The Colorado Center for Renewable Energy Economic Development (CREED) at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in collaboration with the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA) invites cleantech entrepreneurs to attend the next event in its Entrepreneur Series.

May 10, 2013Assistant Secretary Hoffman Discusses Grid Modernization with the New York Times and E&E TV

During a New York Times conference on “Energy for Tomorrow: Building Sustainable Cities,” Assistant Secretary Hoffman joined ConEd CEO Kevin Burke, and Euroheat and Power CEO Sabine Froning for a discussion on “Think National but Power Local.” During an interview with E&E TV’s Monica Trauzzi, she discussed how Recovery Act funding is helping utilities achieve important results such as reducing peak load, deferring building of additional generation, improving operations and monitoring the health of the grid more effectively.

May 10, 2013Southeastern visits local high school

Three employees of Southeastern Power Administration visited a local high school to discuss hydroelectric power and demonstrate power generation.

May 10, 2013Breakthrough Industrial Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Project Begins Full-Scale Operations

Captured Carbon from Industrial Plant to be Used for Enhanced Oil Recovery

May 10, 2013Energy Department Employee Recognized for Eliminating One Million Tons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Dr. Silverman Finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal

May 10, 2013Energy Department Metallurgist Recognized for Development of Revolutionary Coronary Stent Technology

Dr. Jablonski Finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal

May 9, 2013WIPP Security Force Recognized for Outstanding Safety

CARLSBAD, N.M., May 9, 2013 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Security Walls, LLC, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’s (WIPP) Security Protective Force, with a Star of Excellence Award in the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) for the fifth consecutive year.

May 9, 2013Obama Administration Launches Competition for Three New Manufacturing Innovation Institutes

The Obama Administration announced that it is launching competitions to create three new manufacturing innovation institutes with a Federal commitment of $200 million across five Federal agencies.

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May 7, 2013Joint Statement between U.S. Department of Energy and Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy

Poneman and Sang-jick, met on May 7, 2013, at the Department of Energy (DOE) headquarters in Washington, D.C., where they exchanged views on cooperation on a wide range of energy priorities.

May 7, 2013Energy Department Announces 61 Scientists to Receive Early Career Research Program Funding

Acting Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman today announced that 61 scientists from across the nation will receive up to $15.3 million in funding for research as part of the Energy Department’s Early Career Research Program

May 7, 2013Energy Department and the NSTA Launch America’s Home Energy Education Challenge 2013-2014 Program

Registration Now Open For Student Energy Conservation Competition; Program Inspires Student Interest in STEM, While Teaching How Saving Energy Saves Money

May 3, 2013Eastern Energy Zones Mapping Tool Now Available

The Eastern Interconnection States’ Planning Council (EISPC) has released the Energy Zones (EZ) Mapping Tool, a free, web-based interactive tool that will help states and other stakeholders in the Eastern Interconnection identify geographic areas suitable for the development of clean energy resources (natural gas, sequestration or utilitization locations for C02 from coal, nuclear, and renewable) which can potentially provide significant amounts of new electric power generation.

The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently recognized the professionals behind the lab’s greatest innovations from the past year during its Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Awards.

May 1, 2013DOE Announces Award Selections for Academic-Industry Collaboration – Synchrophasor Engineering Education Program

The Department of Energy (DOE) has selected seven projects for awards totaling approximately $1.4 million to help colleges and universities better prepare the electricity industry workforce of the future. Use of synchrophasor data from Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) is considered to be a promising tool to monitor modern electric power systems, and identify and respond to deteriorating or abnormal grid conditions more quickly. Thanks to Recovery Act funding, more than 800 PMUs are being installed at strategic locations across the nation’s transmission system.

The Energy Department announced up to $13 million in funding to develop and test advanced components and technologies to boost the performance of marine and hydrokinetic energy systems.

Researchers from the Energy Department's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life “flow” battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical grid.

The Energy Department announced a new study outlining key improvements that can be made to hydropower production in the United States to provide more efficient and cost-effective electricity to homes and businesses.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced that it has launched a publicly available, comprehensive online portal for the U.S. government's national and state energy data and information.

The race to transition to cleaner, greener natural gas power plants is getting a boost from an unlikely source—solar energy.