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 Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is offering a second round of grants for innovative energy research projects that accelerate innovation in biofuels, electric vehicle batteries and carbon-capture technologies.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it plans to issue a final decision on the proposed increase to the allowable ethanol content in fuel by mid 2010, according to a letter sent today to Growth Energy, a biofuels trade group.
In March 2009, Growth Energy requested a waiver to allow for the use of up...
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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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How much does energy “cost” in the United States? The market price provides only a partial answer to this question, according to a new report by the National Research Council exploring the “hidden” costs of U.S. energy production and consumption.
The report estimates the dollar value of these “hidden” costs – like the health damages...
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Growing corn to make ethanol can require substantial quantities of water—from 7 to 321 gallons per gallon of ethanol produced—depending on where it is grown and how much irrigation water is used. In addition, corn is a relatively resource-intensive crop, requiring higher rates of fertilizer and pesticide applications than many other crops; some experts believe...
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Europe plans to triple annual funding for energy research to $11.7 billion in an effort to compete with Japan and the United States, which have both invested vast sums for new energy and technology research, according to the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) by the European Commission reported by Reuters yesterday. Ultimately, the EU will add more than 50 billion euros of new funding for research over the...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s revised US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2), released in May, mandates that the use of 100 million gallons of cellulosic biofuels annually by 2010. The mandate rises by 250 million gallons annually in 2011 and climbs to a whopping 16 billion gallons per year by 2022.
Currently, a mere four companies...
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