Category — DOE News

On January 11, 2011, the Department of Energy’s (“DOE”) Existing Plant Program and Sequestration program at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (“NETL”) released their December 2010 Carbon Dioxide Capture (“CCS”) and Storage RD&D (research, development, and demonstration) Roadmap (the “roadmap”).  The roadmap outlined the DOE’s efforts to advance CCS technology. [Read more →]

According to the latest data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) Renewable Energy is becoming a larger part of domestic energy production in the United States.  EIA publishes a Monthly Energy Review (the “Review”) which examines the latest figures regarding all sources of energy.  [Read more →]

On October 9, 2010, Constellation Energy Group (“Constellation”) issued a press release regarding the status of their loan guarantee application in connection with their UniStar Nuclear Energy Calvert Cliffs 3 project.  Constellation stated they wrote to the Department of Energy (“DOE”) and informed DOE that Constellation would not move forward due to “unworkable” proposed terms and conditions of the loan guarantee. [Read more →]

On September 9, 2010, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) announced more than $37 million in funding to 27 projects that will help develop marine and hydrokinetic (“MHK”) technologies.  This is the largest grant ever given to MHK technologies which generate power from the ocean, rivers, and streams. [Read more →]

On January 29, 2010, the U.S. Department of Interior (“DOI”) and Department of Energy (“DOE”) announced that the agencies have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to collaborate in developing commercial-scale offshore renewable energy projects on the Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”).  [Read more →]