The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $327 million in new funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will go toward scientific research, instrumentation, and laboratory infrastructure projects.
Ten of DOE’s national laboratories in six states will be receiving funds, along with researchers at institutions of higher learning across the nation.
Among the new approved projects are:
- New equipment for the DOE Bioenergy Research Centers
- New equipment for DOE Joint Genome Institute, the world’s largest genomic sequencing facility for non-medical, DOE mission-related research in bioenergy, climate, and environmental remediation
- Improvements at high-intensity light sources–today’s cutting edge tools for advanced research in energy, materials science, and a host of other fields
- Facilities upgrades and new equipment at several national laboratories and universities for fusion energy research
- Expanded funding for integrated climate research, which blends climate modeling with modeling of human factors such as economics and choices about energy production, consumption
- Analysis of Smart Grid technology development, to improve the efficiencies of the nation’s electricity grid
Of the $327 million in Recovery Act funding announced, $107.5 million is slated to go to universities, nonprofit organizations, and private firms, generally on a competitive, peer-reviewed basis. The remaining $220 million will go to U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories.
With this third and final round of projects, the Obama Administration has now approved projects covering the full $1.6 billion that the DOE Office of Science received from Congress under the Recovery Act.
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A new analysis by the Energy Information Agency confirms findings by earlier reports from the Congressional Budget Office and the Environmental Protection Agency that the Waxman-Markey energy and climate legislation will cost Americans roughly the same as a postage stamp a day.
The EIA analysis projects an increased cost of about $83 (adjusted for inflation) by 2030–or roughly 23 cents a day.
The report is available at the link below.
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