and technological leadership, workforce development and just energy transition,\u201d said\u00a0Sally C. Morton, executive vice president of Knowledge Enterprise at ASU.\u00a0\u201cThese objectives fit squarely within the responsibility and mandate of the New American University, and ASU is honored to lead this Manufacturing USA institute for the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

EPIXC is funded through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy\u2019s\u00a0Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0U.S. Department of Energy has selected Arizona State University\u00a0to receive up to $70 million to establish a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute devoted to the challenge of fighting greenhouse gas emissions from industrial process heating. ASU will lead the multi-institution effort known as Electrified Processes for Industry Without Carbon, or\u00a0EPIXC. \u201cThe industrial sector accounts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-175461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-growth-enterprise","tag-hot-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=175461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=175461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}