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August 4, 2026The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management recently highlighted its American Energy Hubs, an initiative that is transforming former Manhattan Project and Cold War sites into engines for innovation, affordable energy production, advanced manufacturing, and economic growth.Office of Environmental Management
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PageJuly 29, 2026OE supports grid system research to strengthen grid resilience, help mitigate grid disturbances through faster system response and recovery, and integrate renewable energy and distributed energy resourcesOffice of Electricity
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July 21, 2026This Office of Geothermal initiative supports projects to test and advance the efficacy and scalability of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) in a variety of geographic locations, geologic formations, and subsurface conditions.Geothermal Technologies Office
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June 18, 2026U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Deputy Secretary of Energy James P. Danly issued the following statements after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or Commission) actions at its open meeting today.Energy.gov
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June 3, 2026Mission-critical commercial and military applications have extremely high uptime requirements and tight deployment space constraints. Advanced small nuclear reactors, packaged as compact units and deployed in microgrids, present a tantalizing option to meet these constraints and advance many of our nation’s priorities.Office of Electricity
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June 3, 2026Microgrids offer a promising solution to enable the fast, reliable, and affordable build-out of data centers with shorter timelines relative to distribution/transmission grid expansion.Office of Electricity
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June 3, 2026Microgrids have emerged as a promising part of the solution to the challenges of increasing electricity costs, power outages and increasing loads.Office of Electricity
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June 3, 2026The Office of Electricity’s Microgrid Research and Development Program shows that well-designed microgrids can provide both the flexibility in deployment and usability through a “Microgrid Building Block” concept.Office of Electricity
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June 3, 2026The power grid needs innovative ways to add additional energy production and control capabilities to the power system. The Office of Electricity is advancing one such approach with microgrid systems.Office of Electricity
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May 14, 2026In Episode 3 of Direct Current, we talk about the electric grid -- what it is, how it works, and what happens when the power goes out. And we see how the city of Hoboken, New Jersey is preparing for electric emergencies.Energy.gov