The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) released a $33 million funding opportunity to accelerate the advancement of smart manufacturing technologies and processes necessary to develop and deploy the innovative technologies and materials needed for the nation’s clean energy transition. Smart manufacturing is the use of advanced technologies and processes—including digitalization and artificial intelligence—to improve the technical performance, productivity, quality assurance, and security of the manufacturing sector.
“Smart manufacturing solutions are critical to domestically manufacture next generation clean energy technologies more economically, more efficiently, and at the higher quality and scale we need to be globally competitive,” said AMMTO Director Christopher Saldaña. “This funding opportunity offers developers a chance to have an incredible impact on the future trajectory of our nation’s manufacturing sector and elevate our nation’s most promising technological advancements in the process.”