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WEBSep 12, 2024 · Published on September 18, 2024 by Liz Carey. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Energy announced it had awarded $90 million in grants to help states, cities, Tribal nations and their partners implement updated energy codes for residential and commercial buildings. The funding, part of the Bipartisan …
MIT report: Modern technologies, supporting regulations needed …
WEB17 hours ago · Increased adoption of advanced transmission technologies (ATTs) — including dynamic line ratings, high-performance conductors, advanced power flow control devices, and topology optimization — can help expand the capacity of the electric grid quickly and cost-effectively, according to a report released by the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research.
IAEA revises up its projections for world nuclear capacity
WEB1 day ago · World nuclear capacity is now projected to increase by 2.5 times the current capacity by 2050, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). This new projection has been revised up by IAEA – the fourth consecutive year it has done so. The increased projections align with the global consensus on the need to accelerate the ...
ACP report says Q2 set record for new utility-scale clean power ...
WEBSep 6, 2024 · U.S. developers added 11 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale clean power capacity in the second quarter, according to the American Clean Power Association’s (ACP) Clean Power Quarterly Market Report. This record-breaking amount marks a 91 percent increase over the second quarter of 2023. For the year, there has been 19 …
DOE to invest $54.4M on carbon management technologies
WEBAug 15, 2024 · On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced it will make $54.4 million in funding available to advance diverse carbon management to reduce carbon dioxide pollution. The FECM said the funding will support developing technologies that capture CO2 from industrial and …
Natural gas plays vital role in meeting energy demands for ...
WEB2 days ago · As energy demands continue rising, natural gas will have an increasingly vital role in fueling and maintaining the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing and advanced manufacturing, according to a new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) with support from the American Gas Foundation (AGA).
Proposed regs for tech-neutral credits could mean clean energy ...
WEBAug 14, 2024 · The updates for the clean electricity production credit and the clean electricity investment credit included in proposed federal regulations would provide solid market signals for making clean energy investments, according to Lisa Jacobson, president of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE).
DOD awards $20M to Electra to support critical mineral …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) on Monday announced a $20 million award to Electra Battery Materials Corp., that will help expand domestic production of critical minerals. “This award will develop North American production of a key precursor material for large capacity batteries, helping to ...
DOE supplies more than $63M for ... - Daily Energy Insider
WEBJun 27, 2024 · The United States Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced four recipients of $63.5 million from its Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program to …
Clean energy jobs grew twice as fast as overall energy sector last …
WEBSep 5, 2024 · Jobs in the clean energy industry grew by 142,000 jobs in 2023, accounting for more than half of new energy sector jobs, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE’s 2024 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) said clean energy jobs grew at 4.2 percent, twice as fast as that for ...