WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy has announced up to $88 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects enhancing technologies for oil and natural gas recovery under two separate funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will manage the projects selected under both… Keep reading →
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has issued the following statement on the passing of FERC Commissioner Kevin McIntyre: “I am very saddened to hear the news of Commissioner McIntyre’s passing. After an impressive career in the legal world Kevin answered the President’s call to serve as the Chairman of FERC, and… Keep reading →
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Government is announcing that a group of Chinese cyber actors, known publicly as APT 10, is carrying out a campaign of cyber-enabled theft targeting global managed service providers, cloud service providers, and their clients. APT 10 is operating on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of State Security. Over the past four… Keep reading →
As science and technology advance, so too does the energy industry
Report highlights the benefits of an ethane storage hub located in the Appalachian Region WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a Report to Congress: Ethane Storage and Distribution Hub in the United States. The report highlights the potential in Appalachia for the development of a new ethane hub based on the tremendous low-cost resource from… Keep reading →
Awards Will Support Development of Advanced Software for DOE Supercomputers WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to provide $24 million in new and renewal research awards to advance the development of sophisticated software for computer-based design of novel materials. The awards are aimed to take advantage of the DOE national laboratories’ growing… Keep reading →
During an Explore Offshore discussion on Capitol Hill, it’s not hard to pick out the good reasons for safely and responsibly developing offshore natural gas and oil: long-term U.S. energy and national security, jobs and economic stimulus, revenues to states, global leadership and more. National Explore Offshore Co-Chair Jim Nicholson: “Energy security is an issue that impacts every other critical issue. …… Keep reading →
Oak Ridge’s Summit and Lawrence Livermore’s Sierra Rank #1 and #2 in TOP500 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories are now home to the fastest supercomputers in the world, according to the new TOP500 List, a semiannual ranking of the world’s fastest computing systems. The IBM Summit system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory… Keep reading →
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $98 million in funding for 40 new projects as part of OPEN 2018, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPAE) latest open funding opportunity. These funds will support some of America’s top energy innovators’ R&D projects as they seek to develop technologies to transform the nation’s energy… Keep reading →
The 2018 midterm elections also provided voters in several states the opportunity to craft environmental and energy policy directly through ballot initiatives
