Department of energy

Energy-Eficient Building

Bringing Energy-Efficient Building Technologies Closer To Commercialization

The U.S. Department of Energy is accelerating emerging technologies from lab to market through its Technology Commercialization Fund.

PowerGrid Technology

US Energy Department Tests New Smart Grid Chip from Nvidia, Utilidata

The US Department of Energy is testing out a new software-defined smart grid chip in development by Nvidia and Utilidata, the companies announced Thursday.

Oil & Gas Trade

U.S. to Sell 18 mln Barrels of Oil from Reserves on Dec 17

The U.S. Department of Energy said on Friday it will sell 18 million barrels of crude oil from the strategic petroleum reserve on Dec. 17, as part of a previous…

Nuclear Fuel

USA Relaunches Used Fuel Management Programme

The move represents a re-start of the federal programme after plans for a repository at Yucca Mountain were dropped in 2009.

Nuclear Reactor

Fast-Spectrum Salt Reactor to be Built at INL

Southern Company and the US Department of EnergyVhave signed an agreement to design, construct and operate the Molten Chloride Reactor ExperimentV- a proof-of-c…

United States

The U.S. Added more New Energy Capacity from Wind than Any Other Source Last Year

42% of new electricity generation capacity in the U.S. came from land-based wind energy -- more than from any other source -- according to numbers in a series o…

Tidal Energy

NREL Tests Thermoplastic Blades on Large-Scale Tidal Turbine

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory have partnered with Verdant Power to test the use of thermoplastic blades on …

Liquid Hydrogen

NASA Provides Insight into Its New 4,700m3 Liquid Hydrogen Sphere

NASA and the US Department of Energy (DOE) hosted a liquid hydrogen workshop on Wednesday (August 18) that featured information on NASA’s new liquid hydrogen s…

Energy Security

US: Government Officials and Members of Congress Support Hydrogen Transportation

Activities took place on Capitol Hill, Washington DC earlier this week ahead of a US Department of Energy (DOE) conference which focused on the decarbonisation …

Wind Power Project

GE Renewable Energy and Partners Complete Wind Turbine Blade Trials

GE Renewable Energy, LM Wind Power and GE Research, in partnership with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) laun…

Nuclear Power Plant

Kairos Power Plans Hermes Demonstration Reactor at Oak Ridge

The project at Oak Ridge will be a redevelopment of a site at the Heritage Center, a former US Department of Energy site complex.

Energy Storage Project

U.S. Looks To Slash Long-Duration Energy Storage Costs By 90% By 2030

The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Wednesday a new goal to support the increased rollout of more wind and solar power in the grid by reducing the cost o…

Market Analysis

DoE Report Highlights Market Potential for Geothermal Energy

A new report released by the US Department of Energy through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Geothermal Rising reveals trends that shaped the geoth…

Wave Energy

$27m DoE Funding to Advance US Wave Energy Solutions

A total of $27 million in federal funding has been announced by the US Department of Energy to advance research and development of wave energy technologies in t…

Nuclear Power Plant

USA-Ukraine Project 'Could Add a VVER-1000'

Optimisation work at unit 2 of the Zaporozhe nuclear power plant in Ukraine could lead to the addition of 1000 MW of generation capacity if it is also conducted…