Energy Department

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy on Monday released the second disbursement of a $1.52 billion federal loan guarantee to support restarting a decommissioned nuclear plant in Michigan. Monday's disbursement, a total $56,787,300, is a significant milestone in Holtec International’s... Read More

WASHINGTON — The nation’s new Energy secretary, Chris Wright, made the media rounds on Friday, promising to unleash LNG exports, foster the development of affordable and secure energy, and kick-start a new era of “re-industrialization.” “We’ve gone in the wrong... Read More

WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Thursday said steps are being taken now to ensure President Joe Biden’s clean energy and climate change agenda won’t be “undone” regardless of who wins the November election. Speaking to a large, early... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy on Monday posted an intent to fund projects that advance research, development, demonstration and deployment in a number of areas related to the net-zero emission clean transportation sector. Though no dollar value was attached... Read More

WASHINGTON — It’s one thing to say you want to deploy more renewable and green energy. It’s another to solve transmission capacity issues, reduce charges on existing lines, and deploy new digital technology to strengthen grid resilience and reduce costs.... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy on Monday awarded $6 billion to 33 projects across more than 20 states to decarbonize energy-intensive industries while creating jobs and revitalizing the communities in which they are located. Funded by the bipartisan... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy are making $9.4 million available to support “high impact” technology projects in the advanced biofuels space. The funding is being made available through the Inflation Reduction Act and... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy is investing $4.75 million to establish a new national center of excellence to accelerate the development of “reliable and equitable” offshore wind power in the United States. The Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience... Read More

WASHINGTON — A clean energy program created under the auspices of the Inflation Reduction Act has proven to be incredibly popular with the low-income communities it was designed to serve, according to the federal departments administering it. All told, the... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy is making $150 million available in grants for states to help them reduce the cost of training, testing and certifying residential energy efficiency and electrification contractors. The State-Based Home Energy Efficiency Contractor Training Grants... Read More

WASHINGTON — The second round of the American-Made Sunny Awards for Equitable Community Solar, which offers $200,000 to community solar projects and programs that employ best practices in delivering meaningful benefits to their subscribers and communities, is underway, according to... Read More

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — It’s not a conference so much as a dream factory that’s transpiring through Friday on the shores of the Potomac River. Now in its 13th year, the ARPA-E Innovation Summit is a three-day program of lectures,... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy this past week proposed a new energy conservation rule for battery chargers for consumer products. A public meeting via webinar has been scheduled on Thursday, April 27, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.... Read More

WASHINGTON — After six months of gathering public comment, two agencies of the U.S. Department of Energy have concluded that commercial trucks, RVs, buses and local delivery fleet vehicles are the biggest market opportunity when it comes to integrating solar... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy has proposed new energy-efficiency standards for refrigerators and clothes washers that it says will lower household energy costs and significantly reduce pollution.  The standards have not been updated in over a decade. Department... Read More

WASHINGTON — Scientists studying fusion energy at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have achieved a major milestone — creating the first fusion reaction in a laboratory that actually produced more energy than it took to start the reaction. Decades... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Energy Department has issued a Notice of Intent announcing $550 million to support the deployment of community-based clean energy in state, tribal and local governments — an initiative it says will directly benefit more than 250 million... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy has approved roughly $1.1 billion in conditional funding for the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in California. The Pacific Gas and Electric Company filed its application for federal funding on Sept. 2, 2022, the same... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will release 15 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves, and may consider releasing significantly more this winter, in an effort to ease high gasoline prices. The announcement comes in the wake of several polls... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy is making $27 million available to support projects aimed at lowering the cost of solar energy, developing next-generation solar technologies and boosting American solar manufacturing.  According to the DOE’s Solar Energy Technologies Office, which... Read More

WASHINGTON — As climate change intensifies, remote and island communities are often bearing the brunt of higher costs, increased outages and the unshakable anxiety that comes with persistent uncertainty over daily necessities. Established in April 2021, the U.S. Department of... Read More

WASHINGTON — The deadline is fast approaching for applications to share in $15 million the U.S. Department of Energy is making available to those with innovative strategies to minimize the impact solar farms have on wildlife. Interested parties have just... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy is making $59 million available to accelerate the production of biofuels and bioproducts to reduce emissions in hard-to-decarbonize business sectors in rural America. The Energy Department’s funding opportunities will focus on applied research,... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Energy Department has launched two new Solar Decathlon workforce development programs intended to extend the collegiate competition into high school classrooms and architectural studios across the country. The two programs, Solar Decathlon Professions (SD Pro) and Solar... Read More

WASHINGTON — A team of Kansas State University students have won the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2022 Collegiate Wind Competition. Over the course of the past school year, teams from 12 colleges and universities, as well as four “learn-along” teams... Read More

WASHINGTON — Two members of the House Republican caucus are urging Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to revitalize America’s nuclear power infrastructure and include it in an “all of the above” approach to securing the nation’s energy future. Reps. Fred Upton,... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Energy Department is seeking input from the energy industry, energy experts and the general public to support a proposed $84 billion in new investments in enhanced geothermal energy demonstration projects. The pilot energy system projects were included... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday will announce plans for the largest-ever release of oil from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserves, the White House announced. Under the plan, about 1 million barrels of oil per day will be released... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy is accepting applications from states, tribes and territories for a share of $3.16 billion in new funding through the agency’s residential energy retrofit program. The expanded funding for the DOE’s Weatherization Assistance Program... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy released a first-of-its-kind comprehensive strategy to ensure the stability of the country’s energy supply and increase its independence on Thursday. “America’s Strategy to Secure the Supply Chain for a Robust Clean Energy Transition” was... Read More