WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management issued the following news on April 10, 2024: The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) is fortunate to have two sites that were in the path of totality April 8, 2024, when the moon completely blocked the sun, and hundreds of visitors came to the sites to not only see the eclipse but to learn about LM. Science and public education are core to LM's mission, and the locations of the Fernald Preser  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL is launching a pilot training program for the Battery Workforce Initiative (BWI) -- a national effort to ensure worker safety and open new pathways for careers in America's fast-growing battery manufacturing sector. BWI is a project of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). In March, the agencies released BWI's national  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced the MACRO: Mixed Algae Conversion Research Opportunity funding opportunity announcement (FOA). The FOA will award up to $18.8 million to address research and development (R&D) challenges in converting algae, such as seaweed  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Sandia National Laboratories electrical engineer Michael Ropp has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, one of the world's largest technical professional organizations. Ropp's research focuses on developing algorithms to improve the resiliency of the electrical grid, particularly with the addition of many   more