For more than half of a century, America’s regional power grids provided a platform for the nation’s economy to achieve vast productivity gains. The advent of advanced electronics has galvanized a fundamental change in the way America uses power, which the nation’s grid has struggled –mostly unsuccessfully – to provide. The cleavage between...
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America’s New Energy R&D Strategy
Statement by Dr. Robert Marlay
U.S. Department of Energy
With the recent administration change and economic downturn, the US priorities in energy, environment, science, and the economy have been altered or strengthened. The current baseline goal is to reduce GHG emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Within ten years, the US plans...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy announced the launch of the State Energy Efficiency Action Network last week, which aims to accelerate deployment of energy efficiency policies and programs at the state level.
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US Congress: Climate bill for spring 2010; Clean Energy Act introduced (Van Ness Feldman, 23 November 2009)
In the US Congress, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, after consultation with five of the six committee chairs with jurisdiction over elements of a cap-and-trade bill, has confirmed that climate legislation will be considered in spring 2010. He...
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Britain urges European neighbours to adopt UK-style climate law (BusinessGreen, 16 November 2009)
The UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office is partnering with NGO Friends of the Earth to hold a series of workshops in Embassies across Europe introducing the UK’s legally-binding climate legislation, aiming to promote the adoption of similar legislation in other countries. According...
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U.S.-China Joint Statement
November 17, 2009
Beijing, China
At the invitation of President Hu Jintao of the People’s Republic of China, President Barack Obama of the United States of America is paying a state visit to China from November 15–18, 2009. The Presidents held in-depth, productive and candid discussions on U.S.-China relations and other issues of mutual...
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In July, Joseph McClelland, director of the Office of Electric Reliability Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, testified on cybersecurity and the U.S. power gird before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Homeland Security. His comments, which follow in italics, cut against the grain of common thinking about the so-called ’smart grid.’
“The need for vigilance may increase as new technologies are added to...
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Statement of Stephan Dolezalek
VantagePoint Venture Partners, CleanTech Group Leader
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Legislative Hearing on S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
October 29, 2009
Chairwoman Boxer, Ranking Member Inhofe and Members of the Committee, I am Stephan Dolezalek, Managing Director and CleanTech Group Leader at VantagePoint Venture...
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