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October 10, 2012

Energy Department Offers $1 Million for Hydrogen Fuel Technology

The Energy Department announced new funding to evaluate the most promising technology paths toward achieving $2- to $4-per-gallon gasoline equivalent of hydrogen fuel by 2020.  More

October 10, 2012

Energy Department Announces Federal Energy Management Award Winners

The Energy Department announced the winners of the thirty-first annual Federal Energy and Water Management Awards.  More

October 3, 2012

NREL Study: Hybrid Vans Get 20% Higher Fuel Economy

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently reported that hybrid electric delivery vans had a 13% to 20% higher fuel economy compared to similar conventional vans.  More

September 26, 2012

USDA Announces $10 Million in Rural Smart Grid Funds

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the latest in a series of funding steps to modernize rural electric generation and transmission systems, including nearly $10 million in smart grid technologies.  More

September 19, 2012

EPA Sets Biobased Diesel Volumes for 2013

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set the 2013 minimum for the amout of bio-diesel products requried to be included in diesel fuel markets at 1.28 billion gallons.  More

September 14, 2012

Funding Solar Projects at Federal Agencies Webinar Available

The U.S. Department of Energy in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory is hosting a Funding Solar Projects at Federal Agencies Webinar Sept. 20 from 1-3 p.m. Eastern Time. More

September 12, 2012

Report: U.S. Solar Market Spiked in Second Quarter of 2012

Supported by a record 477 megawatts of utility-scale installations, the U.S. solar market in second quarter of 2012 grew by 45% over the first quarter of 2012, and 116% over the same period in 2011, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.  More

September 12, 2012

USDA Has Reached Its $250 Million Smart Grid Funding Goal

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced it has reached its $250 million goal to finance smart grid technologies.  More

September 6, 2012

New Energy Department Report Shows Strong Growth in the Fuel Cell Market in 2011

The 2011 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report finds that commercial markets for fuel cell technologies expanded significantly over the last year, especially in the materials handling industry. More

September 5, 2012

Federal Electronics Stewardship Efforts Honored

The Energy Department received one-third of the 33 Federal Electronics Challenge Awards recently announced by the EPA and the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive.  More

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