Energy Earthshot Research Centers
EERCCollaborative research teams developing solutions to advance clean energy technologies in several areas including industrial decarbonization, carbon storage, and offshore wind.
In 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science established the Energy Earthshot Research Centers (EERCs) to develop solutions for the scientific challenges underlying DOE’s Energy Earthshots™ Initiative to advance clean energy technologies. Energy Earthshots™ are focused on several areas, including industrial decarbonization, carbon storage, and offshore wind.
Each EERC is led by a DOE national laboratory with partners across the U.S. from academia and industry. These centers are comprised of collaborative research teams spanning multiple scientific and engineering disciplines.
Argonne leads the Center for Steel Electrification by Electrosynthesis (C-STEEL), which aims to develop a process that will eliminate the extreme heat requirements of blast furnaces in steelmaking, targeting an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. In addition, Argonne is a key partner in the following other centers:
- Addressing Challenges in Energy: Floating Wind in a Changing Climate (ACE-FWICC)
- Center for Understanding Subsurface Signals and Permeability (CUSSP)
- Degradation Reactions in Electrothermal Energy Storage (DEGREES)
Argonne’s integrated and flexible approach to research and discovery is ideal for EERC work because we pull together science and engineering leaders across institutional boundaries, allowing them to take a collaborative approach to specific scientific challenges.
Argonne’s active Energy Earthshot Research Centers
Center for Steel Electrification by Electrosynthesis (C-STEEL)
The Center for Steel Electrification by Electrosynthesis (C-STEEL) is working to eliminate the extreme heat requirements of blast furnaces in steelmaking via electrodeposition, aiming for an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, in line with DOE’s Industrial Heat Shot initiative.
Addressing Challenges in Energy: Floating Wind in a Changing Climate (ACE-FWICC)
Addressing Challenges in Energy: Floating Wind in a Changing Climate (ACE-FWICC) is working to develop a new understanding of meteorological and oceanic conditions to advance the design, control, and grid integration of floating offshore wind using scientific machine learning.
Center for Understanding Subsurface Signals and Permeability (CUSSP)
The Center for Understanding Subsurface Signals and Permeability (CUSSP) is working to develop the ability to predict and control fluid flow through fracture networks in enhanced geothermal systems, which is essential knowledge for meeting the Department of Energy’s Enhanced Geothermal Shot goals.
DEGradation Reactions in Electrothermal Energy Storage (DEGREES)
DEGradation Reactions in Electrothermal Energy Storage (DEGREES) is advancing fundamental understanding of materials used for long-duration energy storage in support of a future-ready decarbonized grid.