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Contract extended through Sept. 30, 2027, while NNSA evaluates proposals

Test Facility Providers and Innovators Team Up to Test Next-Generation Grid Technologies

As Puerto Rico faces rising electricity demand and hurricane season, DOE continues its efforts to strengthen the island’s electric grid.

The PROSPECT program will help train the next generation of American workers needed to secure U.S. energy and mineral independence

By releasing models with open-weights, DOE seeks to galvanize the scientific and AI communities around shared infrastructure for science.

Oklo’s Groves Isotope Test Reactor successfully achieved criticality, becoming the fifth DOE-authorized reactor to go critical this summer.

Emergency order increases grid stability and minimizes the risk of energy shortfalls in Guam.

The United States will host the ministerial launch of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) new initiative, Atomic Technologies Licensed for Applications at Sea (ATLAS), in Washington, D.C., on August 26–27, 2026.

Advancing the Cleanup Mission

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) announced it has closed a $489.4 million loan to lower electricity costs and strengthen Puerto Rico’s electric grid.