6 hours ago by Camille Ricketts

The U.S. Department of Energy has been generous in its support for smart grid efforts this year, granting $3.4 billion to utilities to transition to a cleaner, more efficient electrical grid, and backing companies of all sizes making components and energy management systems to change the way America ...

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12 hours ago by Ellen Scott

Secretary Chu, of the U.S. Department of Energy, announced last Wednesday, December 9 th, that the department will be launching www.openEI.org. This website is an open source platform that will have the department’s data and resources accessible to the public. The launch of this website is in respon ...

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19 hours ago by Steve

Since July, I have been studying and following the progress of a technology called Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) as it has been tested by Sausalito-based AltaRock Energy at The Geysers, an active geothermal field just 12 air miles from my home in Northern California. A week ago, New York Times r ...

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1 day ago by BBVM

Chernobyl, the worst nuclear accident in history, created an inadvertent laboratory to study the impacts of radiation — and more than twenty years later, the site still holds surprises. Re-inhabiting the large dead zone around the accident site may have to wait longer than expected. Radioactive Cesi ...

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1 day ago by Sam Abuelsamid

Filed under: Hydrogen, Ford Ford Focus FCV - click above for high-res image gallery For the past four years Ford has been running a fleet of 30 fuel cell-powered Focus sedans in several locations throughout the United States and Canada in a program partially funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. ...

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1 day ago by Clark Waterfall

A weekday morning in late November. A brownstone residence on Beacon Hill in the shadow of the State House. A dozen of the foremost experts in technology transfer and intellectual property in the Boston innovation cluster. And a representative from the Department of Energy. We at BSG Team Ventures h ...

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1 day ago by Jonathan Springston

Vice President Joe Biden announced Wednesday the release of $5 billion in additional funding for the Advanced Energy Tax Credit under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). This tax credit supports the building and equipping of new, expanded, or re-tooled factories that manufacture green ...

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2 days ago by Bornstein Sons

In a constant effort to bring our opinions into your New Jersey homes we've found a simple graphic created by The Department of Energy. Their Energy Tips show you the way to be Green and make every day "Earth Day". Do your part!

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2 days ago by Terrence Murray

Last week the Department of Energy revamped its loan guarantee program supporting clean energy projects. The funding stream has been hampered by rigid regulations ever since its inception in 2005, as part of the Energy Policy Act. Under the new rules DOE says it will decide on a project basis whethe ...

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2 days ago by Chris Cheatham

It's always amazing to me the unexpected consequences that result from apparently benign activities. As new green building and energy innovations and materials are incorporated into projects, there is always the possibility of an unexpected consequence. Take for instance a geothermal energy project ...

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