WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Jan. 30, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $131 million for 33 research and development projects to advance the wide-scale deployment of carbon management technologies to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution. The projects will address technical challenges of capturing CO2 from power plants and industrial facilities or directly from the atmosphere and assess potential CO2 storage sites, inc  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision (Docket No. ER23-523-000) involving Midcontinent Independent System Operator Inc.: * * * I concur with today's decision to approve the MISO Transmission Owners' (MISO TOs) proposed revisions to Schedule 2 to remove reactive power compensation within the standard power factor range. I write separately to explain why I would hav  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Food processing company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), with support from NETL, demonstrated an integrated system of processing carbon dioxide (CO2) and transporting it from an ethanol plant to the Mt. Simon Sandstone saline reservoir for permanent geologic storage. This is the largest demonstration of its kind in the United States and marks a crucial step forward   more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2023: Idaho National Laboratory marked a milestone in its efforts to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions with the recent addition of its first electric motor coach. INL's fleet of roughly 85 motor coaches safely transports more than 1,600 employees a day to their work locations at the Department of Energy's INL Site and home again. Converting the laboratory  more