The new Bureau of Energy Resources is a combination of the Department of Energy and the Department of State, using technical smarts and diplomacy to increase the market for clean energy around the world.READ»
The Department of Energy is doling out money to some high-tech oil drilling projects. If we're going to be drilling, we might as well invest time and money in making it as safe as possible.READ»
Because buildings are the largest energy suck in New York, the city is enlisting the people with the most knowledge to help make them more efficient: the superintendents.READ»
After the 2009 DOE competition saw the costs of entries soaring, this year designers were asked to focus on houses that could be built for more reasonable sums. The results are impressive.READ»
This Philips LED bulb is the winner of the DOE's $10 million competition to develop a low-cost, energy efficient, high-performance replacement for the incandescent bulb. READ»
There was one recent positive survey, but test after test has found that people aren't so psyched when smart meters arrive in their home. They may not have a choice.READ»
The government-sponsored competition to build the best ultra-fuel-efficient vehicles yields both automotive innovation and the next generation of car designers.READ»
The U.S. Department of Energy is continuing on its clean-energy loan spree, this time with a $96.8 million loan guarantee for an Oregon geothermal project. READ»
The DOE's loan programs office is like a "shadow bank," its chief officer said recently, funding clean energy where private capital is squeamish. READ»
The Department of Energy just awarded 1.7 billion processor hours on its two supercomputers, which have the brains of 135,000 laptops. Fifty-seven innovative research projects will look at projects in clean energy, medicine, climate change, and other areas.READ»
An Obama administration-hosted event in Chicago this week asked the question: What will it take to bring offshore wind projects to the Great Lakes?READ»
With the rise in renewable energy sources comes a corresponding need for reliable power storage devices--all that solar power gathered during the day needs to still be available at night, after all. Enter Beacon Power's $69 million flywheel storage plant.READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was doing things. Yep, things. I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you.1. Remember the ocean floor seepage close to BP's containment cap? Apparently it's coming from another well and, says ...READ»
On the heels of crippling gasoline shortages, saber rattling from OPEC, and the abolishment of the Atomic Energy Commission, the modern DOE was established to oversee and regulate the emerging nuclear power industry and to manage ...READ»
