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Researchers at the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory have discovered an innovative way to use bees, pollen, and helium-filled balloons to verify that no carbon dioxide (CO2) leaks from carbon sequestration sites.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu announced today the investment of up to $11.8 million—$5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act—for five projects designed to advance the next stage of development of solar energ...

Newly hired employees under the Recovery Act will be working to reduce DOE's transuranic waste inventory in Oak Ridge.

Technologies developed by researchers at the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory have captured four prestigious 2009 R&D 100 Awards.

Construction of a $35 million, 465,000 cubic yard expansion of the Environmental Management Waste Management Facility (EMWMF) is now underway, using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Southern Company and the Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership, one of seven members of the U.S. Department of Energy Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships program, have announced plans to store carbon dioxide captured from an existi...

EM program begins demolition on Building 3026 at ORNL. The project is slated for completion by January 2010.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced the selection of three projects under the Office of Fossil Energy's University Turbine Systems Research Program.

Environmental cleanup activities are under way at Y-12 with the removal of excess equipment and scrap materials from Beta 4 (Building 9204-4) and Alpha 5 (Building 9201-5).

DOE offered $52.5 million on July 15 for research, development, and demonstration of concentrating solar power (CSP) systems that provide low-cost electrical power both day and night. CSP technologies concentrate the sun's energy and capture that energ...