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U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today the selection of 15 projects to develop technologies aimed at safely and economically storing carbon dioxide in geologic formations.

Today, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin announced the awarding of $1 billion in Recovery Act funding to the FutureGen Alliance, Ameren Energy Resources, Babcock & Wilcox, and Air Liquide Process & Construction, Inc. to buil...

Seven universities have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct advanced turbine technology studies under the Office of Fossil Energy's University Turbine Systems Research Program.

Building 9220, the second of four buildings within Y-12's Biology Complex, was demolished. The completed work eliminates another unneeded facility at Y-12 and eliminates the risk associated with the deteriorated facility.

The U.S. Department of Energy has received the first installment from a repayment agreement for the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process.

The Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory has launched a new public website called "Gasifipedia," a comprehensive online collection of resources to promote better understanding of gasification technology.

The U.S. Department of Energy and Natural Resources Canada announced today a total of $5.2 million has been committed by the two governments to bring a benchmark carbon dioxide injection project to successful conclusion in 2011.

Two technologies developed by the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have won R&D 100 Awards for 2010.

Ten projects aimed at developing advanced technologies for capturing carbon dioxide from coal combustion have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy under its Innovations for Existing Plants Program.