Department of energy

Wave Energy

US Rolls Out Largest Wave Power Fund in Its History to Step up the Ocean Energy Game

The U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE), Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), has issued a $112.5 million funding call to spur the demonstration of wave ene…

Electric Vehicle Charging

The Feds Give Nanograf $60M to Build a Huge EV Battery Materials Factory in Michigan

Chicago-based NanoGraf will build a $175 million factory to produce 2,500 tons of silicon anode material to support up to 1.5 million EVs per year.NanoGraf&rsqu…

Wind Turbine

U.S. Department of Energy Awards $3.6 Million in Final Phase of Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the six final winners of the Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize. Each team was awarded $500,000 in cash …

Oil & Gas Supply

US Seeks up to 6 Million Barrels of Oil for Strategic Reserve

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.…

Nuclear Reactor

Front-End Design Milestone for Westinghouse Micoreactor

The company has submitted the Preliminary Safety Design Report for its eVinci reactor to the US Department of Energy's National Reactor Innovation Center (N…

Ammonia

US Offers $1.56 Bln Conditional Loan for Indiana Ammonia Facility

The project will be the first to domestically produce low-emissions ammonia for local farmers in the corn belt. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo Purchase Licensing …

Solar project

DOE to Invest $40M for US Solar Supply Chain Boost

(Credit: Dennis Schroeder / NREL )The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $40 million in investments across the solar energy supply chain, including the s…

Carbon Emissions

Occidental’s 1POINTFIVE to Get up to $500M US DOE Funding for South Texas DAC Hub

US DoE to award up to $500m to Occidental’s 1PointFive for the South Texas DAC hub. (Credit: Michael from Pixabay)Occidental’s fully owned subsidiar…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Study Shows Existing US Sites Suitable for New Build

There is the potential to install 60 to 95 GW of new nuclear generating capacity at existing and recently retired US nuclear power plant sites, according to new…

Geothermal Power Project

RFI– Transformative Technologies for Superhot Geothermal Power

test of the IDDP-1 well at Krafla, Iceland (source: Kristján Einarsson)The U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE) and the Advanced Research Projects Agency&n…

Nuclear Technology

Savannah River Site Completes Moderator Sampling

US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management crews recently sampled heavy water storage tanks at Savannah River to determine a final disposition p…

Biorefinery

DOE Funds 6 Bioenergy Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy announced awards totaling $142 million for small businesses through DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Bus…

SMR

Ghana Secures Nuscale SMR Agreement

The agreement was finalized at the US-Africa Nuclear Energy Summit held in Nairobi, Kenya (Image source: US Department of Energy)During the US-Africa Nuclear En…

Hydrogen Project

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $62 Million to Support America’s Growing Hydrogen Industry

In support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $62 million for 20…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

UK Approves Westinghouse SMR Technology for GDA

The computer mock-up for the proposed AP300 SMR. Credit: Westinghouse.US nuclear company Westinghouse Electric has received formal approval from the UK’s …