News from August 2023
DOE-NETL grant application closes on Oct. 12
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2023
Notice of Intent to Issue Carbon Negative Shot Pilots grant opened on Aug. 10.
Barrasso Op-Ed: The GOP's All-of-The-Above Strategy Is Better for the Environment Than Biden's Dangerous Approach
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2023
News Release: By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso. August 8, 2023. Newsweek. The federal government shouldn't be in the business of picking winners and losers. The Biden administration ignores this principle by proposing rules that would effectively require all new cars to be electric by 2032. The president is trying to ...
Manchin Announces WVU Research Corporation Awarded $400K to Study Process for Producing Green Methanol Using Direct Air Capture and Hydrogen
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2023
News Release: Charleston, WV - Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that West Virginia University (WVU) Research Corporation, located in Morgantown, West Virginia, will receive $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of ...
E&C Presses Unresponsive NIH for Answers about COVID Origins and Risky Research Projects
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2023
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), sent two letters to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) following up on the NIH’s...
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $9 Million to Projects Modeling Optimal Deployment for Low-Carbon Intermodal Freight Transportation System
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $9 million in funding to six projects developing technology to model the low-carbon intermodal freight transportation system of the future. The selected projects seek to minimize emissions and maximize resiliency in support of President Biden’s ambitious clean energy and decarbonization goals.
E&C Republicans: SAMHSA Needs To Be Fully Forthcoming About How It Spends Taxpayer Dollars
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), on behalf of the Health and Oversight Subcommittee Republicans, sent a letter to the Substance...
Savannah River Site Reaches New Landmark in Cost-Saving Double-Stack Project
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM has marked a major achievement in the effort to expand interim storage of canisters of vitrified high-level waste at the Savannah River Site (SRS) while saving taxpayer dollars.
Molten Glass Fills Hanford Melter
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP ) team last week poured the first batches of glass forming beads, called frit, into a melter heated to 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit. At that temperature, the beads melted and created the first molten pool inside the melter, which during future hot operations will immobilize radioactive and chemical tank waste in a form safe for permanent disposal.
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $37 Million to Build Research Capacity at Historically Underrepresented Institutions
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
Release: Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR) Initiative Will Support Research at Minority Serving Institutions and Emerging Research Institutions
Combined Notice of Filings #1 discussed on Aug. 10 by Energy Department
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Office of Environmental Management Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program Draws Over 265 Participants
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. - More than 265 minority serving institutions (MSI) faculty and students, DOE personnel and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) employees recently gathered for the DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (EM MSIPP) Achievement Workshop.
Notice published by Energy Department on Aug. 10
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $9 Million to Projects Modeling Optimal Deployment for Low-Carbon Intermodal Freight Transportation System
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $9 million in funding to six projects developing technology to model the low-carbon intermodal freight transportation system of the future. The selected projects seek to minimize emissions and maximize resiliency in support of President Biden’s ambitious clean energy and decarbonization goals.
Energy Department discusses Combined Notice of Filings on Aug. 10
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
E&C Republicans: SAMHSA Needs To Be Fully Forthcoming About How It Spends Taxpayer Dollars
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), on behalf of the Health and Oversight Subcommittee Republicans, sent a letter to the Substance...
Lectura De La 5.ª Visita De La Secretaria Granholm A Puerto Rico
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
Release: Read in English here. WASHINGTON, D. C. — Desde el 31 de julio hasta el 2 de agosto de 2023, la secretaria de Energía de EE. UU., Jennifer M. Granholm, viajó a Puerto Rico como parte de la continua participación directa de la comunidad en apoyo del compromiso de la Administración Biden-Harris de reconstruir ...
DOE Invests Over $13 Million for Projects That Capture Carbon Emissions from Industrial Facilities, Power Plants, Air, and Oceans
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced 23 projects to receive a total of more than $13 million in funding supporting research and development (R&D) for carbon management technologies and applications that will reduce...
Hanford Patrol Welcomes New Explosive-Detecting Canines
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office and contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) have introduced their newest team members, Dee and Freda, two highly skilled explosive-detecting K-9 officers.
What did Energy Department publish on Aug. 10?
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Radiation Detection Technology Startup Grew Roots in DOE Office of Environmental Management-Funded Energy I-Corps
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) funding supports Energy I-Corps, a key initiative of DOE's Office of Technology Transitions (OTT). The program sends teams of researchers and industry mentors through an immersive two-month training where the researchers define technology value propositions, conduct stakeholder discovery interviews and develop viable market pathways for their technologies.