All this month we’ve been celebrating the Department of Energy’s 40th Birthday. We tweeted 40 milestones for the past 40 years, released an episode of our podcast, Direct Current, where we interviewed our longest-serving employee – who’s been here 54 years – and capped off our celebration this week with a birthday party, complete with cake. A crowd… Keep reading →
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced that on October 2, 2017, the first-ever shipment of U.S. crude oil arrived in India. Following Prime Minister Modi’s visit with President Trump, Indian companies ramped up purchases of U.S. crude. “I am proud of the collaborative work between the United States and India that… Keep reading →
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry formally proposed that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) take swift action to address threats to U.S. electrical grid resiliency. Pursuant to his authority under Section 403 of the Department of Energy Organization Act, the Secretary urged the Commission to issue a final rule requiring its organized markets to develop… Keep reading →
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has announced approximately $36 million in federally-funded financial assistance to advance carbon capture technologies. Under the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office Of Fossil Energy (FE), the Design and Testing of Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will support cost-shared research and development projects that will continue the… Keep reading →
After nearly two decades in space and billions of miles traveled, Cassini’s journey is finally over. When the pioneering NASA spacecraft met its end in Saturn’s upper atmosphere the morning of Sept. 15, 2017 (Earth Received Time), burning up in a fireball of silicon and metal, the last components to disintegrate were some of its most essential:… Keep reading →
Innovative Research at DOE’s National Labs Will Build on Ongoing Efforts to Create America’s Modern Electricity System of the Future Washington, D.C. – The Department of Energy is announcing awards of up to $50 million to DOE’s National Laboratories to support early stage research and development of next-generation tools and technologies to further improve the… Keep reading →
1. Wind is powering America. From utility-scale wind farms to small distributed wind applications to the nation’s first offshore wind project, the U.S. wind industry continued to grow in 2016. The U.S. Department of Energy recently published three reports breaking down the state of wind energy in 2016. From invigorating the U.S. economy to advancing engineering breakthroughs, wind energy is moving America… Keep reading →
Last week, President Trump announced that the United States will no longer be party to the Paris Accord, an agreement entered into by the Obama administration. During his address in the Rose Garden, the president laid out a convincing case detailing how this rather one-sided agreement is not in the best long-term economic interest of… Keep reading →
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry released the following statement on President Donald J. Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget request for the Department of Energy (DOE): “This budget delivers on the promise to reprioritize spending in order to carry out DOE’s core functions efficiently and effectively while also being fiscally responsible… Keep reading →
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) are partnering to drive technology innovation and transform health care delivery for Veterans. The partnership brings together VA’s unparalleled and vast array of healthcare and genomic data with DOE’s world class high performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence and data analytics. By combining expertise,… Keep reading →
