Green Button Initiative Growing
The Green Button initiative, which is the common-sense idea that electricity customers should be able to securely download their own energy usage information from their utility websites, is continuing to gain traction across the country.
Energy Department Authorizes Second Proposed Facility to Export Liquefied Natural Gas
Freeport LNG Terminal on Quintana Island, Texas Authorized to Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries
OE Releases 2013 Issue 2 of Energy Emergency Preparedness Quarterly (April 2013)
The Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) has released Volume 2, Issue 2 of the Energy Emergency Preparedness Quarterly (EEPQ), designed to briefly highlight a few of the energy preparedness activities that occur each quarter.
Electricity Advisory Committee Meeting June 5-6, 2013
The next meeting of the Department of Energy's Electricity Advisory Committee will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, June 5 and 6, 2013 at the the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA. The final agenda is now available.
Expedition Provides New Insight on Gas Hydrates in Gulf of Mexico
A joint-federal-agency 15 day research expedition in the northern Gulf of Mexico yielded innovative high-resolution seismic data and imagery that will help refine characterizations of large methane hydrate resources in the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.
Energy Department Launches Public-Private Partnership to Deploy Hydrogen Infrastructure
The Energy Department launched H2USA -- a new public-private partnership focused on advancing hydrogen infrastructure to support more transportation energy options for U.S. consumers, including fuel cell electric vehicles.
Energy Department Announces Regional Winners of University Clean Energy Business Competition
Six Student Teams Advance to Final Level of National Competition
Assistant Secretary Hoffman Discusses Grid Modernization with the New York Times and E&E TV
During a New York Times conference on “Energy for Tomorrow: Building Sustainable Cities,” Assistant Secretary Hoffman joined ConEd CEO Kevin Burke, and Euroheat and Power CEO Sabine Froning for a discussion on “Think National but Power Local.” During an interview with E&E TV’s Monica Trauzzi, she discussed how Recovery Act funding is helping utilities achieve important results such as reducing peak load, deferring building of additional generation, improving operations and monitoring the health of the grid more effectively.
Breakthrough Industrial Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Project Begins Full-Scale Operations
Captured Carbon from Industrial Plant to be Used for Enhanced Oil Recovery
Energy Department Employee Recognized for Eliminating One Million Tons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Dr. Silverman Finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal
Energy Department Metallurgist Recognized for Development of Revolutionary Coronary Stent Technology
Dr. Jablonski Finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal
WIPP Security Force Recognized for Outstanding Safety
CARLSBAD, N.M., May 9, 2013 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Security Walls, LLC, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’s (WIPP) Security Protective Force, with a Star of Excellence Award in the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) for the fifth consecutive year.
Obama Administration Launches Competition for Three New Manufacturing Innovation Institutes
The Obama Administration announced that it is launching competitions to create three new manufacturing innovation institutes with a Federal commitment of $200 million across five Federal agencies.
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Joint Statement between U.S. Department of Energy and Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy
Poneman and Sang-jick, met on May 7, 2013, at the Department of Energy (DOE) headquarters in Washington, D.C., where they exchanged views on cooperation on a wide range of energy priorities.
Energy Department Announces 61 Scientists to Receive Early Career Research Program Funding
Acting Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman today announced that 61 scientists from across the nation will receive up to $15.3 million in funding for research as part of the Energy Department’s Early Career Research Program
Energy Department and the NSTA Launch America’s Home Energy Education Challenge 2013-2014 Program
Registration Now Open For Student Energy Conservation Competition; Program Inspires Student Interest in STEM, While Teaching How Saving Energy Saves Money
Eastern Energy Zones Mapping Tool Now Available
The Eastern Interconnection States’ Planning Council (EISPC) has released the Energy Zones (EZ) Mapping Tool, a free, web-based interactive tool that will help states and other stakeholders in the Eastern Interconnection identify geographic areas suitable for the development of clean energy resources (natural gas, sequestration or utilitization locations for C02 from coal, nuclear, and renewable) which can potentially provide significant amounts of new electric power generation.
DOE Announces Award Selections for Academic-Industry Collaboration – Synchrophasor Engineering Education Program
The Department of Energy (DOE) has selected seven projects for awards totaling approximately $1.4 million to help colleges and universities better prepare the electricity industry workforce of the future. Use of synchrophasor data from Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) is considered to be a promising tool to monitor modern electric power systems, and identify and respond to deteriorating or abnormal grid conditions more quickly. Thanks to Recovery Act funding, more than 800 PMUs are being installed at strategic locations across the nation’s transmission system.
Regional Partnership Documentary Wins "Best of Show" Aurora Award
A documentary co-produced by Prairie Public Broadcasting and the Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership with support from the U.S. Department of Energy has received a 2012 Platinum Best of Show Aurora Award—the highest honor awarded—in the nature/environment documentary category.