DOE explains goals of new Office of Technology Transitions
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently issued a statement on Energy.gov detailing the agency's new Office of Technology Transitions (OTT). Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently issued a statement on Energy.gov detailing the agency's new Office of Technology Transitions (OTT). Read More »
Approximately 85 percent of shale-based natural gas produced since 2012 in the U.S. has come from the Marcellus and Utica sites, a recent Energy Information Agency (EIA) report said. Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) issued a study recently that indicated what impact lifting restrictions on oil exports will have. Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy has extended the contracts for two facilities that convert the byproducts from nuclear fuel production into safely disposable material. Read More »
The Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University is teaming up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITEI) as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Clean Energy Education & Empowerment program (C3E). Read More »
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will be keynote speakers at the seventh Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Energy Innovation Summit, Feb. 29 to March 2. Read More »
The U.S. Senate recently confirmed award-winning scientist Cherry Murray as the new director of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science. Read More »
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy late last week applauded the lifting of the U.S. oil-export ban, which was included in the Omnibus Appropriations Act signed by President Obama. Read More »
The Nuclear Energy Institute praised the recent Omnibus Appropriations Act that recently was signed into law by President Obama, the NEI said on Monday. Read More »
The president of the Reserve Officers Association (ROA) of Indiana is speaking out in support of passage of the Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act. Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently selected 10 research projects as part of the Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal Byproducts program, which focuses on obtaining rare earth elements (REE) from coal and coal byproducts through economical and environmentally friendly methods. Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is looking to advance the technology behind hydrogen and fuel cells, with plans to spend up to $35 million to research and implement the technology. Read More »
The U.S. House recently approved several Energy and Commerce Committee bills that aim to improve U.S. energy security, as well as automobile safety. Read More »
The House passed a wide-ranging energy-reform bill late last week, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act, which would, among many things, lift the ban on U.S. oil exports and improve energy security, including the electrical grid. Read More »
After Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said women in the military can now participate in all combat capacities, U.S. Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Military Personnel, issued a statement Thursday on this decision. Read More »
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) role in the electric-utility market was examined by the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Energy and Power Subcommittee, led by Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), at a Tuesday hearing. Read More »
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz recently announced the allocation of $125 million to 41 clean-energy technology projects. Read More »
The Environmental Protection Agency recently issued its overdue final Renewable Fuel Standard mandates for 2014-2016, prompting a response on Monday from House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders. Read More »
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has been an outspoken critic of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, which has the potential to hurt U.S. coal manufacturers and energy industry players that rely on that coal, and has taken action to condemn the new rules. Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Israel’s Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources unveiled six new joint clean-energy projects on Monday as part of the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program, with a joint investment of more than $5 million. Read More »