Department of energy

Wave Energy

DOE Announces First Round Prize Winners for Novel Wave Energy Technologies

(Courtesy: Michael Olsen/Unsplash)The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) announced Phase I winners of the Innovating…

Geothermal Power Plant

US DOE Announces $44 Million Funding for EGS Innovation Projects

Drilling rig on site of Utah FORGE project site, Nov. 2020 (source: Utah FORGE)The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that its Frontier Observatory for R…

Nuclear Fuel

UK and USA Team Up on Fusion Development

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) have announced a new strategic partnership to accelerate the de…

Uranium Project

Centrus Makes First Haleu Delivery

The first delivery of high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) produced at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio, to the US Department of Energy (DOE) …

Solar project

New Database Maps Large-Scale Solar Projects Across the Country

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) released the largest and most com…

Energy Storage Project

DOE: The Private Sector Accounts for 89% Of Announced Us-Made Battery Investments

Announcements of private sector investments in US-made battery technologies have been increasing over the last few years, with 208 as of September 2023, accordi…

Coal Production

Ramaco Resources Acquires Commercial Development Rights for Coal-To-Products Process

Following years of collaborative work, Ramaco Resources Inc. has formally acquired a patent from the US Department of Energy’s leading research institutio…

Offshore Wind Power

Acciona EnergíA, Selected to Develop a New Wind Farm in the Philippines

ACCIONA Energía has announced today that it has been awarded, together with its local partner Freya Renewables, development rights for a 160MW wind farm …

Oil & Gas Trade

US Seeks to Buy Up to 3 Mln Barrels for Oil Reserve for Jan Delivery

An oil storage tank and crude oil pipeline equipment is seen during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, U.…

Carbon Emissions

NREL Study Finds Rapid Adoption of Zevs Will Move to US to 80% Or More Drop In GHG Emissions by 2050

The rapid adoption of zero-emission electric vehicles will move the nation close to an 80% or more drop in transportation greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 from …

Solar Panel

US announces $440 million to install solar panels on low-income homes in Puerto Rico

A solar power system is installed on a residential rooftop. (Courtesy: Flckr Creative Commons)SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy announ…

Solar Power Plant

$7.9M DOE-funded project to explore solar congestion solutions

(Walton solar farm. Credit: Duke. )The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a five-year, $7.9 million Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships Program (GRIP…

Offshore Wind Power

Connecticut Opens 2 GW Offshore Wind Procurement Round With Inflation-Adjusted Pricing Option

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for 2 GW of offshore wind generation capacity.…

United States

New Fortress Energy May Need to Reapply for Mexico LNG Permit -US

Model of LNG tanker is seen in front of the U.S. flag in this illustration taken May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Righ…

Electric Vehicle Battery

DOE: Manufacturers Have Announced Investments of > $500M in > 40 American-Made EV Charger Plants

Since 2021, manufacturers have announced more than $500 million in American-made electric vehicle (EV) charger investments, according to the US Department of En…