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U.S. Department of Energy Releases First Ever Federal Blueprint to Decarbonize America’s Buildings Sector

First Comprehensive Federal Strategy Outlines Pathways to Reduce Emissions 90% in Buildings Sector by 2050, Reinforcing President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to Lower Energy Costs, Improve Resilience, and Tackle the Climate Crisis Leer en Español WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden-Harris Administration yesterday released Decarbonizing the U.S. Economy by 2050: A … [continued]

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Clean Energy, One Community At A Time

PNNL helps communities transition to clean energy and boost their energy resilience Heating and cooling a home. Lighting for reading or studying. Cooking and storing food. Refrigerating medications. Traveling to a job or school. Energy unlocks access to nearly everything, so communities without reliable energy can experience not only daily … [continued]

U.S. Department of Energy Announces 1st Round of Community Energy Innovation Prize Winners for the…

23 Teams Will Move Forward in the American-Made Challenge Focused on Community-Based Innovation Leer en Español The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced 23 teams have won the CONCEPT Phase of the American-Made Community Energy Innovation Prize in the Clean Energy Ecosystem and Manufacturing Ecosystem Tracks. Each team has been awarded … [continued]

Biden-Harris Admin Launches Clean Energy Connector to Bring Nearly $15 Million in Annual Energy Savings…

Families in New Mexico, Illinois, and Washington D.C. will now Have Access to Community Solar Through HHS’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration, through a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), … [continued]

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Joint Statement by the U.S. & EU following 11th U.S.–EU Energy Council

The text of the following statement was released by the Government of the United States of America and European Union. The eleventh United States–European Union (EU) Energy Council (“Council”) met [on Friday] in Washington, chaired by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy David M. … [continued]

Itron & Schneider Electric Join Forces to Modernize & Simplify Energy Distribution, Address Energy Transition

Strategic collaboration digitalizes supply and demand management to maximize grid flexibility, capacity, and efficiency Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating the way utilities and cities manage energy and water, and Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, are collaborating to improve energy and grid management … [continued]

This image shows a visualization of the calculated exciton transfer from an upper tetracene layer of a solar cell to the silicon substrate. The electron is shown in blue, and the electron hole in red. Image credit: Marvin Krenz, University of Paderborn.

Hawk Supercomputer Improves Solar Cell Efficiency

University of Paderborn Researchers Use Hawk Supercomputer and Lean into Imperfection to Improve Solar Cell Efficiency Solar energy is one of the most promising, widely adopted renewable energy sources, but raising the efficiency of solar cells that convert light into electricity remains a challenge. Scientists have turned to the High-Performance Computing … [continued]