WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $25 million through the Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) partnerships program to help six community teams develop tailored decarbonization strategies and clean energy solutions. Local governments, electric utilities, and community-based groups working closely with experts from DOE's national laboratories will utilize $8 million in award   more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Sept. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Forward-looking paper charts research path to improve how planning models account for energy storage * * * Energy system models fail to accurately represent energy storage and might recommend decarbonization strategies that make electric grids less reliable. Policy makers and utilities need robust energy system models to determine the best strategies t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced more than $6.3 million for six research and development projects to improve fish passage and protection technologies and reduce the environmental impacts of hydropower on species and ecosystems. Fish passage and protection technologies provide a way for fish to navigate barriers such as d  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a new interactive map series showcasing, in localized detail, where clean energy investments are occurring across the United States thanks to President Biden's Investing in America agenda. This new interactive tool will serve as a valuable resource for tracking the industrial revitalization happening across the country, fostered by a clean energ  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: A common misconception is that those interested in technical roles at a national laboratory must hold a graduate degree such as a Ph.D. On the contrary, roughly 40% of the science, technology and engineering workforce at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) claim an associate's or bachelor's degree as their highest education level. This   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) NETL-led Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE) Initiative has funded 24 and is currently negotiating 20 additional projects around the country to address key gaps on the critical path toward commercial carbon capture and storage (CCS) deployment. These projects are the first of many, that will de-risk geo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Radiological Security (ORS) recently marked the completion of a new long-term regional radioactive waste storage facility in Kazakhstan. The opening of the storage facility at Kazakhstan's Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) enhances regional and global security by safely storing t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced up to $17.2 million to evaluate the potential for unconventional oil production through a combined process that uses captured carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to recover residual oil-called CO2 enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR)-while safely and permanently storin  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Using the ultrahigh-vacuum atomic force microscope at DOE's Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at ORNL, researchers found unique environmentally induced ferroelectric phase transitions in hafnium zirconium oxide, a material important in developing advanced semiconductors. Credit: Arthur Baddorf/ORNL, Dept. of Energy A team of scientists with the Department of   more