May 21, 2013Dr. Ernest Moniz Sworn in as 13th Secretary of Energy

Dr. Ernest Moniz was sworn in as the nation’s 13th Secretary of Energy by Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman in a ceremony for the Department’s employees.

May 20, 2013Energy Department Announces New Technical Assistance for Tribal Clean Energy Projects

The Energy Department announced that five Tribes will receive technical assistance through the Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) Program for renewable energy project development and installation.

May 20, 2013Energy Department Announces New Technical Assistance for Tribal Clean Energy Projects

The Energy Department announced that five Tribes will receive technical assistance through the Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) Program for renewable energy project development and installation.

May 20, 2013Energy Department Completes Salt Coolant Material Transfer to Czech Republic for Advanced Reactor Research

The U.S. Department of Energy recently joined with the U.S. Embassy in Prague and the Czech Republic’s Ministry of Industry and Trade to complete the transfer of 75 kilograms of fluoride salt from the Department’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to the Czech Nuclear Research Institute ?ež.

Ninety-seven teams from 28 Colorado schools participated in today’s car competitions hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

May 17, 2013Green Button Initiative Growing

The Green Button initiative, which is the common-sense idea that electricity customers should be able to securely download their own energy usage information from their utility websites, is continuing to gain traction across the country.

May 17, 2013Energy Department Authorizes Second Proposed Facility to Export Liquefied Natural Gas

Freeport LNG Terminal on Quintana Island, Texas Authorized to Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries

May 17, 2013OE Releases 2013 Issue 2 of Energy Emergency Preparedness Quarterly (April 2013)

The Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) has released Volume 2, Issue 2 of the Energy Emergency Preparedness Quarterly (EEPQ), designed to briefly highlight a few of the energy preparedness activities that occur each quarter.

Middle school students from around Colorado will participate in the Junior Solar Sprint and Lithium Ion Battery car competitions on Saturday, May 18, at Dakota Ridge High School in Littleton. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the competitions give students the opportunity to show their engineering and design skills by building and racing high-performance model solar and battery vehicles.

May 15, 2013Electricity Advisory Committee Meeting June 5-6, 2013

The next meeting of the Department of Energy's Electricity Advisory Committee will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, June 5 and 6, 2013 at the the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA. The final agenda is now available.

Registration has begun for America’s Home Energy Education Challenge, a national student competition administered by the National Science Teachers Association for the Energy Department, and designed to help families save money by saving energy.

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: Defense, Energy, Commerce, NASA, and the National Science Foundation.

The U.S. Energy of Department (DOE) launched H2USA, a new public-private partnership focused on advancing hydrogen infrastructure to support more transportation energy options for U.S. consumers, including fuel cell electric vehicles.

The Energy Department announced that it will award 88 grants to small businesses in 28 states to develop clean energy technologies with a strong potential for commercialization and job creation.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the winner of its third-annual Energy Star National Building Competition. A New Jersey elementary school won by demonstrating a 52% energy use reduction in 2012.

The U.S. Navy's Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii, in conjunction with the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), conducted an energy demonstration project during April to collect data on office energy usage and promote energy-saving strategies.

The Energy Department's Clean Cities coalitions nationwide are helping their communities get ready for PEVs by using local knowledge to ensure that both are easily deployed and available to consumers.

May 14, 2013Expedition Provides New Insight on Gas Hydrates in Gulf of Mexico

A joint-federal-agency 15 day research expedition in the northern Gulf of Mexico yielded innovative high-resolution seismic data and imagery that will help refine characterizations of large methane hydrate resources in the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.

May 13, 2013Energy Department Launches Public-Private Partnership to Deploy Hydrogen Infrastructure

The Energy Department launched H2USA -- a new public-private partnership focused on advancing hydrogen infrastructure to support more transportation energy options for U.S. consumers, including fuel cell electric vehicles.

May 13, 2013Energy Department Announces Regional Winners of University Clean Energy Business Competition

Six Student Teams Advance to Final Level of National Competition