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The U.S. Department of Energy has issued a Record of Decision that - along with a signed cooperative agreement - will allow federal funding to be used to help build one of the world’s most advanced and environmentally clean coal-based power plants.

New technologies that help small, independent oil and natural gas operators contribute to domestic energy production while improving environmental protection have resulted from U.S. Department of Energy support of the Stripper Well Consortium.

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today the selection of six projects aimed at developing technologies to lower the cost of producing electricity in integrated gasification combined cycle power plants using carbon capture, while ...

The U.S. Department of Energy announced today the selection of 16 projects aimed at developing advanced post-combustion technologies for capturing carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants.

Construction activities have begun at an Illinois ethanol plant that will demonstrate carbon capture and storage.

DOE's EM program recently completed five projects at the Oak Ridge site funded through the Recovery Act. The projects included the expansion of two landfills at the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) and pre-demolition and demolition projects at ETTP and Y-12.