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,...
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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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President Barack Obama‘s remarks Friday at the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen: “Good morning. It is an honor for me to join this distinguished group of leaders from nations around the world. We come here in Copenhagen because climate change poses a grave and growing danger to our people. All of you would not...
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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....
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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...
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1366 Technologies, a photovoltaics start-up company based in Massachusetts, won four million dollars in federal funding from the the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The first ARPA-E solicitation was extremely competitive with over 3,600 applications from across the country. Evaluations were based on the potential for high impact on ARPA-E’s...
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The U.S. Department of Energy has nominated three universities as leading candidates for funds delegated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the creation of wind-energy research facilities designed to develop the world’s most advanced and efficient wind turbines. The wind-power centers will also pursue research for developing next-generation land-based and offshore wind generation systems. “Wind power has the potential to provide...
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The U.S. Department of Energy has allocated a whopping $450 in federal funding for energy-efficiency retrofits in facilities across the United States. Last week, the DOE announced the ambitious “Retrofit Ramp-Up ” program, which aims to catalyze a nationwide energy efficiency upgrade that could save $100 million annually in utility bills for households and businesses. Retrofit Ramp-Up will accelerate the...
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