Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: July 14, 2010

DOE: $92M for Groundbreaking Energy Research Projects Solar Demonstration Site Chosen in Nevada Desert DOE-Funded Clean Energy Projects Win 8 R&D 100 Awards EPA Proposes 2011 Renewable Fuel Standards Swiss Solar Plane Makes First Night Flight U.S. Utilities Must Embrace Clean Energy to Remain Competitive DOE Awards $92 Million for Groundbreaking Energy Research Projects DOE announced on July 12 that it awarded $92 million in Recovery Act funds for 43 cutting-edge research projects that aim to dramatically improve how the U.S. uses and produces energy. DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is coordinating the work in 18 states. The research projects are designed to accelerate innovation in green technology while increasing U.S. competitiveness in grid-scale energy storage for renewables, power electronics, and building efficiency. This round of ARPA-E grants focuses on three areas: Grid-Scale Rampable Intermittent Dispatchable Storage (GRIDS), Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology (ADEPT), and Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEET-IT). GRIDS projects seek affordable, large-scale energy storage needed to enable widespread use of wind and solar power. This program is searching for revolutionary new storage technologies that exhibit energy, cost, and cycle life that is comparable to that of pumped hydropower but which are modular and […]

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