The U.S. Department of Energy today announced it is accepting applications for a total of up to $74 million to support the research and development of clean, reliable fuel cells for stationary and transportation applications. The solicitations include up to $65 million over three years to fund continued research and development (R&D) on fuel cell [...]
Private investments in clean power projects in G-20 countries could total $2.3 trillion by the end of the decade, according to a report from The Pew Charitable Trusts. Massive energy demand and strong clean energy policies will drive investment to Asia.
Solar Trust of America, LLC today announced that its project development subsidiary, Solar Millennium, LLC, has secured a Record of Decision (ROD) from the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approving the Blythe Solar Power Plant’s Right of Way Grant. The ROD is the final regulatory milestone in the federal permitting process and [...]
Con Edison Development, a unit of Consolidated Edison, Inc., and Panda Power Funds today broke ground on a 20-MW solar electric generating station in Pilesgrove, N.J. The solar farm will have the capacity to power more than 5,100 homes with renewable energy. The shovel-ready project will create over 100 construction jobs with mobilization expected to [...]
Ameresco, Inc., a leading comprehensive energy efficiency and renewable energy company, announced that the Company has worked with the Massachusetts State Department of Energy Resources (DOER) to sign agreements to design, construct, finance, own, and operate solar power systems on five state facilities. Under 20-year Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Ameresco, the state facilities will [...]
During his weekly address to the nation, President Obama highlighted BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System as an example of how the clean energy incentives launched by the administration are creating good jobs and helping the nation achieve its clean energy goals. According to the President: “This month, in the Mojave Desert, a company [...]
The partner jurisdictions of the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) have released a comprehensive strategy designed to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, stimulate development of clean energy technologies, create green jobs, increase energy security and independence and protect public health. “The Design for the WCI Regional Program” is the culmination of two years of work [...]
At a White House Forum on Energy Security this week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense to accelerate clean energy innovation and enhance national energy security. America’s military pays a high price in terms of added [...]
Governor David A. Paterson announced today that he has signed into law three bills that were put forth by his Administration to advance the development of the clean energy economy. The bills expand the consumer appliances for which the Department of State has the authority to set energy efficiency standards; allow natural gas utilities to [...]
New ARPA-E projects in 18 states will accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies, increase America’s competitiveness and create jobs The U.S. Department of Energy has announced 43 cutting-edge research projects that aim to dramatically improve how the U.S. uses and produces energy. Funded with $92 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the [...]
Nevada Senator Harry Reid and Nevada Congressman Dean Heller today introduced companion bills in the Senate and House of Representatives that would create a new revenue source for Nevada’s county and state governments and diversify local economies by creating new clean energy jobs. Senator Reid also introduced a bill that would ensure expanded development of [...]
A new solar farm will soon enable Tennessee’s Knox County officials to harvest sunshine to meet the hot water demands at the county’s 1,036-bed detention facility. Officials anticipate that the new solar thermal system, one of the nation’s largest for domestic hot water according to FLS Energy – the solar company with which Trane worked [...]
Today marks the announcement of the site for the new Navada Solar Demonstration Zone which is planned to demonstrate cutting-edge solar energy technologies. The Solar Demonstration Zone will be located in the southwest corner of the Nevada Test Site, a former nuclear site, on lands owned by the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management [...]
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