OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) completed another key milestone in one of the nation's largest environmental cleanup projects. Congressional, state, and local leaders, along with private industry and officials from DOE and the U.S. Environmental Protec  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Aug. 22, 2024: * * * Series of DOE Resources and Assistance Programs Showcase How Rising Electricity Demand from Data Centers, Electric Vehicles and a Manufacturing Boom Spurred by the Investing in America Agenda Can be Met with Clean, Reliable, Affordable Power * * * Electricity demand is projected to grow significantly in the next decade, buoyed by the success of the Biden-Harris Administration's dom  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL Director Marianne Walck spoke at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall Meeting recently at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. She was invited to present as part of ACS's Women in Energy Symposium and discussed NETL research on a variety of topics related to carbon management and sustainable resource development. Key NETL researchers also made prese  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL has introduced a free online tool to accelerate the discovery of publicly available data when developing permit applications for the sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, in the subsurface. The Carbon Storage Site Mapping Inquiry Tool (MapIT) provides operators, project leads and researchers with user-friendly, web-based assistan  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: Though 2023 was a relatively slow year for new wind power deployment in the United States, the industry continues to see growth, solid performance, expanding supply chains, and attractive prices, according to a report prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). With power sales prices ranging from less tha  more