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Water scarcity and insecurity is a pervasive problem around the world. Climate change, population growth, and changes in how communities use freshwater all contribute to shrinking resources worldwide.

HCC will engage interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students to offer unique solutions to complex challenges related to hydropower’s ability to enable a 100% clean energy grid, and attract a new set of skilled and diverse workers.

The Solar Energy Innovators Program has seen success in providing valuable real-world experience for fellows and provides institutions with capacity to implement ideas that support the clean energy transition.

DOE has been increasing its STEM and workforce content at the Waste Management Symposia (WMS) year after year.

Crop simulations detail how switchgrass, a biofuel crop and grown on marginal land, may provide economic returns in otherwise unproductive spaces.

A new way to make carbon fiber could turn refinery byproducts into high-value, ultralight structural materials for cars, aircraft, and spacecraft.

University of Delaware researchers report a new way to boost catalyst activity.

Earlier this month, Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Deputy Secretary David Turk, and half a dozen other senior DOE officials joined thousands of international energy leaders from industry and government at the 2022 CERAWeek conference in Houston, Texas.

The inherent difficulty of communicating about science may be even greater for basic science

One of the nation’s most complex environmental management challenges is detecting, monitoring and remediating contaminated groundwater.