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U.S. and Israel Grant $3.3 Million to Promising Clean Tech Companies
CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com —
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the award of $3.3 million in grants for four U.S.-Israel cooperative clean energy projects. The projects were selected by the BIRD Foundation and will be funded by the DOE and Israel’s Ministry of National Infrastructures. The four projects will leverage ...3 hours ago -
How smart will the grid need to be for plug-ins?
Hybrid Cars —
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Is the grid ready for plug-ins? The Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for smart grid demonstration projects. And thats fine. Of course, inevitably, one must ask how much will full scale implementation cost? Numerous estimates thus far have put the cost at hundreds of billions. Yet, even some utilities ...3 hours ago -
Pennsylvania to receive more than $7 Million for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects
Courier Times Now —
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Recovery Act funding will upgrade the electrical grid, save energy and create jobs WASHINGTON , DC - Energy Secretary Chu announced today that the Department of Energy is awarding more than $7 million for 2 Pennsylvania projects to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems that will ...4 hours ago -
Boeing Pushes Into Smart Grid In the Face of Defense Cuts
Earth2Tech —
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The second largest defense contractor Boeing was one of the few tech providers and the only defense firm that won grants in the $620 million round of smart grid stimulus funds announced yesterday (most of the winners, like in the $3.4 billion round of funding announced back in October , were utilities). So what is ...4 hours ago -
DOE Invests $18M into Small Business Clean Energy Research
Environmental Leader —
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $18 million in funding from the stimulus act to small businesses for the development and deployment of clean energy technologies and to help create new jobs, reports the Gov Monitor.The first phase of funding will award 125 grants of up to $150,000 each to 107 small ...4 hours ago -
Cold Storage: Energy Dept. Grants to Boost Renewable-Energy Storage
WSJ.com: Environmental Capital —
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Stimulus moneys been pouring into the smart grid. Now some is coming to the energy-storage game as well.4 hours ago -
Feds Inject $620M into Smart Grid Projects
Environmental Leader —
Authority: 626
Smart grid demonstration projects should benefit from the $620 million in Department of Energy funding announced Nov. 24.In addition to smart meters, the 32 demonstration projects range from large-scale energy storage to distribution and transmission system monitoring devices. To view a full list of projects, click ...10 hours ago -
Daily Sprout
Earth2Tech —
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Best Parts of the New Smart Grid Stimulus Awards: Smart grid analyst Jesse Berst sees three high points in the latest round of stimulus funding awards for smart grid projects: roughly 30 percent of the money went to long-overlooked utility-scale energy storage, much of the money went to projects that show how smart ...20 hours ago -
Local Bid for Smart Grid Funding Goes Unanswered
Xconomy —
Authority: 704
Smart Grid , energy , cleantech Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said today the Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for smart grid projects around the country, but a San Diego coalition that sought $100 million was not on the list. The coalition, which included San ...20 hours ago -
5 Energy Storage Players That Won Smart Grid Stimulus Funds
Earth2Tech —
Authority: 660
In an interesting twist involving how the $4 billion in smart grid stimulus funds are being allocated, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu this morning announced that energy storage technology received 16 grants for a total of $185 million from the U.S. federal government. While the list of awards included funding for ...21 hours ago -
PG&Es Energy Storage Project Gets a Green Light
NEXT100 —
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By: Jonathan Marshall Good news for California clean energy: the U.S. Department of Energy today awarded PG&E $25 million to fund initial work on a significant energy storage project to support the utilitys increased use of renewable wind and solar power. The grant to PG&E was one of 16 awards, totaling ...1 day ago -
Smart Grid Stimulus Demo Award Winners Unveiled!
Earth2Tech —
Authority: 660
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has just announced another $620 million in stimulus funds for 32 smart grid demonstration projects. As we explained this morning , this latest funding combined with the $3.4 billion in smart grid stimulus grants allocated last month, is delivering $4 billion to utilities for smart ...1 day ago -
NM wins federal ’smart grid’ money
New Mexico Independent —
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Two projects in New Mexico won federal ’smart grid’ stimulus money today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced. But it’s difficult to tell how much of the money will actually stay in New Mexico. More than $4.7 million of $6.5 million awarded to projects in New Mexico according to the U.S. Department of ...1 day ago -
Smart Grid Stimulus: Chu Expected to Announce $600M in Demo Project Winners
Renewable Energy News Syndicator —
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According to the trade group the GridWise Alliance, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu is expected to announce another $600 million in smart grid stimulus funds today. Those are the funds for smart grid demonstration projects — which will enable utilities to test out next-generation digital power grid technology — and ...1 day ago -
Around the Web – Climate Risk, GHG Reporting, Al Gore, U.S. Chamber
Environmental Leader —
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Today’s news from Around the Web.U.K. Sailing Team Charts a Course to Victory Using a Moral CompassWSJUK firms fail to take climate risk seriously: studyReuters EPA and GHGs: Ready, Set, ReportTriplePunditWhat are the largest sources of global warming emissions in California? The list is outSan Jose Mercury ...1 day ago -
A Marketing Challenge for the Electric Utility Industry
Triple Pundit —
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“95.6% of households are willing to change their energy consumption behavior to save money on their energy costs.” This finding comes from the 2009 Nielsen Energy Audit. “This survey strongly suggests the timing is right for utilities to engage their customers with green marketing initiatives,” explains ...2 days ago -
Smart Grid: Revolution or Revolt?
Triple Pundit —
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In the mid-1990’s, while serving as the General Marketing Manager for Georgia Power, I had the honor of managing the team of exceptionally bright people that designed an industry-pioneering meter-linked, integrated real time pricing/demand side management program. Today, I understand this legacy system now bills $2 ...2 days ago -
SIEW 2009: Clean Energy Expo Asia 2009
Green Business Times —
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The Clean Energy Expo Asia (CEEA) trade fair and conference was held last week, and brought together leading players in the various clean enery sectors, to discuss the challenges and opportunities in developing clean energy technologies and to explore the role of energy efficiency in a viable clean energy future. ...2 days ago -
Smart Grid Riding On The Information Superhighway
TelcoNews.com - Telecom and VoIP Industry News —
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If Internet companies and some utilities have their way, the smart grid will rely on the existing infrastructure of the information superhighway in order to function. They argue that by relying on existing standards like Internet Protocol (IP), the smart grid will grow faster and more organically than if utilities ...2 days ago -
Argentine Electric Power Industry: Data Quality and Reliability
Between the Poles —
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I have blogged previously about the importance of data quality in the context of the smart grid and that the electric power regulator ANEEL in Brazil is getting serious about data quality. In Argentina the power industry regulators have mandated a high level of data quality since the 1990s. Beginning with the ...4 days ago
