Department of energy

Hydrogen Project

US and UK Reaffirm Hydrogen in Clean Energy Drive

Hydrogen was firmly on the agenda during US-US strategic energy dialogue discussions held today between US Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm a…

Energy Storage Battery

Battery Recycler Li-Cycle Holdings Inks $375M DOE Loan Pledge

Li-Cycle Holding's Rochester, New York, facility. Credit: State of New YorkCanada-based Li-Cycle Holdings said that it received a conditional commitment for…

Solar Power Plant

Next-Generation Concentrated Solar Power Particle Receivers Enable Inexpensive Electricity Generation With Energy Storage

To help propel new forms of renewable energy, the Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office has been encouraging development of next generat…

Energy Storage Battery

IIT, Argonne Team Designs li2o-Based Li-Air Battery With Solid Electrolyte; Four-Electron Reaction for Higher Energy Density

Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a lithium-air bat…

Hydrogen Project

ORNL Spallation Neutron Source Achieves 1.55MW Record Power to Enable More Discoveries

The Spallation Neutron Source (earlier post) at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory set a world record when its linear accelerator reac…

Net Zero Emission

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Funding for Zero-Emission Medium-and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Corridors, Expansion of EV Charging in Underserved Communities

The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today (Feb 15) announced funding to accelerate the creation of zero-emission vehic…

Energy Storage Battery

New Plan Outlines Steps for Us to Double Annual Lithium Battery Revenues to $33 Billion, Provide 100,000 Jobs by 2030

Li-Bridge, a public-private alliance representing the U.S. battery ecosystem, convened by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and managed by Argonne National La…

Energy Security

Centrus Competes Construction, Initial Testing of Haleu Demonstration Cascade

Marking a major milestone, Centrus Energy—a firm under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate production of high-assay low-enriched u…

Biofuel

DOE Funds Bioenergy Carbon Capture Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy on Jan. 30 awarded $131 million for 33 carbon management projects. At least four of the funded projects specifically address carbo…

Energy Storage Battery

Microstructure and Defect Engineering Improves Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries

A new North Carolina State University study, performed in collaboration with battery testing researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Nation…

Thermal Plant

US to Retire 15GW of Coal and Gas-Fired Power Plants in 2023

Gas power plant. Image by nachai on 123rfAccording to the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA), US operators plan to retire 15.6…

Nuclear Decommissioning

Savannah River Facility Prepped for NNSA Project

A crane is used to remove equipment during a project to repurpose Building 226-F for an NNSA mission at the Savannah River Site. (Photo: DOE)Work has begun to p…

Energy Technology

Argonne National Lab Supports Advanced Nuclear Concepts

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) is supporting three companies developing a range of new advanced reactor and…

Biofuel

Alder Fuels Reorganizes, Announces More Durable Path Forward

Building on our recent announcements regarding the appointment of Tim Obitts as acting CEO of Alder Fuels and award selection by the Department of Energy, we wi…

Joe Biden

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $47 Million to Develop Affordable Clean Hydrogen Technologies

The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today (Jan 27) announced up to $47 million in funding to accelerate the research, …