Department of Energy

Tags: Solyndra, renewable energy, clean energy, Department of Energy, Loan Guarantee Program
May 7 -- The latest data from the Department of Energy indicates that the same loan guarantee program which was roundly criticized after the failure of Solyndra has now created more than 20,000 jobs ... [ +++ ]

Tags: Department of Energy, Fisker, loan guarantee program, clean energy, sustainable transportation
May 1 -- Problems with the Energy Department's $529 million loan to troubled startup automaker Fisker Automotive Inc. prompted the Obama administration to tighten its loan criteria, documents released ... [ +++ ]

Tags: AOL Energy, clean energy, renewable energy, Department of Energy, DOE, ARPA-E, global warming, climate change, fossil fuel
April 18 -- The key to broader penetration of solar energy depends on access to capital markets and innovative financial structures that can reduce the cost of capital for project finance as well ... [ +++ ]

Tags: DOE, Department of Energy, energy policy, Steven Chu, EPA, DOI
January 24 -- Despite its namesake, there are other agencies that are actually more influential over America's energy industry than the Department of Energy, and they will be at the center of how the Obama ... [ +++ ]

Tags: Obama, Department of Energy, California, Biofuels, advanced biofuels, DOE
January 3 -- As part of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above strategy to develop every available source of American energy, the U.S. Department of Energy today announced more than $10 million ... [ +++ ]

Tags: renewable energy, solar, wind, Department of Energy, Production Tax Credit, Master Limited Partnerships
Looking back at 2012, one thing is certain in the sea of the year’s uncertainty; renewable energy experienced significant growth.  The U.S. solar industry grew at a rate of 13.2%.  A global ... [ +++ ]

Tags: Oklahoma, Oklahoma Aquarium, Geothermal, Department of Energy, renewable energy
December 27 -- The city's(Jenks) first geothermal project in a portion of the Oklahoma Aquarium is expected to greatly reduce the facility's demand for energy.  >>View Article [ +++ ]

Tags: Obama, Department of Energy, Steven Chu, Congress, master limited partnerships, wind energy, renewable energy
December 20 -- The Obama administration lent its support Wednesday to a congressional effort that would open a financing structure for renewable energy.  Energy Secretary Steven Chu called on ... [ +++ ]

Tags: wind energy, offshore wind, Department of Energy, clean energy, renewable energy, DOE
December 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy will award as much as $169 million to seven proposed offshore wind projects in six states.  >>View Article [ +++ ]

Tags: Department of Energy, battery, federal grants, research, electric cars, electric vehicles, Michigan
November 30 -- The Energy Department is expected to unveil three new "advanced battery hubs" to bring researchers together to develop new battery technologies for electric cars — including two centers ... [ +++ ]

Tags: Department of Energy, Colorado, energy research, University of Colorado, Boulder, NREL
November 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy on Wednesday offered its version of the winning lottery numbers, naming four Colorado-based research projects that will get more than $4 million in grants ... [ +++ ]

Tags: energy, renewable energy, wind energy, wind power, The Hill, Department of Energy, clean energy, election 2012
October 25 -- Wind power posted the greatest gain in domestic energy consumption in 2011 as overall energy use dropped, according to an analysis by the Energy Department's Lawrence Livermore National ... [ +++ ]

Tags: Department of Energy, Department of the Navy, renewable fuels
Aug. 31, 2011 -- The [Departments] issued a Request for Information (RFI) laying out the Administration's goals, assumptions, and tools and requesting from industry specific ideas for how to leverage private ... [ +++ ]