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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:March 21, 2007

News and EventsDOE Sets Spending Plan for $1.474 Billion in New EERE Funds DOE Selects Missouri Cooperative as Wind Cooperative of the Year Growing U.S. Wind Industry Yields Two New Wind Blade Factories E.ON and Lunar Energy to Build 8-Megawatt Tidal Power Project GM Introduces the 2007 Saturn Aura Green Line Hybrid Tragedy Mars Circumnavigation Attempt by Biodiesel-Fueled Boat DOE Sets Spending Plan for $1.474 Billion in New EERE FundsDOE released its spending plan last week for funds appropriated by last month’s continuing resolution, which included $1.474 billion for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Compared to the appropriations for fiscal year (FY) 2006, DOE’s spending plan will more than double the funding for EERE’s programs in hydrogen technology, solar energy, and biomass and biorefinery systems research and development. The plan also increases funding for research in wind energy and energy efficiency technologies for vehicles, buildings, and industries. DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory fares well under the plan, garnering $83 million to build a new integrated biorefinery research facility and a research support facility, along with more than $24 million for operation and maintenance of its existing facilities. Other programs that will see funding increases under the […]

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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:March 15, 2007

News and EventsDOE to Award up to $168 Million to 13 Solar Energy Projects Solar Cell Researchers Awarded Prestigious Dan David Prize DOE Loan Guarantee Applications Led by Renewable, Efficiency Projects New Mexico Mandates More Renewable Power and Helps to Transmit It Hybrid Concept Vehicles Point to the Future for Honda and Toyota Bad Props Threaten Record Attempt by Biodiesel-Fueled Boat Energy ConnectionsEU Agrees to Cut Greenhouse Emissions and Boost Clean Energy by 2020 News and EventsDOE to Award up to $168 Million to 13 Solar Energy ProjectsDOE announced last week that it has selected 13 industry-led solar technology projects to negotiate for up to $168 million in funding starting in the current fiscal year (2007) through fiscal year 2009. The teams will share more than 50 percent of the project costs, for a total value of up to $357 million over three years. The projects will help to increase the annual U.S. production capacity for photovoltaic (PV) systems from the 2005 level of 240 megawatts to 2,850 megawatts by 2010. Such an increase could reduce the cost of electricity produced by PV systems from the current level of 18 to 23 cents per kilowatt-hour to a more competitive 5 […]

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Silicon Valley, California: Cleantech Hubs

Silicon Valley, a region that has a knack for turning budding innovation into booming industries, is emerging as a significant cleantech hub in North America. Its home state of California also is gaining strength as a magnet for cleantech startups and a model for environmental and energy conscious policy makers, putting the state on target to be among the economic winners as markets grow.California pulled in $2.1 billion, or 26 percent of the total cleantech funding for North America between 2002 and 2006, according to an analysis by the Cleantech Venture Network. The state had a banner year in 2006, attracting more than $1 billion in cleantech investment, or 37 percent of the North American total for the year.The investment is likely to spur economic growth in cleantech-related industries. In the white paper “Creating Cleantech Clusters: 2006 Update,” analysts from the Cleantech Venture Network and E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) calculated that $4.8 billion in venture capital invested in California cleantech companies between 2005 and 2010 would produce 75,000 jobs over the next two decades and create $17.2 billion in incremental annual revenue.Silicon Valley attracted almost half the total amount of venture capital invested in cleantech companies in California between 2002 and […]

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Budding Clean Energy Technologies Get Test-Bed

The Austin Technology Incubator’s Clean Energy Incubator and Austin Energy have agreed to create the first test-bed environment in the United States for alternative energy companies to prepare their technologies for commercialization.The partnership will allow clean technology companies to accelerate their path to market through early product validation with a leading utility. The test-bed partnership, supported unanimously by the Austin City Council, will allow Clean Energy Incubator member companies to plug into different parts of Austin Energy’s grid to prove their technologies. “A major slowdown in getting clean energy companies to market is early utility validation,” says Joel Serface, director of Clean Energy Incubator. “Through our test-bed partnership, Austin Energy will give critical feedback and credibility to startups who prove themselves in Austin Energy’s environment.” For the past three years, Austin Energy has been ranked as the No. 1 green energy program in the country by the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, generating more revenue than its closest competing utilities in Portland, Ore. and Los Angeles. Its Green Choice program has sold more than 334 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy last year. A report by SustainLane, a green media company, released last week named Austin the No. […]

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Youths Mobilize on Global Warming

In the largest youth mobilization on global warming to date, over 50,000 students at 575 college and high school campuses across the U.S. and Canada organized events January 29-February 2 calling for immediate solutions to deal with climate change. The demands were made as part of Rising to the Climate Challenge: Visions of Our Future, a week-long series of actions coordinated by the Campus Climate Challenge. The week of action coincided with the release of the Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change report stating that man-made activities are a leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions. “The Challenge” unites young people to win 100% clean energy policies at their schools.Anchoring the week of action were hundreds of screenings of “An Inconvenient Truth.” In partnership with The 11th Hour Project and Truth on Campus, the Challenge made copies of the DVD and public screening licenses available to college and high school campuses across the U.S. and Canada.In 49 U.S. states and eight Canadian provinces, students organized rallies, educational forums and requested meetings with members of Congress to urge that the U. S. (and Canada) take a leading role in reducing greenhouses gases. Events included:y Students at the University of New Mexico collected signatures on […]

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Sales Open for NYC Green Condo Tower

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The offering plan for New York’s newest green residential tower has been accepted and filed with the New York State Attorney General’s office, enabling the opening of sales on March 1. The 35-story, 251-unit condominium tower, called The Visionaire, is under construction on the last developable residential site in the south neighborhood of Battery Park City, at 70 Little West Street, directly overlooking Manhattan harbor.The Visionaire is the third green luxury residence developed by Albanese Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Albanese Organization, Iand designed by Rafael Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli. Starwood Capital Group Global, LLC is partnering with the Albanese Organization to bring the development to market. The amenity-rich building will be a striking glass and terracotta tower featuring streamlined contours in a unique curved facade that optimizes natural light and allows generous river and city views from all exposures. Features include filtered fresh air and water, natural materials and finishes, and generous, open floor plans. There’s also a skylit indoor swimming pool and hot tub; two landscaped roof gardens with private cabanas; a rooftop entertainment area featuring built-in grills and wetbar, a state-of-the-art fitness center and spa; a screening room/lounge with fireplace; a private dining area; a children’s […]

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