News & Events
Welcome to ACEP's news and events section!
Besides ACEP updates you can find current energy news in the feeds below!
EERE State Activities and Partnerships Weekly News
EERE Network News
- Energy Department Announces Milestone in Fuel Cell UseThe Energy Department has announced that more than one thousand fuel cells were deployed as a result of support from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
- National Student Efficiency Contest Winners NamedA group of Montana schools was named winner of the America's Home Energy Education Challenge, a national student competition designed to encourage students and their families to take action to start saving money by saving energy.
- Global Automakers Demo Fast Charging EV TechnologyEight automakers have demonstrated a fast-charging technology for electric vehicles (EV) that can recharge compatible systems in as few as 15 minutes.
- EPA Releases List of Top 50 Green-Powered OrganizationsThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released an updated list of the Top 50 Green Power Partnership organizations voluntarily using renewable electricity.
- Students Compete to Design Energy-Efficient AppliancesThe Energy Department's Max Tech and Beyond competition challenges university students to design highly efficient appliances and commercial equipment.
U.S. EPA Energy News
- EPA Releases Draft Permitting Guidance for Using Diesel Fuel in Oil and Gas Hydraulic Fracturing/Guidance will clarify means of compliance with 2005 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water ActWASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released draft underground injection control (UIC) program permitting guidance for class II wells that use diesel fuels during hydraulic fracturing activities. EPA developed the draft
- McDonald’s Joins EPA List of Top 50 Green-Powered OrganizationsCHICAGO (May 3, 2012) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that, for the first time, McDonald’s USA, LLC Oakbrook, Illinois, has made its list of the Top 50 green-powered organizations. McDonald’s is number 11 on the 2012 list. It mad
- As Summer Smog Season Starts, Free Resources Help Protect People(Boston, Mass. – April 27, 2012) – Next week is Air Quality Awareness week – a cooperative effort amongst EPA, state environmental agencies, and the National Weather Service, to remind everyone to protect their health by paying attention to local air
- MEDIA ALERT: Regional U.S. EPA Leader Jared Blumenfeld Heads to Sacramento to Discuss Jobs, Green TechSAN FRANCISCO—Tomorrow, Presidential appointee Jared Blumenfeld will attend the 2012 Green California Summit in Sacramento to speak at the opening session and meet with environmental leaders in government and the private sector focused on strategies
- U.S. EPA, Dept. of Energy Launch Innovative New Tools to Determine Solar and Wind Energy Potential on Contaminated Lands City of Richmond, Calif. is serving as a pilot community for development of the tools SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed and launched



