U.S. Dept. of Energy News

div class=dateApril 10, 2013/diva href=/articles/deputy-secretary-poneman-host-media-briefing-energy-department-fy-2014-budget-request-0 class=title-linkspanDeputy Secretary Poneman to Host Media Briefing on Energy Department FY 2014 Budget Request/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pPresident’s 2014 Budget Proposal Makes Critical Investments in Innovation, Clean Energy and National Security Priorities/p /div/div/div

div class=dateApril 9, 2013/diva href=/fe/articles/innovative-technology-improves-upgrading-process-unconventional class=title-linkspanInnovative Technology Improves Upgrading Process for Unconventional Oil Resources/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pAn innovative oil-upgrading technology that can increase the economics of unconventional petroleum resources has been developed under a U.S. Department of Energy-funded project./p /div/div/div

div class=dateApril 8, 2013/diva href=/articles/energy-department-announces-prizes-2013-national-science-bowl class=title-linkspanEnergy Department Announces Prizes for 2013 National Science Bowl/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pWinners of Regional Middle and High School Science Bowl Competitions to Compete for National Championship in Washington, D.C. from April 25-29/p /div/div/div

div class=dateApril 4, 2013/diva href=/articles/energy-department-announces-five-year-renewal-funding-bioenergy-research-centers class=title-linkspan Energy Department Announces Five-Year Renewal of Funding for Bioenergy Research Centers/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pCenters Will Receive $25 Million per Year for Innovative Biofuel Research/p /div/div/div

div class=dateApril 3, 2013/diva href=/articles/doe-names-mark-gabriel-new-western-area-power-administration-administrator class=title-linkspanDOE Names Mark A. Gabriel as New Western Area Power Administration Administrator/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pThe Energy Department has chosen Mark A. Gabriel to be the new Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA)/p /div/div/div

div class=dateApril 1, 2013/diva href=/articles/energy-department-announces-apps-vehicles-challenge-winners class=title-linkspanEnergy Department Announces Apps for Vehicles Challenge Winners/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pAs part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to expand access to data and reduce fuel costs for consumers, the Energy Department announced the winners of the Apps for Vehicles Challenge./p /div/div/div

div class=dateMarch 29, 2013/diva href=/oe/articles/making-stem-personal class=title-linkspanMaking STEM Personal/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pOccupations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are among the fastest growing fields, offering well-paying opportunities to better explore, understand, and improve the world. To celebrate Women’s History Month, DOE recently introduced an online Women @ Energy series that profiles DOE women involved in STEM., Included in the Women @ Energy series are OE’s Assistant Secretary Patricia Hoffman and Carol Hawk who manages the Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems Program./p /div/div/div

div class=dateMarch 28, 2013/diva href=/oe/articles/insurance-risk-management-instrument-energy-infrastructure-security-and-resilience class=title-linkspanquot;Insurance as a Risk Management Instrument for Energy Infrastructure Security and Resiliencequot; Report Now Available/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pThe Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability has released a a href=/node/609311report/a that examines the key risks confronting critical energy infrastructure and ways in which the insurance industry can help manage these risks. In most developed countries, insurance is one of the principal risk management instruments for aiding in recovery after a disaster and for encouraging future investments that are more resilient to potential hazards./p/div/div/div

div class=dateMarch 28, 2013/diva href=/em/articles/doe-awards-research-and-systems-engineering-task-order class=title-linkspanDOE Awards Research and Systems Engineering Task Order/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pCincinnati – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a task order to The MITRE Corporation, of McLean Virginia./p /div/div/div

div class=dateMarch 26, 2013/diva href=/articles/energy-department-launches-new-clean-energy-manufacturing-initiative class=title-linkspanEnergy Department Launches New Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pAwards $23 Million in Innovative Manufacturing Ramp;D Projects,br / Opens Nation’s First Carbon Fiber Manufacturing Research Facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee/p /div/div/div

div class=dateMarch 25, 2013/diva href=/em/articles/doe-selects-contractor-depleted-hexafluoride-conversion-project-support class=title-linkspanDOE Selects Contractor for Depleted Hexafluoride Conversion Project Support/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pCincinnati – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a competitive small business task order to Navarro Research and Engineering Inc. of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The award is a $22 million, time and materials task order with a three-year performance period and two one-year extension options./p /div/div/div

div class=dateMarch 22, 2013/diva href=/articles/arpa-e-announces-40-million-research-projects-develop-cleaner-and-cheaper-transportation class=title-linkspanARPA-E Announces $40 Million for Research Projects to Develop Cleaner and Cheaper Transportation Choices for Consumers/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pTwo New ARPA-E Programs Will Engage Nation’s Brightest Scientists, Engineers and Entrepreneurs in Research Competition to Improve Vehicle Manufacturing Techniques and Natural Gas Conversion/p /div/div/div

