Tag Archives: solar energy

The National Institute of Standards and Technology inaugurated a large solar energy array during the agency's celebration of Earth Day. The array consists of 15,000 panels and is built to provide over 8 million killowatt-hours of energy in the agency's facility in Gaithersburg, Md., NIST said Monday. The agency noted that the array will mitigate the release of approximately 6,200 metric tons of annual carbon emissions based from a formula created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In addition, the array will potentially help NIST save $3.5 million in expenses for the next two decades.

The Energy Department has announced it will invest up to $105.5 million in 70 research-and-development efforts that aim to produce solar power technology platforms. DOE said Tuesday it allocated $46 million for 14 projects that will focus on solar systems integration platforms and $24 million for 21 concentrating solar power …

The Obama administration has announced a new set of renewable energy funding and innovation programs to support global transition efforts to zero-and-low carbon energy sources. The Energy Department said Monday that the current administration pledged to invest $125 million in renewable energy projects in El Salvador and India through the Overseas Private Investment Corporation as well as allocate $36 million …

The U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy have started to evaluate a TecLeaf-built solar power system designed to power equipment at military base camps, the Army said Wednesday. Dan Lafontaine writes the Solar Power Shelter System aims to reduce logistics footprint in the battlefield and continuously provide energy at military …

The White House has announced developments on cross-agency priority goals to improve the delivery of government services to the public for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016. Shaun Donovan, director of the Office of Management and Budget, wrote in a White House blog entry posted Wednesday that OMB has launched the Core …

The Energy Department has pumped more than $102 million into new initiatives to further the government’s clean energy goals. DOE will allocate $50 million of that investment for solar photovoltaic technology research and marketing efforts, the department said Wednesday. Part of that money will be used also to finance 22 …

The Energy Department has pumped $32 million into programs to train its solar energy workforce, develop a new solar power collector design and open public access to solar energy market datasets. Deputy Energy Secretary Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall said Tuesday DOE intends for the workforce training program to grow the U.S. solar …

The Energy Department will renew the five-year-old Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis for another five years under a $75 million funding allocation for the DOE Energy Innovation Hub. The center conducts research on the production of liquid transportation fuels via artificial photosynthesis, which utilizes solar energy, water and carbon dioxide, DOE said Tuesday. …

The General Services Administration will hold an industry day on Nov. 13 at its Washington headquarters to introduce the federal government’s solar challenge program to potential participants. The White House has directed federal agencies and military installations to deploy solar renewable energy at federal sites across the national capital region under the Capital Solar …

The U.S. has started negotiations with the European Union and China over a resolution to disagreements over solar trade, Reuters reported Thursday. Doug Palmer writes Mike Froman, international economic affairs adviser to the president, supports a global agreement to reconcile issues related to solar energy trade. Froman spoke to the …