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Energy Campus to Generate Ideas | Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/26/2009

[Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station]
Jul 26, 2009 By Andrew Maykuth

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PIDC has applied for a $15 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to build a 100,000 square-foot Innovation Center at the Navy Yard to house a collaborative research lab.

 
Y-Carbon Recognized for Revolutionary Technology

PR Web (press release) July 24, 2009 King of Prussia, PA

R&D Magazine has recognized Y-Carbon, Inc. with the prestigious R&D 100 award. This award recognizes Y-Carbon's revolutionary technology for providing the world with clean energy, safe drinking water and improved health care. ...

 
Finite Carbon sees green as trees absorb carbon dioxide ...

Philadelphia Business Journal, Friday, July 24, 2009 ... WAYNE — Two area venture capitalists have started a company that will help owners of timberland cash in on their trees’ capacity to absorb carbon dioxide. ...

 
Ben Franklin Accepting Proposals for Energy Research

Central Penn Business Journal - Harrisburg,PA,USA

STATE COLLEGE, PA - Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern Pennsylvania ... the opportunity to apply for a “matching grant. ...

 
PA's Solar Capacity to Triple With Help of New State Investments ...

Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK

Conshohocken-based PA Solar Park LLC will receive a $5.5 million grant for a ... PA Solar Park will be the second-largest solar photovoltaic energy facility ...

 
Governor Rendell Announces Federal Recovery Funds for State Energy ...

PR Newswire (press release) - ?16 hours ago?

HARRISBURG, Pa., July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced Pennsylvania has received $38.8 million of American Recovery ...

 
Governor Rendell Announces $22.2 Million for Small Government ...

FOXBusiness - USA

Renewable energy projects will also be eligible if they replace at least 25 percent of a building's or entity's energy use. All projects must create jobs, ...

 

 

 
Obama Administration Announces Billions in Lending Authority for ...

Jul 29, 2009 ... Loan Guarantees Will Help Create New Jobs while Fostering Clean Energy Innovation

Washington, DC – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that the Department of Energy will provide up to $30 billion in loan guarantees, depending on the applications and market conditions, for renewable energy projects. Another $750 million will support several billion dollars more in loan guarantees for projects that increase the reliability, efficiency and security of the nation’s transmission system. The two new loan guarantee solicitations announced today are being funded partly through the Recovery Act and partly through 2009 appropriations.

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More information on this solicitation and the Department’s Loan Guarantee Program can be found at www.lgprogram.energy.gov. Additional loan guarantee solicitations funded by the Recovery Act will be announced soon.

 
Administration Highlights Proposed DOE Energy Innovation Hubs

The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science Policy News Number 101: July 29, 2009

Web version: http://www.aip.org/fyi/2009/101.html

 
Can Cleantech Entrepreneurs Rely on Venture Capital?

by Stephen Lacey, Staff Writer

After a two-quarter period of falling venture capital investments in the cleantech space, the industry is finally picking back up again. But the prospects for early-stage companies and entrepreneurs looking for funding is mixed. continue

 
Rise In 2Q Cleantech Investment Bodes Well For 3Q - Venture ...

Jul 29, 2009 ... After an anemic first quarter, venture capital investments in clean technology rose 73% in the second quarter to a total of $572.1 million, ...


 
Most 'green' funds won't back ideas

Danville News - Danville,PA,USA

 
Ocean Renewable Energy Has Huge Potential But Not Without Giant Hurdles

by Stephen Lacey, Staff Writer

Since 1844, when the first tide wheel was built, inventors have been trying to harness the immense power of the ocean with little success. Now the next generation of engineers is trying to break the course of history and turn this niche industry into ... continue

 
DOE Awards $13.8 Million to 28 New Wind Energy Projects

DOE selected 28 new wind energy projects on July 16 for up to $13.8 million in funding, tapping $12.8 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. The projects will help address market and deployment challenges, including wind turbine research and testing and efforts to better integrate wind power into the nation's electrical grid. The 14 wind turbine research and testing projects include work on improved wind turbine towers, blades, gearboxes, lubricants, and generators; advanced manufacturing techniques; and technologies for monitoring the performance of operating wind turbines. The wind integration projects involve analyses of wind measurement and forecasting techniques, energy storage systems, and means of integrating wind power into electrical grid operations, including operating techniques, software models, market simulation tools, and other strategies and decision support tools. For a complete list of projects, see the DOE press release.

 
US Wind Market is Weaker Than in 2008

For the fourth consecutive year, the U.S. was home to the fastest-growing wind power market in the world in 2008, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Ene ... continue

 
DOE Offers $52.5 Million for Concentrating Solar Power ...

Jul 15, 2009 ... DOE Offers $52.5 Million for Concentrating Solar Power Research ... DOE offered $52.5 million on July 15 for research, development, ...

 
August 10th, 2009, 10:00 AM

National Clean Energy Summit 2.0: Jobs and the New Economy

FEATURING: Vice President Al Gore, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, UNLV President, Senator Harry Reid, Former Senator Tim Wirth, T. Boone Pickens and John D. Podesta

University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Cox Pavilion

 
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