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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Oil Spill Loopholes, McCarthy Vote

July 12, 2013July 12, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Gina McCarthy’s nomination for EPA administrator could face a Senate vote on Tuesday, after majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) yesterday filed for cloture, the Hill reports. But procedural battles continue, with Reid threatening to use the “nuclear option,” by changing Senate rules to bar a filibuster. A loophole and declining revenues have cut ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: DOE ‘Mishandled Waste,’ Energy Trust on Ice

July 3, 2013July 3, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The Department of Energy mishandled dangerous waste, placing it in a landfill before treating it – rather than after, as required – and operating several waste storage units without proper permit authorization, according to a settlement with the EPA. An agency statement referred to a dangerous mix of hazardous and ... Read more »

NREL Announces 31.1% Solar Cell Efficiency With New Materials

June 27, 2013June 26, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory announced a new high of 31.1 percent conversion efficiency for a two-junction solar cell under one sun of illumination, which beats the previous record of 30.8 percent efficiency from Alta Devices, and is part of a program focused on lowering the cost of ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fed’s Carbon Cost, Farm Bill, TSCA

June 12, 2013July 3, 2017 by Tamar Wilner

The White House has sharply increased the internal cost it places on carbon, a move that could significantly affect future decisions on policy decisions from the Keystone XL pipeline to power plant emissions rules to efficiency standards for appliances and industrial equipment, InsideClimate News reports. The administration’s central estimate for ... Read more »

Cost-Competitive CCS ‘Possible in UK by 2020s’

May 17, 2013May 17, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Gas and coal power plants equipped with carbon capture, transport and storage technology have the potential to be cost competitive with other low-carbon power generation in the UK by the early 2020s, according to a government task force report. The CCS Cost Reduction Task Force’s final report says power plants ... Read more »

2013 Energy Star Awardees Include Cenergistic, ComEd, Cree, Ecova, EnergyCAP, GE Lighting, Philips Lighting

March 28, 2013March 28, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The EPA and the Department of Energy have recognized 118 awardees for their commitment to saving energy and protecting the environment, including several familiar names in energy management: Cenergistic, ComEd, Cree, Ecova, EnergyCAP, GE Lighting and Philips Lighting. Recipients of the 2013 Energy Star awards were chosen from nearly 20,000 Energy Star partners, including manufacturers, retailers, ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Loan Program Stalls, ‘Absurd’ BP Claims

March 18, 2013June 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The cost to business of participating in the Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program and Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loan program outweigh the benefits, according to a Government Accountability Office report, summarized by the Hill. The costs include a bureaucratic application progress and reputation risks, following negative publicity around the Solyndra ... Read more »

NREL Uses Data Center to Heat Office

March 15, 2013March 15, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has debuted its high performance computing (HPC) data center in Golden, Colo. NREL plans to capture the heat generated by the computers in the HPC system and reuse that as the primary heat source for its new Energy Systems Integration ... Read more »

McCarthy, Moniz Look Likely for EPA and DoE Jobs

February 22, 2013February 22, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

President Obama will tap air quality expert Gina McCarthy to head the EPA and nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz to head the Department of Energy, Reuters reports. Citing a source familiar with the process, the news agency says the two nominations could come as early as this week. If Congress approves the ... Read more »

Democrats Canvas Walmart, NFL, Apple on Climate Change Strategies

February 4, 2013February 4, 2013 by Leon Walker

Congressional Democrats’ Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change has written to Google, the NBA, the NFL, Walmart, Wells Fargo, the Clinton Global Initiative and more than 300 other organizations to canvas their opinions on combating global warming. The letter, which was also sent to companies including Whole Foods, Target, Ford, ... Read more »

EPA Honors Coke, Microsoft, Whole Foods, 21 Other Companies in Green Power Leadership Awards

September 25, 2012April 23, 2013 by Leon Walker

Coca-Cola Refreshments, Microsoft, Whole Foods and Lockheed Martin were among the winners of the EPA’s 2012 Green Power Leadership Awards. The awards, made in conjunction with nonprofit Center for Resource Solutions, are designed to recognize organizations, programs and individuals that significantly advance the development of green power sources. In total, ... Read more »

NREL Taps HP, Intel for ‘World’s Most Efficient’ Data Center

September 7, 2012September 10, 2012 by Leon Walker

The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has selected Hewlett Packard and Intel to provide what it says will be the world’s most energy efficient data center. The $10 million HPC data center, to be installed at NREL’s Golden, Colo., campus, is projected to have an annualized average ... Read more »

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