div class=dateMarch 20, 2013/diva href=/articles/us-energy-deputy-secretary-poneman-brazil-s-deputy-minister-mines-and-energy-zimmermann class=title-linkspanU.S. Energy Deputy Secretary Poneman, Brazil’s Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy Zimmermann Sign Advance Bilateral Energy Relationship/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pOfficials Issue Joint Statement Following the Second Meeting of the U.S. – Brazil Strategic Energy Dialogue created by President Obama and President Rousseff/p /div/div/div

div class=dateMarch 19, 2013/diva href=/oe/articles/first-ever-demonstration-quantum-cryptography-improve-security-electric-grid class=title-linkspanFirst-Ever Demonstration of Quantum Cryptography to Improve Security of the Electric Grid /span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pA Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) team has successfully a href=http://www.lanl.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2013/February/02.13-quantum-cryptography.phpcompleted/a the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography. The demonstration was conducted in the test bed that is part of the OE-funded Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid (TCIPG) project at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign./p/div/div/div

div class=dateMarch 19, 2013/diva href=/indianenergy/articles/tribal-energy-webinar-focuses-electric-grid class=title-linkspanTribal Energy Webinar Focuses on Electric Grid/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pLearn about the electric grid in our next free webinar on March 27./p /div/div/div

div class=dateMarch 15, 2013/diva href=/lm/articles/doe-evaluates-environmental-impacts-uranium-mining-government-land class=title-linkspanDOE Evaluates Environmental Impacts of Uranium Mining on Government Land in Western Colorado /span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that the Draft Uranium Leasing Program Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (ULP PEIS) is available for public review and comment./p /div/div/div

div class=dateMarch 15, 2013/divdiv class=field field-name-field-article-hero field-type-energy-hero field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item field-item-0div class=energy-hero energy-static-imagea href=/nepa/articles/uranium-leasing-program-draft-programmatic-eis-issued-public-comment title=spanimg class=energy-static-image-imagelink-150 typeof=foaf:Image src=http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/styles/imagelink_150/public/ULP%20PEIS_0.png?itok=QdViiLxa alt= //span/a/div/div/div/diva href=/nepa/articles/uranium-leasing-program-draft-programmatic-eis-issued-public-comment class=title-linkspanUranium Leasing Program Draft Programmatic EIS Issued for Public Comment/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pDOE has issued the Draft Uranium Leasing Program Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (ULP PEIS)(DOE/EIS-0472D) for public review and comment. The public comment period ends May 16, 2013. Under the Uranium Leasing Program, the DOE Office of Legacy Management administers 31 tracts of land in Mesa, Montrose, and San Miguel counties that are leased to private entities to mine uranium and vanadium. The program covers an area of approximately 25,000 acres. No mining operations are active on the ULP lands at this time. DOE is preparing the ULP PEIS to analyze the reasonably foreseeable potential environmental impacts, including the site-specific and cumulative impacts, of the range of selected alternatives for managing the program./p /div/div/div

div class=dateMarch 14, 2013/diva href=/articles/us-asia-pacific-comprehensive-energy-partnership class=title-linkspanU.S.-Asia Pacific Comprehensive Energy Partnership/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encodedp align=centerstrongEast Asia Summit Energy Cooperation Task Force/strong/p p align=centerstrongNew Renewable Energy Power Generation Workstream/strong/p/div/div/div

div class=dateMarch 14, 2013/divdiv class=field field-name-field-article-hero field-type-energy-hero field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item field-item-0div class=energy-hero energy-static-imagea href=/em/articles/doe-city-richland-and-benton-pud-increase-fiber-optic-telecommunication-capacity-benton title=Fiber Optic Broadbandspanimg class=energy-static-image-imagelink-150 typeof=foaf:Image src=http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/styles/imagelink_150/public/boradband.jpg?itok=1faz-D11 alt=Fiber Optic Broadband title=Fiber Optic Broadband //span/a/div/div/div/diva href=/em/articles/doe-city-richland-and-benton-pud-increase-fiber-optic-telecommunication-capacity-benton class=title-linkspanDOE, City of Richland and Benton PUD Increase Fiber Optic Telecommunication Capacity in Benton County - Upgrade improves communications at Hanford Site, schools and libraries/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pRICHLAND, Wash. ― The Department of Energy (DOE), city of Richland, and Benton County’s Public Utility District (Benton PUD) jointly implemented a high-capacity fiber optic cable in Richland and at the Hanford Site. The project will improve communications throughout the area./p /div/div/div

div class=dateMarch 12, 2013/diva href=/fe/articles/research-experience-carbon-sequestration-2013-now-accepting class=title-linkspanResearch Experience in Carbon Sequestration 2013 Now Accepting Applications/span/adiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encoded pGraduate students and early career professionals can gain hands-on field research experience in areas related to carbon capture and storage by participating in the Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration program./p /div/div/div