By DOE Newswire | Apr 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced selections to receive funding to accelerate advanced nuclear technology development. There are two selections - one to support site preparation for a future domestic advanced reactor demonstration project and one for an advanced reactor regulatory licensing grant. The projects have a total value of $5.4 million.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 28, 2020
News Release: LM Site Manager Bill Frazier virtually visited housebound college students in April. A scheduled field trip for Colorado Mesa University (CMU) environmental sciences students to the Grand Junction, Colorado, Disposal Site was called off due to closures related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 28, 2020
News Release: On April 27, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the winners of the Solar District Cup, a competition that challenges teams of college students to design innovative, cost-effective distributed energy systems for a district-a group of buildings with a common electrical distribution feeder.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 28, 2020
Release: LM Site Manager Bill Frazier virtually visited housebound college students in April. A scheduled field trip for Colorado Mesa University (CMU) environmental sciences students to the Grand Junction, Colorado, Disposal Site was called off due to closures related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 28, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of the $9 million American-Made Challenges: Solar Desalination Prize , a competition to accelerate the development of systems that use solar-thermal energy to produce clean water from very-high-salinity water.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, released the following statement after BP reaffirmed its commitment to sell its Alaska assets to Hilcorp this year.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 25, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, released the following statement after Alyeska, the consortium that owns and operates the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, announced the temporary proration of North Slope crude oil production.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy announced up to $131 million for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) research and development (R&D) projects through one new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) and the winners of five project selections from a previous FOA.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced its intent to issue, on behalf of the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO), a funding opportunity to stimulate technology innovation, improve the energy productivity of American manufacturing, and enable the manufacturing of cutting-edge products in the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy announced up to $131 million for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) research and development (R&D) projects through one new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) and the winners of five project selections from a previous FOA.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) introduced the bipartisan “Utilizing Strategic Allied (USA) Telecommunications Act of 2020“ in the House...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), introduced the bipartisan “Utilizing Strategic Allied (USA) Telecommunications...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) unveiled a report recommending that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) take aggressive action to enhance the cybersecurity of its Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) and other information systems...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the Small Business Administration (SBA) provided clarity that certain hospitals are eligible for relief through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
By DOE Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its report outlining a number of activities to renew our nation’s nuclear energy capabilities.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced the Nuclear Fuel Working Group’s Strategy to Restore American Nuclear Energy Leadership, a direct outcome from the efforts of the United States Nuclear Fuel Working Group, established by President Trump on July 12, 2019. Secretary...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell Vought today demanding...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced the Nuclear Fuel Working Group’s Strategy to Restore American Nuclear Energy Leadership, a direct outcome from the efforts of the United States Nuclear Fuel Working Group, established by President Trump on July 12, 2019. Secretary ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $25 million in funding for 10 projects as part of the Performance-based Energy Resource Feedback, Optimization, and Risk Management(PERFORM) program. These projects will work to develop innovative management systems that represent the relative delivery risk of each asset, like wind farms or power plants, and balance the collective risk of all assets across the grid.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after House passage of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act.
