Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: June 3, 2009

DOE: $467.6M for Geothermal, Solar Projects DOE: $50M in ARRA Funds for Geothermal Heat Pumps DOE: $256M for Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing and IT Restructured GM to Build a New Small Car in US Vermont Passes Feed-In Tariff & other Clean Energy Measures Utilities with the Most Solar Power are Still Adding the Most Global CO2 Emissions to Increase 39% by 2030 Editor’s Note: As part of the wind energy funding that was announced on April 29, DOE has issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) that offers $24 million in Recovery Act funds for the development of consortia between universities and industry. The consortia will focus on critical wind energy challenges. The FOA and can be found by searching the public opportunities at FedConnect for reference number DE-FOA-0000090. DOE Offers $467.6 Million for Geothermal & Solar Projects President Obama announced last week that DOE is offering $467.6 million from the ARRA to support geothermal and solar projects. The funds include $350 million for geothermal projects in four areas: geothermal resource assessments; innovative exploration techniques; demonstration projects; and research, development, and demonstrations of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) technology. EGS technology involves using such techniques as pumping high-pressure water into areas of […]

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