✨ Holiday lights brighten our communities during this time of year. Wondering where the power comes from to make this season merry & bright?
🎞️ Take a glimpse at how the grid keeps power flowing to all corners of our country throughout the year:
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Equipped with a 3.2 gigapixel sensor array built by Brookhaven, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time camera will capture the universe like never before.
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ICYMI: Ride into a clean energy future with this recap from 's visit to our lab in Tennessee.
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Tennessee is driving America to an EV-filled future thanks to @ORNL’s work to advance EV charging technology and Chattanooga’s emergence as a battery production powerhouse.
With @POTUS’ Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we'll increase domestic EV battery supply & create more jobs!
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EM's mission at the #MoabSite is to relocate an estimated 16M tons of mill tailings away from a former uranium-ore processing site near the Colorado River to an engineered disposal facility 30 miles away.
Watch & learn more in this Moab Site 101 video!
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This week is National Computer Science Education Week, a national call to inspire, train, and encourage K-12 students to pursue computer science. See what we're doing at DOE: bit.ly/31BoXvJ #CSEdWeek #STEMRising
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#DYK that more than 120 teams from 105 universities competed in DOE’s 2021 Competition last month? 💻 This was the highest number of students that competed in the annual DOE cyber defense collegiate competition to date!
Read how it went:
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#DIDYOUKNOW once produced nearly two-thirds of the plutonium used in the US nuclear weapons stockpile & constructed the world's first full-scale nuclear reactor in just 11 months?
Learn about EM’s cleanup progress in this Site 101 video.
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The executive order builds upon our Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan, to adopt agency-wide strategies to manage the short- and long-term effects of climate change in DOE’s operations. Read all about it!
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Today, signed an executive order to:
✅reduce emissions across federal operations
✅invest in American clean energy industries and manufacturing
✅create clean, healthy, and resilient communities
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Before a #robot 🤖 can get to work, it needs #energy. Now, our scientists have demonstrated the first self-powered, aqueous robot aka #liquibot that runs continuously without electricity.
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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law isn't just an investment in America's clean energy transportation and manufacturing sectors, it's an investment in America's people.
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How do holiday lights work? We've got the answers. Learn how electric current powers your holiday lights and how LEDs makes our holidays brighter! 🔌 💡 bit.ly/2QsDNga
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This program will help foster the next generation of nuclear scientists and educators, who will lead the way in researching tomorrow's cutting-edge technologies. ⚛️⚡👨🔬👩🔬
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BIG NEWS: @ENERGY announces $2.5 million to support early-career college and university faculty members in nuclear energy.
Learn more: bit.ly/3dqnLNY
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PODCAST: Our new series, People Powered, brings you stories of real folks working in clean energy! ⚡💡💪
Hear about their lives, career journeys, and advice they have for others looking to break into this booming energy sector.
Listen to episode 1: bit.ly/3E85rVp
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Our "site 101" videos give viewers insight into our massive environmental clean up projects at sites in Washington, Utah, Nevada, Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky, and NM (with more on the way).
Check it out: bit.ly/3y1z5ta
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The next generation of accelerator scientists and engineers won't just appear out of thin air. That's why , , & are offering a traineeship program that offers coursework and hands-on training at accelerators: news.stonybrook.edu/university/dev
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Have 5 minutes? 🕐 Watch CESER's Acting Deputy Asst. Sec. Kate Marks and energy partners discuss #cybersecurity threats to the energy sector in a new video. 📺
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Clean energy jobs.✔️ Clean air to breathe. ✔️ Clean vehicles on the roads. 🏁 See it all in action in the Northeast, as and leaders from Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts team up to #BuildBackBetter.
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Clean energy jobs.✔️ Clean air to breathe. ✔️ Clean vehicles on the roads. 🏁 See it all in action in the Northeast, as and elected officials from Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts got a up-close look at Building Back Better.
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