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November 30, 2022Rocky Flats Site upgrades solar technology, donates equipment to community nonprofit.Office of Legacy Management
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November 9, 2022124 teams from 97 collegiate institutions are working to make buildings more efficient by participating in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® 2023 Design Challenge.Buildings
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November 9, 2022The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office announced 31 teams as finalists for The Sunny Awards for Equitable Community Solar.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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November 7, 2022A new best-practices guide on photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting was published in Frontiers in Energy Research to improve confidence in PEC water-splitting efficiency measurements by establishing consistent experiment and reporting practices.HydroGEN Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium
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November 3, 2022On November 4 and 5, college and university students from across the United States will battle it out in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) annual CyberForce Competition®.Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response
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Press ReleasesOctober 17, 2022The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $14 million in funding to researchers to study how solar energy infrastructure interacts with wildlife and ecosystems.Energy.gov
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October 17, 2022A new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory published in the journal iScience uses a new methodology to predict patterns for utility-scale wind and solar energy costs and concludes that they will progressively decline in the coming years.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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October 17, 2022DOE launched the SolarAPP+ Prize to encourage local governments to adopt SolarAPP+ and ease the permitting process for residential solar.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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Press ReleasesOctober 14, 2022The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office seeks feedback on the cost and value of use, collection, and sharing of data on performance of solar photovoltaic systems and their components.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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October 7, 2022The giant mirrors used in concentrating solar-thermal power, known as heliostats, are often the most expensive parts of a CSP plant. The possibilities to innovate on heliostats and help reduce costs are endless.Integrated Energy Systems Office