Latest News

As part of the Energy Department's SunShot Initiative, the Department today announced $12 million to develop innovative, ultra-efficient solar devices that will close the gap with the theoretical efficiency limit, or the highest potential percentage of...

In support of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department today announced 10 small business-led projects to speed solar energy innovation from the lab to the marketplace. Through the Department's SunShot Initiativ...

As part of the Energy Department's SunShot Initiative, which is working to make solar energy competitive with other forms of energy without subsidy by the end of the decade, the Energy Department today announced the start of a new competition to make i...

As part of the Energy Department's commitment to give American businesses more options to cut energy costs and reduce reliance on imported oil, the Department announced $2.4 million to collect and analyze performance data for hydrogen fuel...

The SunShot Grand Challenge Summit in Denver, Colorado, this week brought together the best and brightest minds in the solar industry to assess pro...

A new competition will make it easier and cheaper for utilities, businesses and consumers to deploy solar

The Energy Department announced the investment of more than $5 million in two projects—led by 3M Company in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Eaton Corporation in Southfield, Michigan—that will lower the cost of advanced fuel cell systems by developing and ...

As part of the U.S. Department of Energy's SunShot Initiative, today Energy Secretary Steven Chu was joined by Lynn Jurich, the president and co-founder of the solar power company Sunrun, and Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman to announce $12 million in fu...

The U.S. Department of Energy today announced nearly $7 million over five years for independent cost analyses that will support research and development efforts for fuel cells and hydrogen storage systems. The four projects – in California, Ohio, and...