Department of energy

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

US and UK Partner With Tokamak Energy on ST40 Upgrade

The energy departments of the US and UK governments are to partner with Tokamak Energy for a USD52 million upgrade of the ST40 fusion facility, which will coat …

Hydrogen Technology

Improved Catalyst Turns Harmful Greenhouse Gases Into Cleaner Fuels, Chemical Feedstocks

A chemical reaction can convert two polluting greenhouse gases into valuable building blocks for cleaner fuels and feedstocks, but the high temperature required…

Energy Investment

Offshore Wind and Marine Energy Projects Get USD 18 Million Boost From US

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated over USD 18 million for 27 research and development (R&D) projects to advance marine energy and offshore wind te…

SMR

Newcleo Submits SMR Design For UK Assessment

France-headquartered innovative reactor developer Newcleo has submitted an application to the UK Department of Energy Security and Net Zero for approval to ente…

Electric Vehicles

Rivian Receives Conditional Commitment for up to $6.6B Loan From DOE’s ATVM Program

EV manufacturer Rivian Automotive received conditional commitment from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan…

Virtual power plants

Energy Department Announces $289.7 Million Loan Guarantee for Widespread VPPs

The conditional loan guarantee will help deploy up to 1,000 solar and battery energy storage systems in a virtual power plant that spans as many as 27 states.Th…

United States

Argonne Leads $50M Sodium-Ion Innovation Push

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $50 million over the next five years to establish the Low-cost Earth-abundant Na-ion Storage (LENS) consortium. Le…

United States

AskGDR Virtual Assistant Enhances Discoverability of Public Geothermal Data

The Geothermal Data Repository under the US Department of Energy have released AskGDR, improving accessibility and discoverability of public geothermal data.The…

Hydrogen Project

The Hydrogen Stream: US Government Offers $2.2 Billion for H2 Hubs

The US Department of Energy has revealed plans to allocate up to $1.2 billion for a hydrogen hub in Texas and the Gulf Coast and up to $1 billion for a similar …

Hydrogen Project

MachH2 and HyVelocity Hydrogen Hubs Secure DOE Agreements for Initial Project Funding

The Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen (MachH2) and the HyVelocity hydrogen hubs have officially become the fourth and fifth projects to receive funding from t…

Energy Investment

U.S. DOE Invests Nearly US$15 Million to Enhance Hydropower’s Ability to Support Electricity Grids

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced nearly US$15 million for nine research and development projects to increase hydropower's ability to respon…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

DOE Issues Call for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Commercialization Partners to Support the Launch of L’Innovator 2.0

The US Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), announced a call for commercialization partners to accelerate mark…

Energy Storage Project

GKN Hydrogen, SoCalGas & NREL Begin Solid State Hydrogen Storage Demonstration Project

GKN Hydrogen, and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) announced the commissioning of a research demonstration project with the SDepartment of Energy’s …

United States

US House Passes Critical Mineral Consistency Act

US Congressman Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) celebrated the bipartisan House passage of his legislation to ensure parity between Critical Materials, as defined by the …

Hydrogen Storage

GKN Hydrogen Partners With NREL to Test Metal Hydride Storage

GKN Hydrogen is looking to find the best use cases for its metal hydride hydrogen storage technology in a demonstration project with the Department of Energy&rs…