Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: April 21, 2010

DOE Helps Develop Clean Energy in Latin America and the Caribbean DOE Issues Guidance for Reducing Petroleum in Federal Fleets DOE, EPA Bolster Energy Star Program U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Offers Wind Turbine Siting Guidelines DOE Selects 2011 Solar Decathlon Teams Ways to Monitor, Verify GHG Emissions DOE Helps Develop Clean Energy in Latin America & the Caribbean On April 15, DOE announced partnerships to advance clean energy and energy security in the Western Hemisphere as part of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA). Clean energy projects include launching an Energy Innovation Center for Latin America and the Caribbean, exploring the potential of a Caribbean-wide electrical transmission system, developing biomass resources in Columbia, and cooperating with Argentina on clean energy technologies. DOE and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the largest source of development funding for Latin America and the Caribbean, signed an agreement creating an Energy Innovation Center, the latest in a series of Regional Clean Energy Centers located throughout the hemisphere. Staffed by some of the world’s leading experts in renewable energy and energy efficiency, the center will serve as a focal point for clean energy jobs, project development and financing in the region. It […]

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