Department of energy

Microgrid

Philippines Seeks Microgrids to Solve Power Gaps

Apuao Island, one of the 98 unserved or underserved areas of the Philippines that will soon have reliable electricity from a microgrid. (Source: Navier Solon / …

SMR

Three Microreactor Designs Selected for US Test Bed Experiments

Radiant, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation and Westinghouse have been awarded US Department of Energy funding totalling USD3.9 million for front-end engineering an…

Hydrogen Production

Feds Designate California as a Hydrogen 'Hub'

California is one of seven hydrogen hubs nationwide that the U.S. Department of Energy says will be a key part of the country’s clean-energy future.State …

Hydropower Plant

DOE Allocates $9.5 Million in Funding to Bolster Hydropower Flexibility

The US Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has announced its intent to offer a funding opportunity amounting to $9.5 million aimed…

Battery Recycling

ACE Green Recycling Enters Into Lfp Battery Recycling Research Agreement With NREL

ACE Green Recycling (ACE) and the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agre…

Power Construction

ACP Statement on DOE Grant Funding in Support of Grid Expansion

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released the following statement today from Vice President of Markets and Transmission Carrie Zalewski after the U.S.…

Microgrid

DOE Seeking Microgrids, Other Carbon-Free Energy Projects for Former Idaho Reactor Test Site

A stretch of Idaho land once used to test nuclear reactor technologies and manage spent fuel could become home to a clean energy microgrid or another type of ca…

Hydrogen Production

Private Investment Needed to Scale Up Low-Carbon Hydrogen Power - Wood Mackenzie

Considerable private investment is required to scale up the low-carbon hydrogen economy in the United States by 2030, a report by consultancy Wood Mackenzie sai…

Hydrogen Project

DOE Awards $1.2 Billion to California Hydrogen Hub

The U.S. Department of Energy on Oct. 13 announced plans to award up to $1.2 billion to support the launch of a regional hydrogen hub located in California that…

Hydropower Plant

DOE Announces $38 Million to Support Hydropower, Releases New Hydropower Vision Roadmap

(Image credit: WFranz on Pixabay)The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that 66 hydro facilities will receive more than $38 million in incentive payments…

Offshore Wind Power

NREL Analysis Identifies Drivers of Offshore Wind Power Development

As much as 20% of regional power needs along the Atlantic coast could be served by offshore wind farms by 2050, according to researchers with the U.S. Departmen…

Biofuel

DOE Awards $16.7m to Advance Production of Affordable Biofuels, Biochemicals

The U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office announced $16.7 million in funding for five projects to advance the production of affordable biofuel…

Nuclear Reactor

US microreactor apparatus begins tests

Tests now under way using an electric-powered prototype of the US Department of Energy's (DOE) MARVEL microreactor will demonstrate the natural circulation …

Energy Storage Project

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $325 Million for Long-Duration Energy Storage Projects to Increase Grid Resilience and Protect America's Communities

As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda,a key pillar of Bidenomics, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $325 millio…

Hydrogen Production

US DOE to Hand Out $47.7 Million to Advance Clean Hydrogen Technologies

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $47.7 million in funding for 16 research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects across 13 U.S. states …