News & Events

Fall 2018 EFRC Newsletter

The 26th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research, the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on December 5, 2018.

Summer 2018 EFRC Newsletter

The 25th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research, the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on July 12, 2018.

Winter 2018 EFRC Newsletter

The 24th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research, the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on March 13, 2018.

DOE to Award $99 Million for Energy Frontier Research Centers

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced a proposed $99 million in Fiscal Year 2018 funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate transformative scientific advances for the most challenging topics in materials sciences, chemical sciences, geosciences, and biosciences.

Fall 2017 EFRC Newsletter

The 23rd edition of Frontiers in Energy Research, the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on November 27, 2017.

Summer 2017 EFRC Newsletter

Spring 2017 EFRC Newsletter

Fall 2016 EFRC Newsletter

Photosynthesis: Gathering Sunshine with the World’s Smallest Antennas

Research on photosynthetic antenna complexes illuminates how they harvest light in plants, algae and bacteria.  This work, posted as a featured articleon the Office of Science’s website, was supported in part by the Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC) EFRC led by Robert Blankenship at Washington University in St. Louis.

"Energy Storage: Fundamental to Applied" Conference

On October 20-21, 2016 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Solar Energy Research Center will host its 7th annual conference titled “Energy Storage: Fundamental to Applied.” The event will highlight work by the Center for Solar Fuels (UNC), Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties (m2m), and the Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER). More information about the event can be found here.

Summer 2016 EFRC Newsletter

Energy Department Awards $40 Million for Research to Support Waste Cleanup at DOE Nuclear Sites

Four New Energy Frontier Research Centers Will Address Waste Challenge from Cold War-Era Weapons Production.