Press Releases

Registration for the 2016 Student Design Contest is now open. The contest, run by the Hydrogen Education Foundation, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and other...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the two universities selected to receive nearly $6 million to establish one or more graduate-level training programs for engineers in power electronics.

Scientists at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), and their colleagues, were honored with a 2015 ASM Engineering Materials Achievement Award for their work to develop and commercialize of a platinum-chromium alloy used in next-generation ...

The RAND Corporation released two energy-sector workforce development studies conducted on behalf of NETL: one on West Virginia and one on southwestern Pennsylvania. Their recommendations support DOE's strategic objectives, to increase energy productiv...

Today, Secretary Moniz announced the creation of the Jobs Strategy Council (JSC), an initiative focused on accelerating job growth in American-made clean energy sources while implementing the President’s Climate Action Plan, during a roundtable with ...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory today issued a Request for Proposals seeking teams of students to participate in the 2016 U.S. Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition.

Special notice for the 2016 Collegiate Wind Competition

Washington State University of Pullman, Washington, has won the Hydrogen Education Foundation's 2014 Hydrogen Student Design Contest. This year, the DOE-supported contest challenged teams to design a transportable, containerized, cost-effective hydroge...

The Solar Foundation released its National Solar Jobs Census 2013, which found that the U.S. solar industry added nearly 24,000 workers in 2013, a 20% increase over 2012.