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U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Minister of Energy Dainius Kreivys today signed an Intergovernmental Agreement to cooperate on the development of Lithuania’s civil nuclear power program.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is considering issuing a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support the development of new technologies to recover high energy-value materials from wastewater. These new technologies would aim to reduce reliance on foreign imports, domestic energy demands, and greenhouse gas emissions associated with conventional sourcing and waste stream treatment. The purpose of this announcement is to facilitate the formation of new project teams.

Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Deputy Secretary Dave Turk led the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) delegation to Baku, Azerbaijan for the 29th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29).

Join the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for a webinar on December 11, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. MT (12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET). Led by INL senior bioenergy researcher Rachel Emerson, this webinar will explore the intricacies of INL’s Bioenergy Feedstock Library, a cornerstone database resource funded by DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), and how it supports bioenergy research.

Submissions open for innovative solutions for less conventional use cases for the Energy Storage Innovations Prize Round 2.

The 20 winning teams developed innovative concepts that use marine energy to power ocean-based activities.

Partnerships with State and Local Governments Continue to Bolster Domestic Supply Chains and Support the Nation’s Small- and Medium-sized Manufacturers, while Retaining Good-Paying Jobs for the American Workforce

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management awarded a contract for elemental mercury long-term management and storage to Waste Control Specialists LLC of Andrews, Texas, for a total maximum period of performance of five years with an estimated value of $17.8 million.

For the first time in more than two decades, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers performed the nation’s first critical experiment using a ceramic fuel required by some advanced reactor designs.

This summer, the Jupiter Laser Facility at Livermore National Lab hosted interns in the Reaching a New Science Energy Workforce (RENEW) program.