WASHINGTON — The Obama administration yesterday unveiled a spending plan that would increase funding for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration to $11.2 billion in the next fiscal year (see GSN, Jan. 29).
The agency, a semiautonomous branch of the Energy Department, would receive a 13.4-percent budget increase in fiscal 2011 to maintain the country’s nuclear [...]
The last notable amount of highly enriched uranium in Turkey has been withdrawn and shipped back to the United States as part of Washington’s global effort to prevent terrorists from acquiring nuclear material, the National Nuclear Security Administration said yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 15, 2009).
To remove the final 11.9 pounds of uranium from Turkey, the [...]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2009 - The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy today announced projects selected for more than $24 million in grants to research and develop technologies to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. Of the $24.4 million announced today, DOE plans to invest up to $4.9 million with USDA contributing up to [...]
Team California took the lead in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon by winning the architecture contest with a score of 98 out of a possible 100. A jury of professional architects praised the Refract House, calling it “beautiful in every respect,” and applauding Team California’s student architects and designers for its “excellent project [...]
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making information publicly available from electric utilities on the management of coal combustion residuals contained in surface impoundments and similar management units. Following the coal ash spill at a Tennessee Valley Authority facility in Kingston, Tenn., EPA requested the information from electric utilities to inform an assessment [...]
By John Carey
While Washington focuses on health care, another battle looms in the Senate for carbon cap-and-trade legislation
Even as the health-care fight dominates the headlines, another Washington battle is heating up over climate and energy. In late June, the House of Representatives passed a landmark bill putting caps on the emissions that cause global [...]
A St. Helens startup wants to build a $60 million biomass electricity plant in central Oregon.
Biogreen Sustainable Energy Co. hopes to have its proposed 20 megawatt plant in La Pine operating in two-and-a-half years.
Biomass energy is created by burning organic material such as wood waste to create steam to power turbines.
Biogreen hopes to secure around [...]
Puget Sound Energy has purchased full ownership rights to develop the Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project. The project, one of the largest wind energy efforts in the U.S., was launched as a joint development partnership between PSE and RES Americas Inc. in December 2008 and is now solely owned by PSE.
PSE will oversee [...]
South Perth-based Uranium Australia is gearing up for a local stock market listing in October as it receives expressions of interest from brokers to underwrite its $6 million initial public offer.
Uranium Australia is a spin off from South Perth-based Korab Resources, which holds a strategic stake.
Uranium Australia holds around 90 per cent of the uranium [...]
June 8, 2009 (FinancialWire) — U.S. Geothermal Inc. (HTM) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to enter into due diligence review on an $85 million project loan for its Neal Hot Springs project in eastern Oregon. Geothermal initiatives have also been announced by Ormat Technologies, Inc. (ORA), WaterFurnace Renewable Energy, Inc. (WFI) [...]
