Department of energy

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 …

Wind Turbine

NREL: Resin Made From Biomass Enables Wind Turbine Blade Recycling

An NREL scientist holds small cubes of the PECAN resin. Photo by Werner Slocum, NRELResearchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Ener…

Geothermal Power Project

US DOE Offers Funding for Geothermal Scale Inhibition Research

Heavy silica scaling in a geothermal reinjection pipe (source: Geo40)The US Department of Energy has announced a funding opportunity for small business conducti…

Nuclear Fusion

DOE Awards $4.6m for Fusion Research

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced 17 awards totalling $4.6m for projects at private fusion companies in cooperation with US national laboratories …