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Boosting Exports of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology
From the earliest days of the Obama administration, we have been working to promote innovation and competitiveness in high-growth sectors like renewable energy and energy efficiency (RE&EE)....
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Discover and Deliver: The Big Picture on Energy
Sometimes when one gets so focused on the daily tasks at hand, it’s easy to lose sight of the big picture around us. But when you take a step back, it is an impressive canvass. Thanks to the hard work...
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Our Plan to Put One Million Advanced Technology Vehicles on America’s Roads
Earlier this week, President Obama set a goal of making the United States the first country in the world to put one million advanced technology vehicles on the road. This goal is part of the...
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Winning the Clean Energy Future in Communities Across America
The health of our communities and prosperity of our economy are inextricably linked. From businesses and educators to state and local governments, communities across America are spearheading the...
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Helping American Families Make Good Choices and Cut Energy Bills
One important component of our energy policy is to provide American families with the tools that they need to make choices that will reduce costs and save energy. Every time families fill up their...
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Solar Gains Steam in Asia and U.S.
The solar industry is gaining steam in both Asia and the U.S. This week, two large deals were signed that signal strategic growth for the solar energy industry. Suntech, the world’s largest producer of...
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A Little Help Goes a Long Way for Clean Tech Company
Ask Dr. Riccardo Signorelli, CEO of clean-technology company FastCAP Systems, what role the government may have had in getting his business off the ground and his answer is brief. “The American...
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Congress Introduces New Energy Efficiency Legislation
Contrary to common belief that nothing is really happening in green building at the Congressional level these days, I provide the following two counterexamples. An amendment to the Senate...
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Increasing Energy Security
There is a lot of discussion lately about domestic energy production and American energy security. For the Obama Administration, moving towards the goal of energy independence has been a clear...
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Hurricane Sandy Relief Bill "Blows In" Opportunity for States to Adopt Better...
The fifty billion dollar (yes, that’s $50,000,000,000) Hurricane Sandy Relief Bill (the "Relief Bill") is headed to President Obama’s desk for his signature. The Full Text of the bill is available...
View ArticleRevitalizing American Manufacturing
Ed. Note: Cross posted from the Energy Blog. Some people think our economy can run on white collar and service jobs alone, but they are wrong. We can and must make high quality products in America....
View ArticleCleantech Stimulus Still Not Stimulating
The stimulus bill along with the $31B cleantech element focused on grants and loan guarantees through the Department of Energy was passed into law over 18 months ago. About a year ago I wrote about how...
View ArticleKicking Off National Energy Awareness Month
As you may know, the beginning of October marks the beginning National Energy Awareness Month, a national effort to underscore how central energy is to our national prosperity, security, and...
View ArticleOregon Charges Ahead With World’s Largest EV Network
Oregon electric vehicle fleet is getting a boost with the expansion of electric vehicle charging stations. The northwestern metropolitan areas of Portland, Salem, Corvallis and Eugene are playing host...
View ArticleGoing Electric at the Paris Motor Show
At the Paris Motor Show today, electric cars are everywhere. Chevrolet is showing off the Volt, its plug-in hybrid due in U.S. showrooms this December. (Motown music blared as a Chevy rep told me all...
View ArticleEV Industry Recovery Funds Not Stimulating — Yet
In August of 2009, the White House announced a stimulus package worth $2.4 billion to move the electric vehicle industry closer to commercialization. The bulk of the money went to companies involved in...
View ArticleThe Sad Tale Of PACE Greenlining
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) sued the Feds this week to reinstate the PACE program. The PACE program was a component of the Recovery Act which ...
View ArticleNative Americans Turn to the Sun (Solar Energy, That Is)
Native American solar energy firm wins IREC award for solar training initiative.
View ArticleLame Duck Congress to Take Action on Grants?
Will the political change in Washington spell doom for meaningful progress in clean tech? That’s the question being asked by many since the mid-term election swept a Republican majority into power in...
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