Department of Energy
Recent News About Department of Energy
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U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management Deputy Director Peter O’Konski received the Secretary’s Exceptional Service Award upon his retirement after 35 years of federal service.
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The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced $42 million for 12 projects that will strengthen the supply chain for advanced electric vehicle batteries.
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An 11.2-acre vacant property in Colonie, New York, that the federal government remediated of residual radiological contamination has returned to private ownership effective Jan. 5.
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Testing has been completed to demonstrate that fiber infrastructure and software are operational for a transfer line communications system between the Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant and the AP Tank Farm at the Hanford Site.
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HyVelocity Hub, a group including Amazon, Chevron, the Center for Houston’s Future and the University of Texas, hopes to be recognized as a regional hydrogen hub of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
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A team of researchers at Lawrence Berkeley Lab have developed a new method of heating and cooling known as ionocaloric cooling, which they believe could someday replace current vapor compression methods.
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The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are asking for applicants to participate in the second cohort of the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator program.
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A framework developed by several federal agencies that has strategies and actions for removing all carbon emissions from transportation by 2050 has been released.
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The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management’s first-time participating in the Council of State Governments Midwestern Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee in October 2022 featured a presentation on the history of the Edgemont, S.D., disposal site.
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Feaver: 'Pacific Northwest was well prepared for this opportunity' to construct a clean hydrogen hubThe Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association in Washington will submit a full application for funding to construct a regional clean hydrogen hub in the Pacific Northwest after its concept paper was approved by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Paul Langan has been named associate laboratory director for the Biological and Environmental Systems Science Directorate of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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A U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management program that verifies and validates the condition of mines that provided uranium ore to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission during the Cold War had a busy year in 2022.
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The University of North Dakota will use a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to use a process developed by a Pittsburgh, Pa., company that derives fuels, chemicals and advanced carbon materials from natural gas and coal.
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A 2022 priority goal of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management was met ahead of schedule when a team at the former uranium enrichment facility in Paducah, Ky., removed 1 million pounds of an ozone-depleting chemical from the site.
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An ongoing pollinator study highlighting the important role of plants is among several wildlife conservation initiatives conducted at the Bluewater, New Mexico, Disposal Site.
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The U.S. Department of Energy will host a public meeting by webinar in February 2023 to consider its proposal to amend distribution transformers’ energy conservation standards.
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management published its 2022 Year in Review video Dec. 20, highlighting many of the accomplishments and priorities undertaken by EM and other related offices.
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A nationally recognized expert in clean energy policy and programs is the new assistant secretary of energy.
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The U.S. Department of Energy will host a webinar Feb. 1, 2023, to solicit feedback on the department’s proposed rulemaking to raise the minimum lightbulb efficiency level from 45 to more than 120 lumens per watt for common bulbs.
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A leading researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to lead a research agency at the U.S. Department of Energy.