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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today selected four new projects to receive up to $8.4 million to establish new geothermal energy and heat production from abandoned oil and gas wells.

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DOE Releases Report Detailing Strategies to Expand Offshore Wind Deployment
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the release of a report that outlines regional and national strategies to accelerate U.S. offshore wind deployment and operation.

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DOE Opens Applications for Remote, Island, and Islanded Communities Seeking Technical Assistance for Energy Transition Planning
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced that the Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project (ETIPP) is accepting applications from remote, island, and islanded communities for technical assistance to transform their energy systems and increase energy resilience.

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Rodgers, McCaul, Lucas Question Admin’s Lack of Response to COVID-19 Inquiries
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Committee on Energy and Commerce Lead Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), and House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Lead Republican Frank Lucas (R-OK) sent a letter to President Biden on the administration’s lack of response to requests from Congress on COVID-19.

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U.S. Department of Energy Invests $13.4 Million to Combat Plastic Waste, Reduce Plastic Industry Emissions
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $13.4 million in funding for next generation plastics technologies that reduce the energy consumption and carbon emissions of single-use plastics.

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DOE Awards $35 Million to Small Businesses Pursuing Clean Energy and Climate Solutions
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $35 million in funding for diverse small businesses to pursue scientific, clean energy, and climate solutions.

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DOE’s Office of Science to Support 153 Outstanding University and Community College Students
The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science will sponsor the participation of 153 undergraduate students from across the nation in two STEM-focused workforce development programs at 17 DOE national laboratories and facilities during Spring 2022.

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Department of Energy to Accept National Laboratory Nominations for Distinguished Scientist Fellows Program
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that it is accepting nominations from the DOE national laboratories for the Department’s Distinguished Scientist Fellows Program.

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ARPA-E's 2021 Wrapped
ARPA-E is a high-risk, high-reward agency that changes what’s possible in energy.

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December 2021 Monthly Application Activity Report
Each month, the LPO Monthly Application Activity report updates:
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Notice published by Energy Department on Jan. 11
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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U.S. Department of Energy Announces New AlgaePrize Student Competition
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), in collaboration with the Algae Foundation and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, have announced a new AlgaePrize competition for high school through graduate students studying at a U.S.-based high school, college, community college, university, and/or graduate school.
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Proposed rule published on Jan. 11 by Energy Department
The US Energy Department published a six page proposed rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Pallone and Maloney Commend CMS’s Proposed Medicare Coverage Decision on Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Medication & Voice Support for Reevaluating Part B Premiums
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) wrote to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure today in support of the agency’s proposed National Coverage Determination...

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DOE awards $35 million to projects in 29 states for developing ‘clean energy technologies that will help us tackle the climate crisis'
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded $35 million in grant funding to 158 projects across 29 states actively pursuing clean energy and climate solutions to meet the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.

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DOE Releases Report Detailing Strategies to Expand Offshore Wind Deployment
News Release: Report details regional and national strategies to support the Administration’s goals for offshore wind deployment.

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DOE crews remove hazardous waste from Idaho cleanup site 18 months ahead of schedule
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) cleanup crews are ahead of schedule on a project to protect Idaho's Snake River Plain Aquifer after removing the final amount of buried waste at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.
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DOE Awards Fourth Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exchange to Bolster Fuel Supply Chain
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved a fourth exchange of 870,000 barrels of crude oil for release to Shell Trading (US) Company from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). This release falls under the authorization published in the DOE announcement on Nov. 23, 2021.

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Secretary Granholm Honors Oak Ridge Project Team With Achievement Award
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm honored a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) team from Oak Ridge with the Secretary’s Achievement Award during a virtual ceremony today for successfully removing a former uranium enrichment complex - a historic first that cleared 13 million square feet of deteriorated, contaminated structures from the site.
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DOE Awards $8.4 Million for Accessing Geothermal Potential from Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today selected four new projects to receive up to $8.4 million to establish new geothermal energy and heat production from abandoned oil and gas wells. With this funding, DOE is partnering with existing well owners and operators to use their idle or unproductive wells...

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