Issued in 1997
December 24, 1997
Nation's Emergency Oil Stockpile Returns to Full Capability Following Degassing Operations
DOE has restored the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to full drawdown readiness, completing a two-year treatment program to remove excess natural gas that had accumulated in portions of the emergency oil inventory.
December 11, 1997
Energy Department Picks Firms to Explore Greenhouse Gas-Reducing "Hybrid" Power Plants
DOE intends to contract with M-C Power, Fuel Cell Engineering, and Westinghouse Electric Company to investigate the engineering and economic feasibility of combining technologies. such as fuel cells and gas turbines, to break through the 70-percent effi
December 04, 1997
U.S., Japan, Norway Sign First Kyoto Agreement; Will Jointly Sponsor Tests for Long-Term CO2 Disposal
DOE, along with sister organizations in Japan and Norway, signed the first major research agreement on options for long-term carbon dioxide disposal today in Kyoto, Japan.
November 21, 1997
DOE Selects Eight Developers to Proceed With Innovative Concepts to Fight Air Pollution in 21st Century
DOE today announced its choice of eight organizations to develop innovative concepts for controlling microscopic airborne particulate matter.
November 04, 1997
Largest Solid Oxide Fuel Cell to Date Passes Factory Test at Westinghouse
The largest electric power generator ever made from solid oxide fuel cells has performed flawlessly in test runs at Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Science & Technology Center in Pittsburgh.
October 16, 1997
DOE Begins 19th Year of University Coal Research
DOE has opened its 19th year of University Coal Research competition with a call to the nation's academic researchers to submit their best ideas for advancing the science and use of coal.
October 14, 1997
Major Test of Utility Turbine Compressor Sets Stage For Westinghouse to Advance in DOE Turbine Program
An advanced turbine compressor, a critical component in an ultra-clean, high-efficiency turbine power plant being developed for the 21st century, has passed a major performance test.
October 09, 1997
DOE Selects Developers for New Generation of Oil, Gas Drilling Systems
DOE today announced its selection of the four companies and a university that it hopes will help pioneer the next generation of petroleum and natural gas drilling technologies.
October 06, 1997
Government To Sell Elk Hills to Occidental Petroleum for $3.65 Billion
DOE has executed agreements preparing for the sale of the United States' interest in the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 to Occidental Petroleum Corp.
September 29, 1997
DOE Chooses Developer For Low-Emission Power Technology
DB Riley Inc.'s concept for a 21st century, low emission coal-fired boiler system has won DOE's approval to move into construction of a proof-of-concept power plant.
September 29, 1997
DOE, Jacksonville (FL) Electric Authority Sign Agreement for World-Class Clean Coal Project
DOE today signed an agreement with the Jacksonville (FL) Electric Authority that will preserve an important technology option in the federal government's Clean Coal Technology Program and provide the Florida city with an advanced, environmentally clean
September 15, 1997
Peņa Announces New Effort to Develop Advanced Methods to Sequester or Recycle Greenhouse Gases
DOE today called on the nation's scientific and technical community to look beyond what is currently feasible and develop potential breakthrough technologies for sequestering or recycling greenhouse gases.
September 03, 1997
DOE Cosponsors Energy Dialogue Between United States Latin American Countries in September 8-10 Meeting
DOE and its cosponsors will welcome nearly 150 high-level energy officials and industry executives from South America and the United States to a Meeting on Natural Gas and Electric Power Integration in the Southern Cone in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Septe
August 25, 1997
DOE, Westinghouse to Continue Development of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
DOE and Westinghouse Electric Corp. will continue their joint program to develop the solid oxide fuel cell, one of the most promising of 21st century energy systems.
August 15, 1997
DOE Offers National Database Software on Natural Gas Reservoirs
DOE has begun distributing a new CD-ROM that provides one of the most comprehensive national databases to date on the nation's natural gas reservoirs.
August 06, 1997
DOE Funds 18th Round of University Coal Grants
DOE announced today that 14 university coal research projects will share $2.8 million in federal funds in a program that combines science education for students with research that can benefit the Nation's energy future.
