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Recent News About U.S. Department of Energy
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The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced the winners of the 21st annual Solar Decathlon.
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An Oak Ridge National Laboratory division director was recently recognized by a prestigious engineering standards group.
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Carolyn Zerkle, deputy director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and vice president of the Lawrence Livermore National Security, is now on the board of directors of the Livermore Lab Foundation.
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Now that more than 500 aging and contaminated structures have been removed at the East Tennessee Technology Park, focus is turning to soil and groundwater remediation, according to the Department of Energy.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced April 28 that it will again allow summertime sales of E15 gasoline nationwide, the second year of such waivers.
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC), and the academic technology transfer non-profit AUTM will host the Green Energy Innovation Expo May 17.
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American households and consumers have been given a new "best friend" from the U.S. Department of Energy to guide them to tools and information designed to reduce energy costs.
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The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced a $250 million funding opportunity to accelerate the nation's electric heat pump manufacturing.
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The U.S. Department of Energy joined forces with Xcel Energy to provide federal facilities in Colorado with electricity that is completely free of carbon pollution by 2030.
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The U.S. Department of Energy will invest in more than $8 billion through competitions, private capital and conditional loans to expand solar energy to reduce pollution and Americans’ energy costs.
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The U.S. Department of Energy will invest $82 million in projects and technologies that will increase domestic solar manufacturing and recycling plus strengthen the clean energy grid in the U.S.
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm spoke about how the global energy market can be made more resilient and secure by transforming to clean energy at a recent Group of Seven climate meeting.
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During a congressional hearing on offshore wind, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) confronted Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Liz Klein with studies questioning the safety and survivability of more than 3,400 offshore wind turbines planned for the Jersey Shore.
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An advisory board for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee participated in a return to an in-person orientation and tour of clean up of the site, the first since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit at Idaho National Laboratory recently started operations to convert radioactive sodium-bearing liquid waste from underground tanks to a more stable, granular solid.
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Hanford Site Power and Utility Infrastructure Repaired After Windstorm
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Meghann Hurt, site manager for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management, recently graduated from the DOE Leadership Development Program.
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The Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant conducted an emergency drill for their ammonia leak response.
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program is accepting proposals for high-impact research campaigns in science, engineering and computer science.
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A new supercomputer exclusively designed for climate science research is being launched by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).