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ARPA-E Funding Still Falls Short

July 20, 2011 by Teryn Norris
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On Friday, the House of Representatives voted on its final version of the 2012 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill. In terms of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) — the Department of Energy’s flagship energy innovation program — the good news is that advocates were able to boost the budget from $100... [read more]

CEOs to Washington: Spend on energy R&D!

June 10, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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Can a massive government spending program bring us closer to a clean energy economy and help fight climate change? Absolutely, say some of the America’s most powerful CEOs and ex-CEOs, capitalists all. Microsoft’s Bill Gates,  Jeff Immelt of GE, Ursula Burns of Xerox, Tim Solso of Cummins and former CEOs Chad Holliday of DuPont and... [read more]

2011 DOE nuclear R&D budget

February 1, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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Situation not as dire as predicted, but overall funding level is unchanged Two weeks ago advocates of funding for nuclear energy R&D came unglued when a trade newsletter reported that the budget for this work for 2011 has been slashed to ribbons by OMB. Notices of the death of the nuclear R&D budget, as laid out in a strongly-... [read more]

Chu Fights Back -- R&D Push Gets Support from Bingaman and Gates

January 22, 2010 by Breakthrough Institute
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By Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus Neinstein: Senator Diane Feinstein is the latest senior Democratic Senator to politely but increasingly loudly say, cap and trade "isn't going to go ahead at this time." After receiving no help from the White House to secure the $15 billion in annual energy R&D investment Obama promised... [read more]

President Obama Promises New National Committment to Science and Innovation

April 27, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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Originally posted at the Breakthrough InstituteThe United States will restore its standing as the most innovative nation in the world, President Obama declared at a major speech on science, innovation, and education policy delivered today at the National Academies of Science in Washington D.C.The President pledged to implement policies... [read more]

Why We Must Make Clean Energy Cheap

March 23, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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Renewing America’s economy, responding to the threat of global climate change, and finally securing the nation’s energy independence all compel the transformation of United States energy system. Accomplishing this transformation requires the rapid development and deployment of a suite of clean, affordable, and scalable energy... [read more]

Dept. of Energy Selects Grid R&D Projects

April 29, 2008 by Tim Hurst
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it will contribute $50 million in federal funding to nine demonstration projects to modernize the nation's electrical energy grid, with the goal of reducing the peak load electricity demand by 15 percent over five years. The list of demonstration projects are as follows: 1.Allegheny... [read more]