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A collaboration between the University of Chicago and the Energy Department's Argonne National Laboratory is working to develop a machine-learning method for metal-organic frameworks that can collect water from air and advance sustainable technology.
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Energy Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab researchers 'excited' to make potential biofuel breakthrough with fungi
A study by the Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory shows certain anaerobic fungi called Neocallimastigomycetes could provide a breakthrough in biofuel technology.
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Aylor: 'This was a first-of-a-kind operation' in using a barge for an environmental cleanup
Cleanup crews from UCOR, a contractor for the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, used a barge on Poplar Creek to access a sediment cleanup site at the East Tennessee Technology Park.
Energy
Bunch: 'We train constantly at SRS to ensure that our working dogs are able to provide critical support'
More than three dozen police K-9 teams from South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina took part in the U.S. Police Canine Association's annual spring canine detection trials in Aiken.
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Cole: Lower energy prices ensure no one has to choose between 'food on the table or fuel in the car'
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he recently designated legislation introduced by Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) as H.R. 1 to signal it is a top legislative priority.
Energy
Granholm: 'The Liftoff reports will help drive engagement' for clean energy technologies
The US Department of Energy announced the launch of its Pathways to Commercial Liftoff initiative to promote clean energy use throughout commercial applications and settings in the U.S.
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Garson: DOE, "WPTO and TVA have been working together to advance hydropower technologies"
The U.S. Department of Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority recently signed a memorandum of understanding to advance collaborations on hydropower technology development.
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Granholm: 'Methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide'
The U.S. Department of Energy announced a $47 million investment to reduce methane emissions in the gas and oil sector
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Granholm: Water is 'nation's oldest source of renewable energy and an integral part of the suite of clean energy solutions'
The U.S. Department of Energy is committing more than $200 million to modernize and expand hydropower and advance marine-energy technologies across the country.
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Tourassi: MSU work with supercomputer is 'opening up avenues throughout the whole of science'
Michigan State University has been awarded 1.3 million node hours of computation time on the world’s fastest supercomputer by the Department of Energy to study galaxies at an unprecedented level.
Energy
Boger: Legacy Management 'monuments are important for the long-term stewardship of the site'
U.S. Department of Energy Legacy management recently installed six new aerial-survey quality-control monuments at the Falls City, Texas, disposal site.
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Granholm: 'To meet our future energy needs, we will need versatile renewables like bioenergy'
U.S. Department of Energy recently announced funding to renew the four Bioenergy Research Centers.
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Noyes: 'This is the first time we are treating tank waste on an industrial scale at Hanford'
The U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Office of River Protection and Washington River Protection Solutions are resuming processing tank waste at the Hanford Site using the Tank-Side Cesium Removal System.
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Egan: 'It's important to implement basic cybersecurity best practices' for wind turbines
U.S. Department of Energy Wind Energy Technologies Office is working to reduce cyber threats to the nation's wind turbine fleet.
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Granholm: Industrial program 'is yet another exciting step in the race to fully decarbonize our heavy industries'
The U.S Department of Energy announced approximately $6 billion in federal money will be used to ramp up decarbonization projects across the nation.
Energy
Liu: Berkeley Lab 'opens up a new approach to developing EV batteries'
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists developed a new conductive polymer coating which could provide longer lasting and more powerful lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.
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Huff: 'Our nation's existing reactor fleet can produce clean hydrogen'
An upstate New York nuclear power plant has begun clean hydrogen production, making it the first-of-its-kind facility in the nation to do so
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U.S. energy secretary at CERAWeek 2023 conference: 'We need both traditional and new energy'
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently addressed attendees at the CERAWeek 2023 S&P Global conference in Houston.
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Budney: 'We’re moving towards a zero-emissions future' at Savannah River Site
A contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) is set to upgrade nearly 1,000 vehicles at the Savannah River Site (SRS) by replacing their need for gasoline with electricity
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Allen says Granholm 'should not praise top polluters like China who threaten our security'
Georgia Rep. Rick Allen has criticized Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm for praising China's climate initiatives, saying she should retract her words because China is a major polluter, as well as an adversary of the U.S.
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