All Posts Tagged With: "U.S. Department of Energy"

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DOE Official Says Efficiency Funding to Focus on Manufacturing

The U.S. Department of Energy will increasingly focus dwindling energy-efficiency and renewable-energy funding on projects to make the nation’s manufacturing more energy efficient, and to develop energy technologies that can be built domestically, a senior DOE official said this week.

28Mar2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Overdue Energy Efficiency Standards Costing
U.S. Billions

Despite his rhetoric about climate change, President Obama’s Administration continues to delay implementation of energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment that are among the most successful ways to quickly cut energy consumption and contribute to economic growth.

18Feb2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Natural Gas Increases are Diminishing
Carbon Emissions

Natural gas from shale is rising, providing almost as much fuel for utilities as coal — but certainly trending higher. The result is fewer carbon dioxide emissions, notably less than in previous years, says the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

7Aug2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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DOE Testing for Links Between Faults and Groundwater Pollution

A fault from the Marcellus Shale formation in Pennsylvania, which is thousands of feet below the surface, could provide “a quick pathway for fracking fluids to migrate upwards,” said Richard Hammack, a spokesman for the DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory.

12Jun2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Behind Veneer, Doubt on Future of Natural Gas

One senior Energy Information Administration official describes an “irrational exuberance” around shale gas. An internal EIA document says companies have exaggerated “the appearance of shale gas well profitability,” are highlighting the performance of only their best wells and may be using overly optimistic models. From the NY Times

27Jun2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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GOP Wants Major Industry Voice on
Fracking Panel

“The committee is concerned that the selected panel members will not adequately represent industry perspectives, and therefore will not foster a spirit of partnership among industry, environmental and governmental parties,” states the report of House Appropriations Committee views.

17Jun2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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RECS Program: Shaping the Future of
Carbon Sequestration

In order to rapidly advance the knowledge base and encourage professional development, the Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration (RECS) was established as the world’s first multidisciplinary intensive CCS summer program.

30Mar2011 | | 0 comments | Continued