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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.
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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.
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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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Granholm: 2024 energy budget provides ‘critical resources to transform the president’s historic clean energy investments’

The U.S. Department of Energy’s proposed fiscal year 2024 budget requests $52 billion that includes investments into reducing energy costs.
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Gauché: 'We are proud to supply safe and reliable fuel for the research reactor community'

A French nuclear reactor company recently announced the completion of the first fabricated metallic fuel element for a widely used class of nuclear research reactor.
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Granholm: DOE, EPA work together to 'deliver affordable, clean electricity to all Americans'

The U.S. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency signed a joint memorandum of understanding to increase new clean energy opportunities to support access to reliable, affordable electricity.
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Moreno: Collaboration plan will 'uplift the efforts of diverse hydropower stakeholders'

A project that will support community engagement with hydropower and river restoration projects has received $3.7 million through the U.S. Department of Energy.
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White: 'EM is helping to foster successful visions for the future'

Environmental Management Office Senior Advisor William "Ike" White delivered a speech at the 2023 Waste Management Symposia, where he talked about the focus and mission of the cleanup program in its next stages.
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Congress opens hearings on depletion of SPR, 'an extremely valuable asset'

After gasoline prices started soaring last year, President Joe Biden called for the release of millions of barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as a way to ease Americans’ pain at the pump.
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Dahl: Environmental Managements works 'to get kids interested in STEM careers'

More than 100 engineers from the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington recently volunteered to conduct interactive demonstrations for elementary and middle school students in the area.
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Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-549); Comment Request; Extension discussed on March 6 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a five page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Energy Department discusses Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Air Cleaners on March 6

The US Energy Department published a three page rule on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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