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February 20, 2013
#tipsEnergy: Ways to Save on Water Heating Costs

Sharing your tips for saving energy and money on water heating.

February 19, 2013
Wrigley Manufacturing Company is using solar energy to help run its Altoids manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. | Photo courtesy of Chris Davis, Tennessee Solar Institute.
Savings to Chew On: Wrigley Expands Commitment to Sustainability

Wrigley Manufacturing Company is using solar energy to help run its Altoids manufacturing plant.

February 15, 2013
A Ceres researcher evaluates the performance of biofuel crops. | Photo courtesy of Ceres, Inc.
Ceres: Making Biofuels Bigger and Better

Research into energy crops and advanced biofuels, like one particular project funded by ARPA-E, contributes to U.S. energy independence, creates jobs, and directly applies to increasing food crops production.

February 15, 2013
At Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists have developed a custom-built machine that can grow special lenses, one atomic layer at a time. The machine is as long as an entire room, and scientists use a reprogrammed Xbox controller to direct a transport car through the vacuum-sealed chamber (pictured). The transport car collects plasma-borne particles that form the lenses that will eventually be used to focus high-intensity x-ray beams to reveal the details of nano material structures. <a href="http://www.bnl.gov/ps/news/news.php?a=23511" target="_blank">Learn more about the deposition chamber</a>. | Photo courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Photo of the Week: Repurposing the Xbox

Check out our favorite energy-related photos!

February 15, 2013
Energy.gov/Data's resources include featured energy datasets and links to additional search tools.
Welcome to Energy.gov/Data

The Energy Data Initiative is proud to announce the launch of a new resource hub for open energy data.

February 14, 2013
Marius Stan, computational energy scientist from Argonne National Lab, submits his verification photo as part of an informal question and answer session with Internet users on the Ask Me Anything section of the social website Reddit.
Reddit AMA: Marius Stan, energy researcher and Breaking Bad actor

You know the carwash owner from Breaking Bad with the awesome eyebrows? Yeah. That's him.

February 14, 2013
PEV readiness is a community-wide effort that requires charging infrastructure, planning, regulations and support services. The new PEV Scorecard helps communities determine their PEV friendliness. | Photo courtesy of IKEA Orlando.
What’s Your PEV Readiness Score?

The new Plug-in Electric Vehicle Readiness Scorecard helps communities measure their PEV friendliness.

February 14, 2013
The Cardioid code developed by a team of Livermore and IBM scientists divides the heart into a large number of manageable pieces, or subdomains. The development team used two approaches, called Voronoi (left) and grid (right), to break the enormous computing challenge into much smaller individual tasks. | Photo from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
A Cure for the Valentine's Blues? Livermore Supercomputer Seeks to Mend Broken Hearts

Cupid's arrows may help you find love, but an Energy Department supercomputer is working to help cure broken hearts.

February 13, 2013
@Energy Tweets the State of the Union 2013

Sharing energy highlights from the State of the Union 2013.

February 13, 2013
President Obama Talks Energy at the State of the Union 2013

Watch President Obama speak about energy and the environment in last night's State of the Union.