News from 2023
Chairs Rodgers, Duncan Announce Hearing on Returning FERC to its Core Mission of Securing Reliable and Affordable Energy
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) today announced a hearing titled “Oversight of FERC: Adhering to a Mission of Affordable and Reliable Energy for America."
Chairs Rodgers, Duncan Announce Hearing on Ensuring, Efficient and Predictable Nuclear Safety Regulation
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) today announced a hearing titled “Oversight of NRC: Ensuring Efficient and Predictable Nuclear Safety Regulation for a Prosperous America."
Energy Department discusses Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Refrigerated Bottled or Canned Beverage Vending Machines on May 25
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2023
The US Energy Department published a six page proposed rule on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $34 Million to Deploy Clean Energy Technologies in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2023
Release: New Funding For 18 Clean Energy Projects Will Lower Energy Costs and Increase Security For American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Chairs Rodgers, Duncan Announce Hearing on Returning FERC to its Core Mission of Securing Reliable and Affordable Energy
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) today announced a hearing titled “Oversight of FERC: Adhering to a Mission of Affordable and Reliable Energy for America."
DOE Launches New Energy Earthshot to Decarbonize Transportation and Industrial Sectors
By DOE Newswire | May 27, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the launch of the Clean Fuels & Products ShotTM, a new initiative that aims to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from carbon-based fuels and products critical to our way of life. This is the seventh DOE Energy Earthshot...
Manchin Joins Groundbreaking of Form Energy Factory in Weirton, WV, Made Possible by Inflation Reduction Act
By DOE Newswire | May 27, 2023
News Release: Weirton, WV - Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined Form Energy Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mateo Jaramillo, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, West Virginia Economic Development Secretary Mitch Carmichael and other Form Energy and West Virginia leaders at the groundbreaking for Form Energy’s new iron-air battery manufacturing plant in Weirton, West Virginia.
Public notices: Energy Department publishes 50 in week ending May 13
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2023
There were 50 notices published by the Energy Department in week ending May 13, according to the Federal Register.
LPO’s Updated Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program Guidance Connects Eligible Projects to New Financing Opportunities as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
By DOE Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) released updated Program Guidance for the Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program, which can provide a total principal amount of more than approximately $300 billion in loan guarantees for clean energy, facility decarbonization, and energy infrastructure reinvestment projects.
Title 17 Applicant Fees and Costs
By DOE Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
The Energy Act of 2020, passed as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, included language regarding certain administrative fees for Title 17 loan guarantee applicants.
LPO Tech Talk: Hydrogen
By DOE Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
The Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) is working to support U.S. clean hydrogen deployment to facilitate the energy transition in difficult-to-decarbonize sectors to achieve a net-zero economy.
Princeton University awards plasma physics graduate student Suying Jin a highly selective honorific fellowship
By DOE Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
Suying Jin, who is entering her sixth and planned final year as a graduate student in the Princeton Program in Plasma Physics, won Princeton University’s honorific Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Fellowship for the 2023-24 academic year.
Scientists capture elusive chemical reaction using enhanced X-ray method
By DOE Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
Chemical reactions often involve intermediate steps that are too fast and complex for us to see – even using our most advanced scientific instruments.
Material scientist Ashley Bielinski relied on her passion for cutting-edge research to grow her career at Argonne
By DOE Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
Ashley Bielinski recently finished a Maria Goeppert Mayer (MGM) Fellowship at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.
Fermilab celebrates inventors, creators and entrepreneurs
By DOE Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
For the first time in three years, the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory leaders, researchers and staff met in-person on site for the 10th anniversary of Fermilab’s Inventor Recognition Ceremony on Feb. 23, 2023.
Prioritizing Equity and Justice in Energy, Climate, and Transit Research
By DOE Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
After the Justice40 (J40) Initiative was established in 2021 by President Biden with the objective that 40% of benefits from certain federal investments go to disadvantaged communities, five scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) played a key role in mapping out how to achieve this goal in federal programs that focus on climate change, clean energy, energy efficiency, and clean transit.
Dongarra elected to National Academy of Sciences
By DOE Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
Computing pioneer Jack Dongarra has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Stefano Miscetti elected as Mu2e co-spokesperson
By DOE Newswire Report | May 29, 2023
Stefano Miscetti, a scientist from the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics, or INFN, has been elected as co-spokesperson for the upcoming Mu2e experiment (pronounced mew-to-e), which will be situated at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
New ORNL study first to compare quantum computers
By DOE Newswire Report | May 29, 2023
Researchers used Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Quantum Computing User Program, or QCUP, to perform the first independent comparison test of leading quantum computers.
Brookhaven Lab Physicist John Tranquada Elected NAS Member
By DOE Newswire Report | May 29, 2023
John Tranquada, a distinguished physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been named a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)