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DOE Announces Up to $8.25 Billion in Loans to Enhance Electrical Transmission Nationwide

Release: Loans Will Support Projects to Widen Clean Electricity Reach and Enhance Grid Reliability


DOE Announces Up to $8.25 Billion in Loans to Enhance Electrical Transmission Nationwide

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In support of the Biden Administration’s commitment to modernize the nation’s power grid and infrastructure and deliver 100% clean energy to businesses and homeowners by 2035, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the availability of up to $8.25 billion in loans from...


News Release: SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Crews continue to make progress toward an EM 2021 priority to complete demolition of all DOE-owned buildings at the former Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) site in Ventura County, California. Here, workers remove panels from one of the remaining buildings in preparation...


Oak Ridge Knocks Down Another Hot Cell, Advancing Project Toward Completion

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - DOE ’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR recently completed the removal of one of the final remaining structures at the former Radioisotope Development Lab at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).


News Release: EM senior representatives recently met with officials from United Kingdom cleanup organizations for an annual meeting where they focused on the U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority ’s (NDA) approach to sustainability and working with DOE to develop critical metrics to demonstrate success.


Leader Rodgers Statement on Endless Frontier Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement following last week’s introduction of the Endless Frontier Act.


Pallone Remarks at Hearing on Legislation to Restore FTC’s 13(b) Consumer Protection Powers

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Consumer Protection and Recovery Act: Returning Money to Defrauded Consumers:"


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Wednesday, May 5, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) on the electric vehicle (EV) provisions within the Climate Leadership...


Leader Bilirakis Promotes Bipartisan Strategy to Protect People from Scams and Fraud

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) spoke at a hearing today on returning money to people hurt by scams and fraud.


Energy Department Announces Winners of Solar Workforce Development Competition

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the Class of 2020-21 winners of the Solar District Cup, a competition that challenges college students to integrate solar, storage, and other technologies to power a group of buildings with the same electrical distribution feeder, known as a district. DOE also announced the launch of next round of the competition, which will begin in September.


Department of Energy Selects West Virginia University and Sandia National Laboratories to Receive up to $15 Million for Geothermal Energy Research

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $15 million for the research and development (R&D) of innovative subsurface geothermal technologies. Together, the two projects-selected under the FY 2020 Geothermal Technologies Office’s (GTO) Hydrothermal and Low Temperature Multi-Topic Funding Opportunity-will help drive down costs and risks associated with the discovery of hidden geothermal systems and enhance energy system resilience.



News Release: Washington, D.C.-Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on President Biden’s plan to allow California to set fuel standards and dictate vehicle emissions regulations across the country.


Remarks as Delivered by Secretary Granholm at President Biden's Leaders Summit on Climate

Release: Remarks as Delivered by Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm


News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced $75 million in Federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects under Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002515, Carbon Capture R&D for Natural Gas and Industrial Sources and Front-End Engineering Design Studies for Carbon Capture Systems at Industrial Facilities and Natural Gas Plants.


DOE Announces $109.5 Million to Support Jobs and Economic Growth in Coal and Power Plant Communities

Release: New White House Report Identifies Federal Resources Available to Create Good-Paying Union Jobs, Remediate Environmental Degradation, and Support Long-Term Economic Development in Energy Communities


DOE Launches International Clean Energy Initiatives to Tackle Climate Crisis

Release: New Global Partnerships Will Advance Clean Energy Technologies, Help U.S. Achieve Administration’s Net-Zero Emissions Goal, Create Jobs and Opportunities for All Americans


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), issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s emissions pledge.


Barrasso: Wyoming is on the Cutting Edge of Carbon Capture Research and Innovation

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 full committee hearing to examine the opportunities and challenges that exist for advancing and deploying carbon and carbon-dioxide (CO2) utilization technologies in the United States.


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), welcomed Jason Begger, managing director of the Wyoming Integrated Test Center, and Randy Atkins, chief executive officer of Ramaco Carbon, to the committee. Begger ...