Department of Energy News

South Carolina's industrial sector was bolstered yet again Monday afternoon when the Department of Energy awarded a $45 million grant to research and develop ocean-based wind turbines at the former Naval base.

The city of Ellensburg will more than triple the size of its renewable energy park under a unique grant that taps a team from around the Northwest to build a "smart-grid" demonstration project.

Berkeley, CA a ' Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in cooperation with the International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative , are releasing for beta testing a computer-based tool to help the world's semiconductor manufacturing facilities evaluate and improve their energy efficiency.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced plans to conduct a series of deep energy retrofit research projects with the potential to improve the energy efficiency in selected homes by as much as 30 to 50 percent.

Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say.Except for rising energy bills.

The Department of Energy has selected a Northwest team to conduct a regional smart grid demonstration project designed to expand existing electric infrastructure and test new smart grid technology with up to 60,000 customers in five states.

Local smart-grid developer Spirae will participate in the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project.

Oil was lower in Asian trade today after a strong overnight rally on the back of positive US data and a weak dollar.

North Carolina's Duke Energy said it plans to match a $22 million federal grant to examine the use of batteries to store wind energy from a Texas wind farm.

Advanced lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel will enter the utility-scale energy storage market, supplying batteries for a major new smart grid program announced yesterday by the US Department of Energy.

Schematic diagram of the coupled steam hydrogasification and reforming process. Source: Raju et al.

Beacon Power Corporation , a company that designs and develops advanced products and services to support more stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid operation, said today that the U.S. Department of Energy has announced that it has awarded a stimulus grant to Beacon valued at $24 million, for use in the construction of the Company's second ...

News release : "At an event in Columbus, Ohio this afternoon, Secretary Chu announced that the Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems that will help build a smarter, more efficient, more resilient electrical grid.

A project to examine how high technology can improve the Pacific Northwest's electric power grid has received an $88.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Federal energy officials have handed Wisconsin $10 million to improve electrical grids.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Duke Energy plans to build a battery facility in Texas where it will store energy generated by one of its wind farms in a project that will be funding jointly by the company and the federal government.

The US Department of Energy has selected Clemson University to receive up to $45 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for a wind energy test facility that will enhance the performance, durability, and reliability of utility-scale wind turbines.

Gasoline demand in the U.S., which has been hit hard by the recession, will never return to 2007's peak, BP PLC Chief Executive Tony Hayward said in a report by The Wall Street Journal.

West Virginia University and the state Division of Energy are getting $500,000 in federal stimulus funds to help businesses in the region save energy, improve the environment and create jobs.

The New Mexico Environment Department levied a $960,000 fine against the Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Laboratory on Monday, alleging the lab is still failing to adequately monitor groundwater for contaminates.