The US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded $2 million in federal funding for seven new high-performance computing projects, as part of the High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) Initiative, a DOE-wide effort comprising EERE, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE), the Office of Science and the National Laboratories.
The initiative helps to leverage the National Laboratories' high-performance computing capabilities to address challenges in manufacturing and materials through state-of-the-art modeling, simulation and data analysis. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) leads the HPC4EI program, along with partner laboratories Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest and Sandia National Laboratories, as well as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and National Energy Technology Laboratory.
Within the High-Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) Program, EERE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) has selected five projects:
Within the High-Performance Computing for Materials (HPC4Mtls) Program, EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Office has selected two projects:
The Office of Fossil Energy has selected two additional HPC4Mtls projects to support. Read the full HPC4EI announcement to learn more about all the selections.
Selected projects will be awarded up to $300,000 of DOE funding to support high performance computing processing time and work performed by the National Laboratories. Industry partners provide at least 20% of the funding for new projects.