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Press ReleaseMarch 17, 2016Scientists are discovering new ways for solar panels to work on overcast days. This work, posted as a Basic Energy Sciences
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March 17, 2016Scientists are discovering new ways for solar panels to work on overcast days.Office of Science
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Press ReleaseMarch 10, 2016The Energy Department today announced the SunShot Innovator-in-Residence Fellowship Program, which is available to professionals at all of the Department’s national laboratories who have demonstrated outstanding and distinguished success in technolog...Integrated Energy Systems Office
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March 1, 2016The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in the Palm Springs area of California is a shining example of the type of leadership tribes can provide...Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs
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February 25, 2016When buying a solar power system, hardware is not the only expense. There are also "soft costs": permits, financing, installation costs, and more. ...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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Success StoryFebruary 9, 2016EERE Success Story—Sowing Seeds for Success: Interdisciplinary Research Blossoms at DOESuccess Stories
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February 8, 2016The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $21 million in new funding to lower solar energy deployment barriers and expand access to solar energy to all Americans.Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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Press ReleaseJanuary 19, 2016As part of the Energy Department’s Grid Modernization Initiative announced by Secretary Ernest Moniz last week to improve the resiliency, reliability and security of the nation’s electrical power grid, DOE today announced $18 million in funding for...Energy.gov
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Winning the Future: Tonto Apache Tribe Uses DOE Funding to Gain Momentum on Solar Energy DevelopmentBlogJanuary 19, 2016The Tonto Apache Tribe in Payson, Arizona, undertook a decades-long reservation infrastructure development effort that is still ongoing.Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs
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EERE SunShot’s SHINES Program: Enabling a Rapidly Solarizing Electricity Grid Through Energy StorageBlogJanuary 19, 2016The Department of Energy has recently created the Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI), an ongoing effort that reflects the Obama Administration’s commitment to improve the resiliency, reliability, and security of the nation’s grid, while adding gro...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation