03.10.2010
The Energy Department announced Tuesday that NRG Energy has been selected to receive up to $154 million to support a post-combustion carbon capture and storage project in Texas that will use the captured greenhouse gas for enhanced oil recovery. The NRG...
03.09.2010
Energy Secretary Steven Chu Monday announced the department has awarded a total of approximately $40 million to two teams—one led by Westinghouse Electric Co. and the other by General Atomics--for conceptual design and planning work for the so-called...
03.08.2010 | BY GEORGE LOBSENZ
In a bullish sign for the ambitious project, the developer of the Taylorville gasified coal power plant in Illinois last week submitted studies to the Illinois Commerce Commission showing that the facility would meet key cost, emissions and electricity rate...
03.08.2010
In a significant boost for a new building efficiency technology that can automatically tint windows to adjust light levels for optimum comfort and energy conservation, the Energy Department announced Friday it has awarded a conditional commitment for a $72...
03.01.2010 | BY GEORGE LOBSENZ
In a surprise move, Southern Company has declined to accept $295 million in federal cost-share money offered by the Energy Department for a large-scale carbon capture and sequestration demonstration project at the utility’s coal-fired Plant Barry in...
02.26.2010
Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Tuesday that Karina Edmonds, an aeronautical engineer presently in charge of technology transfer at CalTech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has been tapped to fulfill a similar role for the Energy Department. As...
02.23.2010
Novozymes said last week it has launched the first “commercially viable” enzymes for making biofuel from agricultural waste, with production costs estimated by the company at well below the price of gasoline. Novozymes said its new Cellic CTec2...
02.04.2010 | BY JOHNATHAN RICKMAN
The Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday issued final Renewable Fuels Standard rules that require production of 12.95 billion gallons of various biofuels in 2010 and for the first time set greenhouse emissions standards to ensure that biofuels produced...
02.04.2010 | BY CHRIS HOLLY
In a political overture to coal-state lawmakers, President Obama announced Wednesday he has formed an interagency task force charged with developing a plan for overcoming barriers to widespread deployment of carbon capture and storage technology within 10...
02.04.2010
Moving to boost domestic production of a key medical isotope while also addressing proliferation and security concerns, the National Nuclear Security Administration is providing funding to Babcock & Wilcox Co. and GE-Hitachi to help the companies develop...
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