Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: March 24, 2010

Recovery Act Benefits Small Clean Energy Businesses New Steps to Strengthen Energy Star Program International Green Construction Code Launched Innovations in EV Charging Roll Out Colorado Boosts Renewable Energy Requirement to 30% by 2020 Chinese Policies Could Hurt U.S. Renewable Industries Recovery Act Benefits for Small Clean Energy Businesses A DOE report shows that through early March, small clean energy businesses have been selected to receive $5.4 billion in funding from the Recovery Act and related programs, including loans, loan guarantees, grants, contracts, and tax incentives. The funds complement the 2800 loans totaling $656 million the Small Business Administration approved for renewable energy businesses from 2006-2009. The report features 26 small businesses involved in clean energy technologies and related infrastructure, such as Smart Grid technologies, advanced batteries, energy storage, and energy efficiency tools. Success stories highlighted in the report include: UQM Technologies, a supplier of electric propulsion and generator systems, received a $45 million grant to build manufacturing facilities for electric drive systems for electric and hybrid vehicles; Solazyme, which produces diesel from algae oil, will use a $21.8 million grant to build its first algae fuel refinery; FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp. will use an $8.3 million grant to develop […]

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