Department of Energy News

Thermal Energy Corp. in Houston announced today that it will receive $10 million in federal stimulus funding for its new combined heat and power project at the Texas Medical Center, where TECO provides district heating and cooling service to 18 institutions.

The move by Fiat SpA marks a major reversal for Chrysler, which had used its electric car program as part of the case for a $12.5 billion federal aid package.

Progress Energy's Smart Grid grant application was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy for award negotiations as part of the federal stimulus package.

The federal government's nuclear waste repository in southern New Mexico has received its 8,000th shipment of transuranic waste.

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected two hydropower projects in Washington state to receive nearly $5.5 million in Recovery Act money.

Lithium-ion batteries will most likely power the next generation of electric vehicles, but Arizona-based startup Fluidic Energy is already looking further into the future.

Termite damage costs the U.S. more than $1 billion each year, but that same destructive power might help solve one of the nation's most pressing economic quandaries: sustainable fuel production.

University of Utah chemists demonstrated the first conclusive link between the size of catalyst particles on a solid surface, their electronic properties and their ability to speed chemical reactions.

A worker employed by Envirocon suffered breaks of both tibia and fibula in his left leg last week when a roll of plastic sheeting fell on him while he was working at the Atlas uranium mill tailings cleanup site north of Moab, according to Department of Energy spokesperson Wendee Ryan.

A new $2.8 million research project will look for ways to cut the pollution from diesel exhaust without reducing fuel economy.

Industrial sites in Idaho are due to benefit from a $350,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help them boost efficiency.

Oil prices were lower in Asia today as traders took stock of weak fundamentals in the market.

Federal efficiency standards for pole-mounted outdoor lighting have been set for the first time by consensus legislation.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that more than $38 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is being awarded to 4 states to support energy efficiency and conservation activities.

Federal officials say they'll give a Wisconsin organization nearly $15 million in stimulus money to make industrial energy systems more efficient.

Electric utilities across the country are invited to help bring consumers out of the dark about the importance of energy efficiency.

A a $300 million project that will create about 220 temporary construction jobs and generate electricity for AK Steel's Middletown Works operations is headed to Middletown.

The federal government and some states are plugging into the future of electric cars with subsidies to develop charging stations.

Coal mining companies from Appalachia to Missouri are seeing plenty of rebounding demand, just not here at home.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that the Department of Energy is awarding more than $155 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for 41 industrial energy efficiency projects across the country.