RENEW grant

DOE announced nearly $150 million in funding for dozens of energy conservation and clean energy projects at federal facilities, including Argonne and Fermilab. The funds will support the Fermilab Resilience and Efficiency Project, an initiative that works toward achieving net-zero facilities at the lab by implementing energy conservation measures across 23 buildings and developing renewable energy generation.

The U.S. Department of Energy chose two new projects at Fermilab — an apprenticeship program for particle accelerator technicians and a collaboration bringing quantum courses and training programs to colleges — for funding under the Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce initiative.