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December 5, 2016The Department of Energy today announced the issuance of a Record of Decision and Presidential Permit for the New England Clean Power Link. The 154-mile underground and underwater direct current transmission line will bring up to 1000 megawatts of hydr...Office of Electricity
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December 1, 2016Funding support from the Energy Department's State Energy Program is being used by some states to retrofit water treatment facilities and wastewater systems to use less energy because these facilities can be responsible for as much as 35% of municipal ...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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December 1, 2016Michael Berube, the new director of the Energy Department’s Vehicle Technologies Office, sat down recently to discuss his entry into vehicles, wh...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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BlogNovember 30, 2016Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed technology that can convert human waste into sustainable biofuel.Energy.gov
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November 30, 2016Building energy infrastructure that keeps wildlife safe is a key concern at the U.S. Department of Energy, which is why we have funded six teams to improve technologies that will protect eagles sharing airspace with wind turbines.Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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November 29, 2016Overall utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) generated enough electricity last year to power more than 2 million homes. It’s also creating jobs – a lot of them. In 2015, the solar workforce grew at a rate 12 times faster than the overall economy and boa...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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November 23, 2016Right now, biofuels and consumer products made from biomass are not commercially widespread. However, the Energy Department’s Bioenergy Technolog...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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November 23, 2016Researchers at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will team with two prestigious national laboratories and a major research university to execute two strategic computing projects aimed at meeting the scientific and national security missi...Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office
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November 22, 2016The Energy Department’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected five new projects to receive funding for research in support of the laboratory’s effort to identify and characterize coal and coal by-products containing high concent...Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office
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November 21, 2016For the first time ever, the latest edition of the Tracking the Sun report is publicly sharing the data used in the report analysis, which is a win-win for both solar companies and solar customers.Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation