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The US Department of Energy has conditionally authorized Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction, LLC to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement with the United States from the Freeport LNG Terminal on Quintana Island, Texas.

State regulators and the Office of Consumer Counsel recently issued a "good news" press release.

When organizers put on their annual Cool Desert Nights car show and parade in Richland, Washington they need a permit.

THE rotational brownouts that have been widely experienced in Mindanao because of the looming power crisis are simply man-made, a renewable energy advocate said.

There has been nothing you could call "successful" about President Obama's so-called "green energy" initiatives, but the worst thing of all is the billions in taxpayer dollars he has utterly wasted on failed companies who were trying to push unproven, and ultimately failed, initiatives.

The US Department of Energy has selected the US Advanced Battery Consortium to lead an industry-wide effort to accelerate development of high-efficiency, cost-effective battery technologies for electric vehicles.

Twin Cities' average gas prices rose to an all-time record Friday and just kept going, as the regional supply remained tight and frustrated motorists rushed to fill up before it gets worse.

An international team of scientists using a new X-ray method recorded the internal structure and cell movement inside a living frog embryo in greater detail than ever before.

The Energy Department on Friday conditionally approved a Texas company's proposal to export liquefied natural gas, only the second such project allowed to move forward amid a production boom that has led to glut of domestic natural gas.

Michelle O'Malley, an assistant professor in UC Santa Barbara's Department of Chemical Engineering, has received a 2013 Early Career Award by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.

The United States says it has completed a transfer of 75 kilograms of salt coolant material to the Czech Republic as part of cooperation between the two countries in developing new nuclear reactors.

Edison Electric Institute President Tom Kuhn today congratulated Ernest Moniz on his confirmation as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy , calling him "a visionary leader with excellent credentials for his new job." His strong advocacy in the areas of technology and innovation is also timely for the electric power industry.

The arrangement -- with the rods forming "rungs" on ladder-like ribbons linked by multiple DNA strands -- results from the collective interactions of the flexible DNA tethers and may be unique to the nanoscale.

So imagine the challenge for This lack of fueling infrastructure is an obvious, giant hydrogen hurdle that the U.S. Department of Energy, once seen as lukewarm on hydrogen, is now aiming to do something about.

Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy 's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have reported the first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis.

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar called on the Department of Energy to take action to address the massive spike in gas prices across Minnesota.

After the market close on Wednesday, Tesla said it will issue up to 3.1 million new shares and $450 million in convertible notes, in a capital raise that's been speculated amid a sharp run up in the automaker's stock.

The demonstration cellulosic ethanol plant owned by Edeniq and located in Visalia, California has exceeded 1,000 hours of continuous operation.

Xiaowei Teng, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of New Hampshire, has received an Early Career Research Award from the U.S. Department of Energy to pursue research that will improve the ability to store energy in supercapacitors.

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