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Press ReleasesMarch 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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Press ReleasesMarch 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, 2016EERE Success Story—Reaching New Limits with Solar StorageSuccess Stories
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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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February 11, 2016In 2011, the Loan Programs Office (LPO) issued loan guarantees to the first five PV projects larger than 100 megawatts (MW) in the United States. As required by law, LPO stopped issuing new loan guarantees under the Section 1705 Program created by the ...Office of Energy Dominance Financing
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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 ReleasesJanuary 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