By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm today announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s new goal to reduce the cost of grid-scale, long duration energy storage by 90% within the decade. The second target within DOE’s Energy Earthshot Initiative, “Long Duration Storage Shot"...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Republican members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) sent a letter to President Biden calling on him to withdraw the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to serve as director of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's (EERE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), through its HydroWIRES Initiative, announced three selectees for a Notice of Opportunity for Technical Assistance (NOTA) for Improving Hydropower's Value Through Informed Decision Making. Additionally...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: Children’s smiles lit up a virtual classroom in South Los Angeles on June 5 when a simple, at-home chemistry experiment added a fun, new dimension to their science lessons.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s joint Subcommittee on Energy and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a business meeting to consider energy infrastructure legislation.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at today’s hearing on America’s changing nuclear power industry.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Subcommittee on the Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) questioned the Left’s motives when it comes to nuclear energy.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm today announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s new goal to reduce the cost of grid-scale, long duration energy storage by 90% within the decade. The second target within DOE’s Energy Earthshot Initiative, “Long Duration Storage Shot” ...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a joint Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee and Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “Keeping Us Safe and Secure: Oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced additional Biden-Harris Administration appointees that have joined the team to help advance President Biden’s ambitious Build Back Better agenda to combat climate change, create good-paying jobs, and win the clean energy future for all Americans.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Reclassifying dozens of year-round interns as apprentices at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) has benefited both the students and the management and operations contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Construction is almost complete on a dry-storage area for 1,936 radioactive cesium and strontium capsules currently housed in an underwater basin at the nearby Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility (WESF) at the Hanford Site.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Brian Vance, manager of the EM Office of River Protection and Richland Operations Office, recently hosted a roundtable discussion with tribal nations located near the Hanford Site to review the Department’s tribal government policy site implementation plans and discuss opportunities for strengthening tribal consultation.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - EM Acting Assistant Secretary William “Ike" White visited the Portsmouth Site last month to get a firsthand look at demolition and disposal progress as part of the ongoing decontamination and decommissioning of the site.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Providing information on the basics of radiation, and the controls and efforts to reduce radiation risks at the Hanford Site, is the goal of the Hanford Health and Safety Education Campaign.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) announced today that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published its much-anticipated, which highlights areas where the geothermal power sector is primed for technological innovation. The report identifies significant...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM and the management and operations contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have surpassed a major environmental restoration milestone by deactivating and decommissioning (D&D) 50 buildings - more than 1 million square feet of space - since 2008.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The EM Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant team recently finished startup testing for the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility 's uninterruptable electrical power system (UPS), one of the plant's vital safeguards in the unlikely event of a temporary power loss.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Almost a year after shutting off three vapor treatment units at a former radioactive and hazardous waste landfill at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site, analytical data from thousands of vapor samples indicate that cleanup objectives have been achieved and the units will likely remain off in perpetuity.
