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White House Announces Clean Energy Initiatives Funding

November 4, 2022

The White House has announced the release of $1.5 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to upgrade DOE's National Laboratories to "Solidify America's Global Leadership in Innovation, Science, and Clean Energy ". The amount includes $24 million for U.S. fusion laboratories ($14M for MPEX at ORNLand $10M for MEC at SLAC, and $256M for the U.S. contribution to ITER.

The announcement and other details can be found at:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/04/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-makes-historic-investment-in-americas-national-labs-announces-net-zero-game-changers-initiative/

and

https://www.energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-announces-15-billion-inflation-reduction-act-strengthen