July 30, 1997
DOE Issues Environmental Impact Statement on Elk Hills Sale
DOE has begun distributing a draft supplemental environmental impact statement on the proposed federal divestiture of the 47,000-acre Elk Hills oil and gas field in Kern County, CA.
July 24, 1997
DOE Selects Historically Black, Hispanic Universities To Receive Funding for Fossil Energy Research
DOE has selected four coal and petroleum research projects to be carried out by student-teacher teams at historically black and minority universities in Virginia, Georgia, Maryland and New Mexico.
June 12, 1997
Another Clean Coal Technology Receives Industry Award
The Air and Waste Management Association presented the J. Deanne Sensenbaugh Award this week to the DOE, the Gas Research Institute and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the development and commercialization of natural gas reburning technolog
June 05, 1997
DOE-Sponsored Clean Coal Project Wins POWER Magazine 1997 Award
For the fifth time in the last seven years, a Department of Energy Clean Coal Technology project has been named as one of POWER magazine's Powerplant Award winners.
May 21, 1997
Department of Energy Formally Places Naval Oil Reserve on Market
The giant Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve, one of the largest government assets ever to be offered for public sale. is now officially on the market.
May 20, 1997
DOE Selects R&D Partner for Project To Make Liquids from Natural Gas
DOE has selected a Pennsylvania firm for an 8-year, $84 million cost-shared project to develop a revolutionary ionic transport membrane technology that could make distant gas resources economically feasible as a 21st century substitute for imported oil.
May 20, 1997
Clean Coal Technology Project Produces First Methanol from Coal
Operation of the Liquid Phase Methanol Process facility is now underway at Eastman Chemical Company's coal gasification facility in Kingsport, Tennessee.
May 15, 1997
Advanced Coal Technology Offers Solutions for Growing Medical Waste Management Crisis at U.S. Hospitals
In Lebanon, PA, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center is using circulating fluidized-bed combustion technology to burn coal mixed with infectious wastes cleanly and completely.
May 07, 1997
Government-Funded Utility Software Curtails NOx Emissions; Gains Foothold in U.S. and U.K. Markets
New software that can automatically reduce nitrogen oxide emissions and improve the performance of fossil fuel-fired power plants is one of the latest success stories emerging from the Department of Energy's Fossil Energy research program.
April 29, 1997
Energy Department Asks for Public Views On Future of Strategic Reserve
DOE is asking the public to answer seven questions that could help determine the future of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the nation's emergency crude oil stockpile.
April 17, 1997
Cold Weather Helps Researchers Transform Salt Water into Fresh Water
B.C. Technologies, Laramie, Wyo., and the University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC), Grand Forks, N.D., are combining modern technology with a naturally occurring process in a field test of freeze thaw/evaporation.
April 08, 1997
DOE Recommends Transfer of Naval Oil Shale Reserves and Buena Vista Oil Reserve to Interior Department
DOE is recommending the transfer of its three Naval Oil Shale Reserves to the Department of the Interior.
April 02, 1997
DOE Outlines Details in Plan to Offer Elk Hills Oil Field to Multiple Bidders
DOE today released new details of its plan to sell the government portion of the giant Elk Hills oil and gas field near Bakersfield, California.
February 20, 1997
World's First Cogeneration Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Dedicated at Miramar Naval Air Station
The world's first cogeneration molten carbonate fuel cell power plant was dedicated today at the Miramar Naval Air Station in California.
February 18, 1997
Fourth Clean Coal Plant to Win Powerplant Award Sets Record Operation for Coal Gasifier
Operators at the Wabash River Coal Gasification Power Plant in West Terre Haute, IN, have followed the plant's selection as Power magazine's 1996 Powerplant of the Year with the longest operating run of the gasifier to date.
February 07, 1997
DOE's 1998 Budget Proposal Includes $672 Million for Fossil Energy Programs
DOE has proposed a $16.6 billion core budget for fiscal year 1998 which allocates $672.4 million for fossil energy-related research and petroleum reserves programs.
January 10, 1997
Florida Clean Coal Plant Showcases Clean, Efficient Power for 21st Century
The U.S. electric utility industry today took a major step into the next millennium of clean, high-efficiency electricity from coal with the dedication in Florida of one of the world's cleanest and most advanced coal power plants.
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