energy department

A rider on an omnibus spending bill prohibits the Energy Department from enforcing new efficiency standards on light bulbs.

But the industry is unlikely to change course now.

A report from the Energy Department says that it could take 15 years to break American dependence on Chinese supplies of critical manufacturing minerals.

The Energy Department is set to announce $18.5 billion in loan guarantees to build nuclear reactors.

North Dakota has surpassed Louisiana as the fourth-largest oil-producing state in the nation, the U.S. Energy Department says.

The U.S. Energy Department has bought a geothermal plant north of Casper for an undisclosed amount.

Philips, the Dutch electronics company, has the first entry in a $10 million Energy Department contest to build a more efficient 60-watt light bulb.

Farm equipment manufacturer Agco Corp. said Wednesday it wants to use an Energy Department grant of up to $5 million for a project focused on the efficient collection and transportation of biomass to production plants for processing.

The Energy Department is expected to announce Tuesday it is lending money to the Ford Motor Co. and two other automakers from a $25 billion fund to develop fuel-efficient cars.

The Energy Department is expected to announce that Ford Motor Co. will receive funds from a $25 billion federal loan program to develop fuel-efficient vehicles.

The Energy Department is moving forward on a futuristic coal-burning power plant in Illinois that the Bush administration had declared dead.