On October 2, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Energy Department Announces Termination of 223 Projects, Saving Over $7.5 Billion.”
On October 1, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Energy Department Announces $365 Million in Funding to Provide Overdue Support to Puerto Rico’s Power Grid.”
On September 29, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Energy Department Announces $625 Million Investment to Reinvigorate and Expand America’s Coal Industry.”
On September 26, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “U.S. Department of Energy Launches Mine of the Future Initiatives to Bolster the U.S. Mining Industry.”On September 25, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “DOE Awards $15 Million Financial Assistance Cooperative Agreement to Southern States Energy Board.”On September 24, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Energy Department Returns $13 Billion in Unobligated Wasteful Spending to American Taxpayers.”
On September 18, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “ICYMI: Secretary Wright Advances President Trump’s Energy Dominance Agenda in Europe.” This includes “an agreement from the EU to purchase $750 billion in U.S. energy and invest $600 billion in the United States by 2028.”
On September 17, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Energy Department Launches Distribution Feeder Prize to Support Reliable Power Delivery.” The prize titled, Feeder of the Future, “offers up to $100,000 total in cash prizes for up to 18 competitors: 10 winners and 8 runners-up.”
On September 15, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Energy Department Seeks Energy and Manufacturing Innovators for 2026 Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program Cohort,” which means “selected fellows will receive funding and technical support from the U.S. National Laboratories.”
On September 15, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “U.S. Department of Energy Announces $6 Million to Enhance U.S. Supply Chain Security Through Domestic Gallium Production.”
On August 29, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Energy Department Announces Over $35 Million to Advance Emerging Energy Technologies,” which will be used for 42 projects through DOE’s Technology Commercialization Fund.
On August 13, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Energy Department Announces Actions to Secure American Critical Minerals and Materials Supply Chain,” which intends “to issue notices of funding opportunities totaling nearly $1 billion to advance and scale mining, processing, and manufacturing technologies across key stages of the critical minerals and materials supply chains.”
On August 11, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Inspector General Report Highlights Lack of Accountability in Green New Scam,” which “reports on the failure of the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations to responsibly implement billions of dollars in Green New Scam awards.”
On August 7, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “DOE Approves Fifth Loan Disbursement to Restart the Palisades Nuclear Plant,” which will “help to reinvigorate our nuclear industrial base, deliver lower energy costs for millions of Americans and strengthen our nation’s energy security.”
On July 23, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Department of Energy Terminates Taxpayer-Funded Financial Assistance for Grain Belt Express.”
On July 16, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Energy Department Announces Pilot Program to Build Advanced U.S. Nuclear Fuel Lines and End Foreign Dependence,” which “will serve for research, development, and demonstration purposes, seeking DOE authorization of the facilities can help unlock private funding and provide a fast-tracked approach to enable future commercial licensing activities for potential applicants.”
On July 16, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Kairos Power Installs Reactor Vessel for Third Test Unit.” “Kairos Power’s novel contract with DOE allows us to remain agile while demonstrating continued progress as a responsible steward of public funding.”
On July 8, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Energy Department Announces Over $400 Million in Funding and Removes Burdensome Policy, Helping Americans Save on Energy Bills.”
On June 30, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “U.S. Department of Energy Finds No Significant Impacts for DOME Microreactor Test Bed.” DOE is currently reviewing the first call of applications for scheduling microreactor experiments at DOME and expects to receive its first reactor for fueling in 2026.
On June 28, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “ICYMI: Energy Secretary: It’s Time to Stop Subsidizing Solar and Wind in Perpetuity.” “Subsidies are meant to drive prices down and boost supply. But subsidizing wind and solar has done exactly the opposite.”
On June 26, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “DOE Awards Rapid Turnaround Experiments to Advance Nuclear Fuels and Materials.” “This is the first round of fiscal year 2025 RTE awards. The next RTE call for proposals in fiscal year 2025 is a now open. A Super RTE call for proposals that allows for larger scopes of work and up to 12 months to complete a project is also anticipated later in the year.”
On June 26, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “DOE Awards New Contract for Environmental Management Technical Support Services.” “This is a performance-based contract containing cost-plus-fixed fee with a firm-fixed price contract line-item for transition with a maximum period of performance of five years, which includes a 90-day transition period and a total contract value of $85,397,735.”
On June 25, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “DOE Selects $15M in Projects Advancing Energy Storage and Critical Infrastructure Resiliency.” “The Office of Electricity announced $5 million each to 3 grid-scale energy storage projects that support critical facilities and infrastructure in a power outage or other emergency. Funding is from the Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER) FOA.”
On June 24, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “CESER-Funded Collaboration Produces Cybersecurity Toolset for Energy Utilities.”
On June 20, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “DOE Approves Fourth Loan Disbursement to Restart the Palisades Nuclear Plant.”
On June 18, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Energy Secretary Wright Testifies Before Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on FY2026 Budget Request.”
On June 11, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Secretaries Wright, Burgum Join JERA and U.S. LNG Producers to Finalize Agreements Expected to Add over $200 Billion to U.S. GDP.”
On May 30, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Secretary Wright Announces Termination of 24 Projects, Generating Over $3 Billion in Taxpayer Savings,” related to the federal financial assistance.
On May 15, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Secretary Wright Announces New Policy for Increasing Accountability, Identifying Wasteful Spending of Taxpayer Dollars,” related to the funding and management of federal awards.
On May 12, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Energy Department Slashes 47 Burdensome and Costly Regulations, Delivering First Milestone in America’s Biggest Deregulatory Effort.”
On May 8, 2025, the agency issued a press release titled, “Energy Department Aligns Award Criteria for For-profit, Non-profit Organizations, and State and Local Governments, Saving $935 Million Annually.”
The Department of Energy published Policy Flash 2025-22, related to department grants awarded to institutions of higher education.
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