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August 11, 2016Booking a flight soon? You may be leaving on a plane powered by renewable jet fuel that was made from industrial waste gases.Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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June 16, 2016Dormitory mini fridges, dishwashers in dining halls, and campus computer labs are just a few of the things that can create large utility bills for colleges and universities across the country. The SunShot Initiative is working to make it easier for col...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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May 18, 2016Halfway through the Energy Department’s decade-long SunShot Initiative, today we released a series of reports showing how the solar industry has progressed in the past five years, while looking forward to the challenges and opportunities it now faces...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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April 25, 2016Harnessing the power of water to generate electricity means finding new locations that can be upgraded with hydropower technology. The Energy Department is opening applications for a new round of funding to identify facilities that might be capable of ...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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March 2, 2016A $22 million funding opportunity to study marine and hydrokinetic energy systems was announced today by the Energy Department. The projects funded will help improve monitoring to reduce environmental impacts and lower the cost of generating electricit...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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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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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
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December 29, 2015It may come as no surprise to our readers that California has installed more solar energy than any other state. Its solar-friendly market has allowed for rapid installation, adding as much solar to the grid in 2014 as the entire United States did betwe...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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November 19, 2015The promise and appeal of renewable energy has long been clear: clean, inexhaustible, domestically sourced electricity could lead to enormous environmental, economic and resiliency benefits. For many years, the narrative included the caveat “…but i...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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October 9, 2015A new study led by West Virginia University, supported by DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory, suggests that Utica Shale could be the largest natural gas field in the United States, if fully realized.Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office