DOE Announces Webinars on On-Bill Financing, Design Conditions for the Hurricane Metocean Environment, and More

EERE offers webinars to the public on a range of subjects, from adopting the latest energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, to training for the clean energy workforce. Webinars are free; however, advanced registration is typically required. You can also watch archived webinars and browse previously aired videos, slides, and transcripts.

Upcoming Webinars

January 6: Live Webinar on Success Stories and Tools for Water Use Reduction in Your Building Portfolio

Webinar Sponsor: Better Buildings Challenge

The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Success Stories and Tools for Water Use Reduction in Your Building Portfolio" on Tuesday, January 6, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Saving water almost always saves energy too. Join Better Buildings Challenge partner National Church Residences and Better Plants Partner Cummins to learn how they've reduced water in their manufacturing and multifamily housing portfolios. Environmental Defense Fund will also present their toolkit for reducing cooling tower water usage.

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January 8: Live Webinar on On-Bill Financing

Webinar Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service

The Energy Department and U.S. Department of Agriculture will present a live webinar titled "On-Bill Financing" on Thursday, January 8, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.  This webinar will focus on financing programs that enable customers to make energy improvements through their utility bills. On-bill financing is one way to provide customers with low-cost, up-front capital required to make energy improvements. In some jurisdictions, these on-bill programs have been operating for decades.  The webinar will discuss existing programs around the country and highlight different ways to structure an on-bill program.

This webinar is part of a series focusing on the Rural Utilities Service's new Energy Efficiency and Conservation Loan Program (EECLP). Through the EECLP, the Rural Utilities Service provides direct loans to rural electric cooperatives and other rural electricity providers. The EECLP supports energy efficiency, demand-side management, and renewable energy generation. 

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January 15: Design Conditions for the Hurricane Metocean Environment

Webcast Sponsor:  WINDExchange

The Energy Department will present a live webcast titled  "Design Conditions for the Hurricane Metocean Environment" on Thursday, January 15, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Joel Cline from the Energy Department will moderate, and the following speakers will discuss design conditions for the hurricane metocean environment:

Mark Powell, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Hurricane Conditions and Wind Shear Peter Vickery, Applied Research Associates: Synthetic Hurricane Modeling of Coupled Winds, Waves, Currents, and Water Levels George Hagerman, Virginia Tech: White-Capping and Depth-Limited Wave Breaking

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January 22: Live Webinar on Solar Program Overview

Webinar Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service

The Energy Department and U.S. Department of Agriculture will present a live webinar titled "Solar Program Overview" on Thursday, January 22, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.  Hear from our solar experts on the fundamentals of developing a solar power program in your community. This webinar will introduce a range of policy and program options that have been successfully field tested in cities and counties around the country, and highlight lessons learned and best practices.

This webinar is part of a series focusing on the Rural Utilities Service's new Energy Efficiency and Conservation Loan Program (EECLP). Through the EECLP, the Rural Utilities Service provides direct loans to rural electric cooperatives and other rural electricity providers. The EECLP supports energy efficiency, demand-side management, and renewable energy generation. 

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Past Webinars

December 2: Materials Genome Institute

Webinar Sponsor: Fuel Cell Technologies Office

The Energy Department presented a webinar titled "Materials Genome Institute" on Tuesday, December 2.  The Energy Department supports the use of the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) tools and methodologies to accelerate the discovery and development of materials in the clean energy technologies space. The approach centers on coordinating research efforts in theory, synthesis, characterization, and information management, and uses the latest combinatorial and high-throughput techniques in both computation and experimentation. This webinar describes current directions in the evolution of the clean energy MGI and showcases several exciting DOE projects, mainly in the Fuel Cell Technologies Office, that have been early adopters of MGI methods.

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November 19: Economic Impacts of Offshore Wind: Market, Manufacturing and Jobs

Webcast Sponsor: WINDExchange

The Energy Department presented a webcast titled "Economic Impacts of Offshore Wind: Market, Manufacturing, and Jobs" on Wednesday, November 19. Patrick Gilman from the Energy Department moderates, and the following speakers discuss recent developments in the economics of offshore wind:

Bruce Hamilton, Navigant Consulting Inc.: Offshore Wind Market Report. This presentation summarizes the third-annual assessment of the U.S. offshore wind market, which includes developments in the offshore wind technology sector and the global development of offshore wind projects; analysis of policy developments at the federal and state levels; analysis of actual and projected economic impact; and analysis of developments in relevant sectors of the economy. Patrick Fullenkamp, Global Wind Network: U.S. Wind Energy Manufacturing and Supply Chain. This presentation summarizes an effort to develop a greater understanding of the key factors influencing wind energy component manufacturing costs and pricing on a global basis to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers and to reduce installed systems cost. Suzanne Tegen, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL): Offshore Wind Jobs and Economic Development Impact: Four Regional Scenarios. This presentation covers analysis results of potential deployment in the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Southeast regions of the United States based on NREL's offshore wind Jobs and Economic Development Impacts model for monopile foundations.

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