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DOE Releases $60 Million More for Small Businesses In Clean Energy Innovation Projects

At a White House Energy Innovation meeting, Under Secretary of Energy Kristina Johnson announced that $60 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is available to continue supporting innovative small business research and development leading to deployment of clean energy technologies.  This is a Phase II funding opportunity under the Department’s Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program for companies... Read More

$90M Clean Energy Program Announced For California

California Energy Commission announced the $90 million Clean Energy Manufacturing Program that will strengthen California’s leadership in clean energy by providing financing to manufacturers. The Clean Energy Manufacturing Program will combine two programs that offer California-based clean energy businesses a combination of financing options including grants, loans, loan guarantees, tax-exempt financing, production incentives, sales tax incentives and credit enhancements. The... Read More

Dept. Of Energy Invests $12M In Young Solar Technologies

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will invest up to $12 million in total funding – $10 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – in four companies to support the development of early stage solar energy technologies and help them advance to full commercial scale. The goal of this effort is to help further expand a clean energy economy and make solar energy more cost-competitive... Read More

Federal Funds Will Make Pennsylvania a Leader in Solar Power

$9.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding gives eight large-scale solar projects in Pennsylvania funding that will create jobs while generating clean energy. This  $9.5 million investment through the federal Recovery Act is intended to help to make possible the support of eight projects that will put 149 people to work, stimulate another $46 million in private investments and, once completed, will generate enough electricity to power 1,200 homes annually. The... Read More