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DOE Launches $140 Million Program to Develop America’s First-of-a-Kind Critical Minerals Refinery

Release: DOE Seeks Public Input on Building Rare Earth Element Facility to Turn Coal Waste into Vital Materials for Clean Energy Technology, Securing Domestic Supply Chain


PAMS-SC grant application closes on May 17

Chemical and Materials Sciences to Advance Clean Energy Technologies and Low-Carbon Manufacturing grant opened on Feb. 16.


Department of Energy Announces Latest Challenge in Competition Aimed at Identifying Power Grid Solutions

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced Challenge 3 as part of the Grid Optimization (GO) Competition - managed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) - aimed at developing software management solutions to address challenging power grid problems.


DOE-ARPAE offers new grant application process starting Feb. 16

Support Grants For Participation in ARPA-E Grid Optimization (GO) Competition Challenge 3 grant opened on Feb. 16.


News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM is set to deactivate and demolish the prototype for a reactor plant used for the first nuclear-powered submarine, a major step toward advancing environmental cleanup at the DOE's Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.


Department of Energy Releases 2022 Technology Commercialization Fund Solicitation

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is calling for applications for the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). The joint lab call announced today is the result of a collaborative effort between the DOE’s Office of Technology Transitions (OTT), eight DOE program offices, and...


New X-Ray at SRS Ensures Continued Safe Waste Shipments to WIPP

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM recently installed equipment at the Savannah River Site (SRS ) that ensures continued safe shipment of transuranic (TRU) waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP ) for disposal.


Hanford Crews Safely Upgrade Infrastructure in Icy Conditions

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Snow, ice and bitter cold conditions did not deter crews performing important infrastructure upgrades on the Hanford Site this winter.


News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM and its new Idaho Cleanup Project contractor are tackling a full slate of work at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site this year, including treating and shipping waste out of state, starting radiological operations at the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) and planning for significant construction and demolition projects.


PAMS-SC offers new grant application process starting Feb. 15

FY2022 Research Opportunities in Accelerator Stewardship and Accelerator Development grant opened on Feb. 15.


DOE-GFO grant application closes on March 21

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - 2022 Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Implementation Strategy RFI grant opened on Feb. 15.


Hanford Tank Waste Treatment Plant Running Water Tests

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Crews at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) have completed the first test to demonstrate that liquids can safely run through and between facilities that will support vitrification, a process that will transform the Hanford Site ’s radiological and chemical tank waste into a safe form for disposal.


News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM crews at Oak Ridge recently devised innovative approaches to enable deactivation and demolition of the final portion of the former Radioisotope Development Laboratory.


DOE-GFO offers new grant application process starting Feb. 15

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - RFI on Clean Hydrogen Manufacturing, Recycling, and Electrolysis grant opened on Feb. 15.


News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) have redesigned an office building to support cleanup activities as they prepare to begin the teardown of the former Main Plant Process Building, an EM 2022 priority.


News Release: LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - EM Senior Advisor William “Ike" White visited the EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) on Feb. 8-9 to tour key projects underway to address the cleanup from Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL ) legacy operations. White and EM Acting Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary...


DOE Launches $140 Million Program to Develop America’s First-of-a-Kind Critical Minerals Refinery

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a Request for Information (RFI) on the design, construction and operation of a new facility to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of a full-scale rare earth element (REE) and critical minerals (CM) extraction and separation refinery...


DOE-NETL grant application closes on March 31

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Rare Earth Element Demonstration Facility grant opened on Feb. 14.


U.S. Department of Energy Announces $175 Million for Novel Clean Energy Technology Projects

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $175 million for 68 research and development projects aimed at developing disruptive technologies to strengthen the nation's advanced energy enterprise. Led by DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the OPEN 2021...


There were 32 notices published by the Energy Department in week ending Feb. 12, according to the Federal Register.