Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: November 4, 2009

EERE Funding Up 3% to $2.24B for FY 2010 DOE: $338M to Speed Geothermal Development DOE: $155M for 41 Industrial Energy Efficiency Projects DOE: $5.5M for Automotive X Prize Competition Treasury Dept Allocates $2.2B in Renewable Energy Bonds 9 Federal Agencies Expedite Transmission Lines on Federal Lands AEP, Alstrom Trap Carbon Emissions from Coal Plant EERE Funding Up 3% to $2.24 Billion for Fiscal Year 2010 President Obama approved fiscal year (FY) 2010 appropriations for DOE on October 28, including $2.24 billion for the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The funds represent a modest 3% increase in funding for EERE, which received $2.18 billion in annual appropriations in FY 2009 (not counting special one-time appropriations under the Recovery Act). The funding is about 3% lower than DOE requested, and Congress earmarked more than $292 million in EERE funds for congressionally directed projects, effectively lowering EERE’s budget to $1.95 billion. See the full history, texts, and related documents on the appropriations act, H.R. 3183, on the Library of Congress’ Thomas Web site, as well as the White House press release on the act’s approval. Among the big winners under the new budget is EERE’s Building Technologies Program, […]

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