Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:August 6, 2003

*News and Events DOE Provides $200 Million for Hydrogen Technology Projects USDA Funds Rural Renewable Energy Projects in Alaska, Hawaii Spectrolab Concentrating Solar Cell Sets Efficiency Record Reports See Major Growth in Store for Renewable Energy FERC Sets New Rules for Connecting Generators to the Grid Awards Honor Champions of Industrial Energy EfficiencyDOE Provides $200 Million for Hydrogen Technology ProjectsDOE announced the release of two hydrogen technology solicitations on July 31st. The solicitations will provide up to $200 million in funds over four to five years (subject to congressional appropriations) for research and development to support the President’s Hydrogen Fuel Initiative.The first solicitation, for hydrogen production and delivery technologies, covers processes to make hydrogen from biomass, devices to convert fuels into hydrogen, photovoltaic and biological processes to generate hydrogen using solar energy, and other advanced technologies to produce hydrogen by splitting water molecules.The solicitation also covers hydrogen separation and purification technologies, advanced hydrogen delivery technologies, and analyses of hydrogen production infrastructures.The second solicitation, for hydrogen storage technologies, seeks to establish virtual “Centers of Excellence” — led by the DOE national laboratories — for metal hydrides, chemical hydrides, and carbon-based hydrogen storage. Applications are also being requested from universities and industry […]

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