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March 1, 2017The addition of a record-setting 14.6 gigawatts (GW) of solar energy onto the grid made 2016 a historic year for solar, with a total of more than 42 GW now connected to our country’s electricity infrastructure. A new National Museum of American Histo...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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March 1, 2017From the turn of the last century to today, scientists have explored why superconductors never lose current.Office of Science
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February 28, 2017New ideas come from a diverse way of seeing things. Whether it’s getting more students involved in Science, Technology, Education, and Mathematic...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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February 27, 2017The Department of Energy (DOE), in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has reached an important milestone ...Office of Nuclear Energy
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BlogFebruary 24, 2017The Office of Fossil Energy and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) are partnering to award up to $15 million for a Lab Call under the Subsurface Technology and Engineering Research, Development...Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office
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February 8, 2017The solar industry is growing fast. Despite this rapid growth, solar energy remains inaccessible to nearly half of American households and business...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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BlogFebruary 6, 2017A project funded by the Energy Department’s Bioenergy Technologies Office is working to show how perennial plants grown for bioenergy could be integraOffice of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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February 1, 2017This may come as a surprise to most people: utilities don’t have real-time information about their customers’ electricity usage. When someone adds solar to their home or business, all the utility can see is that the customer’s electricity usage d...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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January 18, 2017Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office
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January 18, 2017Kelly Gaffney is the director of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource.Office of Science