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July 26, 2016Hydropower has been around for more than a century and is currently the nation's largest source of clean, domestic renewable electricity. Our new Hydropower Vision report explores how it could grow by 2050.Energy.gov
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Press ReleasesJuly 22, 2016Memorandum of Understanding will help increase education and awareness of the benefits of EVs to public power utilities and local officialsEnergy.gov
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July 21, 2016The Energy Department’s State Energy Program (SEP) has been critical to the expansion of solar energy in New Mexico by investing more than $2 million in in New Mexico’s State Energy Office – the Energy Conservation and Management Division. As a ...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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July 15, 2016The Pennsylvania State University took top honors at the Collegiate Wind Competition back in May, and this past week the winning team came to Washington, D.C., to display its prize-winning wind turbine at the Energy Department's headquarters.Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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Press ReleasesJuly 14, 2016The Energy Department today announced up to $15 million for three projects aimed at reducing the production costs of algae-based biofuels and bioproducts through improvements in algal biomass yields.Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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July 12, 2016Within 25 years, the United States could produce enough biomass to support a bioeconomy.Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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July 6, 2016This summer, we’ll be gathering for our conference, Bioenergy 2016: Mobilizing the Bioeconomy through Innovation, on July 12–14, at the Walter ...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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July 5, 2016Go behind the scenes at the U.S. Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition as we follow students who will make a big difference in America's...Energy.gov
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June 28, 2016The utility sector is going through a rapid transformation as more renewables come online and more Americans choose to go solar. Adding large quantities of distributed energy onto the grid requires the workforce to acquire new knowledge and skills, whi...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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June 27, 2016The 2016 National Algal Biofuels Technology Review, which was just released today, captures the exciting achievements of the field of algal biofuels, as well as articulates new challenges, lessons learned, and critical next steps.Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation