News from April 2023


Energy and Commerce Leaders Announce Hearing on Guaranteeing Data Privacy Protections Online

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) today announced a hearing titled "Addressing America's Data Privacy Shortfalls: How a National Standard Fills Gaps to Protect Americans' Personal Information."


Energy Department discusses Notice of Staff Attendance at North American Electric Reliability Corporation Standard Drafting Team Meetings on April 21

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Energy Department discusses Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico on April 21

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Commercial and Industrial Pumps; Correction discussed on April 21 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a one page rule on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOE Announces New Effort to Power Colorado's Federal Facilities with 100% Clean Energy by 2030

Release: Pact Between DOE and Xcel Energy Supports President Biden’s Executive Order Reestablishing Federal Government as a Sustainability Leader


Energy Department discusses Combined Notice of Filings #1 on April 21

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


ICYMI: Outdoor Industry Association Awards Manchin Friend of the Industry Award

News Release: Charleston, WV - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, was recently awarded the Outdoor Industry Association’s (OIA) Friend of the Industry Award. The Friend of the Outdoor Industry Award is awarded to members of Congress in recognition of their legislative leadership on outdoor recreation issues, protecting public lands and waterways, and supporting the $862 billion outdoor industry and its 4.5 million employees.


Notice of Staff Attendance at North American Electric Reliability Corporation Standard Drafting Team Meeting discussed on April 21 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Energy Department publish on April 21?

The US Energy Department published a four page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site discussed on April 21 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Public notices: Energy Department publishes 45 in week ending April 8

There were 45 notices published by the Energy Department in week ending April 8, according to the Federal Register.


March 2023 Monthly Application Activity Report

Hi-res graphics for download: MAAR Metrics-Tech Sector Breakdown and MAAR Proposed Project Locations


Sector Spotlight: Clean Hydrogen

In this post, I’m diving into how the DOE Loan Programs Office (LPO) is supporting U.S. clean hydrogen projects.


LPO Offers First Conditional Commitment for a Virtual Power Plant to Sunnova’s Project Hestia to Support Grid Reliability and Expand Clean Energy Access

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) today announced a conditional commitment to Sunnova Energy Corporation’s Project Hestia for an up to $3 billion partial loan guarantee to make distributed energy resources (DERs), including rooftop solar, battery storage, and virtual power plant (VPP)-ready software available to more American homeowners.


ORNL’s Lee named Materials Research Society fellow

Ho Nyung Lee, a condensed matter physicist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a fellow of the Materials Research Society.


Modeling Agriculture Matters for Carbon Cycling

To understand Earth’s changing climate, scientists often turn to science-based computer simulations.


Projects to fight biological threats receive $5 million in federal funding

Modeling the emergence and spread of biological threats isn’t as routine as forecasting the weather, but scientists in two of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) national laboratories were awarded funding to try to make it so.


DUNE collaboration tests new technology for second detector module

In recent months, the neutrino research facility at the European laboratory CERN has been bustling with activity.


A new quantum approach to solve electronic structures of complex materials

If you know the atoms that compose a particular molecule or solid material, the interactions between those atoms can be determined computationally, by solving quantum mechanical equations — at least, if the molecule is small and simple.


Andrea Delgado unites fundamental, high energy physics with quantum computing

Andrea Delgado is looking for elementary particles that seem so abstract, there appears to be no obvious short-term benefit to her research.