The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded an estimated $23 million through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to eight projects to enhance cybersecurity in clean energy infrastructure.

The DOE said Thursday the research, development and demonstration projects aim to develop tools and technologies that protect clean energy infrastructure -- including distributed energy resources, or DER, inverter-based resources and virtual power plants -- from cyber threats.

The projects selected by the DOE Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response, or CESER, include: