WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Dec. 20, 2023, by Commissioner Mark C. Christie on a decision (Dockets No. ER22-2931-000, EL24-26-000) involving New Market Solar: * * * I concur in today's order as it confirms that: (i) the issue before this Commission in the paper hearing and FPA section 206 proceedings is not who will pay the expenses incurred in acquiring any third-party land, but instead who will   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: From left, researchers Syed Islam and Ramesh Bhave discuss the nickel sulfate recovered from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries using the membrane solvent extraction process they co-invented at ORNL. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy A critical-materials recycling technique pioneered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory by researchers in the Department of E  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) made monumental strides in advancing the clean energy goals of the Biden-Harris Administration. Through hundreds of funding announcements to make clean energy more accessible in every state, investments in scientific research, historic groundbreakings, and celebratory ribbon cuttings, DOE has been hard at work to combat the climate crisis, lower costs   more