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TNS Tipoffs - FERC Newsletter for Saturday February 11, 2023 ( 4 items )  

DOE Proposes New Standards For Residential Appliances To Save Americans Billions In Annual Energy And Water Bill
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Feb. 10, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today proposed new energy-efficiency standards for refrigerators and clothes washers that will lower household energy costs and significantly reduce pollution. DOE expects the new standards, which have not been updated in over a decade, to save American consumers approximately $3.5 billion per year on their energy and water bills. These proposed rules are the Bide  more

National Energy Technology Laboratory: DOE To Invest More Than $18 Million To Treat Wastewater, Recover Valuable Minerals
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news on Feb. 10, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) and the DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) today announced more than $18 million in available funding for research and development projects that focus on the characterization, treatment, and management of produced water--or wastewater associ  more

Office of Fossil Energy: DOE Announces Over $18 Million Available To Treat Wastewater For Valued Uses And Recover Critical Minerals Needed For A Clean Energy Economy
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced more than $18 million in available funding for research and development projects that focus on the characterization, treatment, and management of produced water--or wastewater associated with oil and natural gas development and production--as well as management  more

Sandia National Laboratories: Can Clay Capture Carbon Dioxide?
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: The atmospheric level of carbon dioxide -- a gas that is great at trapping heat, contributing to climate change -- is almost double what it was prior to the Industrial Revolution, yet it only constitutes 0.0415% of the air we breathe. This presents a challenge to researchers attempting to design artificial trees or other methods of capturing carbon dioxide directl  more