Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: February 16, 2011

DOE Budget Details: $3.2B for Renewables, Efficiency DOE Supercomputer Designs Efficient Big Trucks Major Southwest Transmission Project Gets Loan Guarantee Comment Period for Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Sites USDA Boosts Rural Wind Energy with Loan Guarantee Global Wind Capacity up 22% in 2010 Cars Can Cut Carbon Emissions 50% by 2030 DOE Requests $3.2 Billion for Renewable Energy, Efficiency in FY 2012 On February 14, President Obama unveiled a $29.5 billion budget request for DOE covering fiscal year (FY) 2012, including $3.2 billion for DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The proposed budget aims to strengthen renewable energy sources, boost clean energy research, and cut expenses. Overall, the DOE budget would grow 12% over 2010 levels while cutting a number of programs and administrative costs (We use FY 2010 numbers as a comparison because Congress didn’t pass a FY 2011 budget – the federal government is running on a stopgap budget resolution reflecting 2010 levels). DOE is requesting a 44% increase over EERE’s current appropriation of $2.2 billion. Boosts for EERE programs include: 135% more for geothermal technology 115% more for building technologies 93% more for vehicle technologies 88% more for solar energy. 61% more for wind 57% […]

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