President Obama has announced 48 projects for advanced batteries and electric-drive vehicles that were selected by DOE to receive $2.4 billion in Recovery Act funds. The funds will go to the leading companies for advanced batteries and electric drives, as well as the major U.S. automakers.

DOE has awarded $377 million to 46 new Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs), including $277 million in Recovery Act funding. Sixteen EFRCs received five years of funding up-front from the Recovery Act to study solar energy, biofuels, solid-state lighting, hydrogen production, and other energy technologies.

The Recovery Act is currently funding the construction of a transmission line in the Pacific Northwest that will carry 575 megawatts of wind power. A number of transmission projects are under development throughout the West and Midwest to carry renewable energy to cities.

It may be obvious that you can buy a throw rug made from biological materials, but can you buy biobased transformer fluids and concrete sealers? Yes, you can! The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to offer companies a voluntary label that will help you identify such products.

DOE's Energy Information Administration (EIA) tackled energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in its "Short-Term Energy Outlook" for the first time in August, projecting a 5% drop in 2009. That follows a 3.2% drop in 2008, but don't expect the trend to continue: the EIA expects an increase in 2010.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Energy announced a program to award $2.3 billion in tax credits for manufacturers of advanced energy equipment.

President Obama has announced 48 projects for advanced batteries and electric-drive vehicles that were selected by DOE to receive $2.4 billion in Recovery Act funds. The funds will go to the leading companies for advanced batteries and electric drives, as well as the major U.S. automakers.

DOE announced on August 13 its award of up to $13.6 million in multi-year funding for new clean energy projects on tribal lands. In addition to the Alaskan villages, the funding will go to tribes and in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Washington, and Wisconsin.

DOE Secretary Steven Chu today announced more than $119 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in Alabama, American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, North Dakota, and Wyoming.

It may be obvious that you can buy a throw rug made from biological materials, but can you buy biobased transformer fluids and concrete sealers? Yes, you can! The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to offer companies a voluntary label that will help you identify such products.

DOE's Energy Information Administration (EIA) tackled energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in its "Short-Term Energy Outlook" for the first time in August, projecting a 5% drop in 2009. That follows a 3.2% drop in 2008, but don't expect the trend to continue: the EIA expects an increase in 2010.

Washington, DC - As part of its efforts to improve the nation's energy security and electricity reliability, today Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced nearly $38 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to improve state emergency preparedness plans and ensure quick recovery and restoration from any energy supply disruptions.

RICHLAND, Wash.-With the construction of the Waste Treatment Plant at the Hanford Site behind him, Secretary Chu joined Washington Governor Gregoire, Oregon Governor Kulongoski, Washington Attorney General McKenna, U.S. Senators Murray and Cantwell, acting U.S. Assistant Attorney General Cruden and other officials today to announce a proposed legal settlement that will impose a new, enforceable and achievable schedule for tank waste cleanup at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State.

Richmond, Wash. - With the goal of bringing new jobs and green power to the West, Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the start of the McNary-John Day transmission project in Washington and Oregon, which will be funded by $343 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Energy and climate change will be an important element of the trilateral discussions at the North American Leaders Summit, to be held in Guadalajara, Mexico, on August 9-10, 2009.

Dr. Ryne P. Raffaelle has been named director of the National Center for Photovoltaics at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Raffaelle most recently has been Academic Director for the Golisano Institute for Sustainability and Director of the NanoPower Research Laboratory at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in New York.

The Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion (CRSP) and the Renewable Energy Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (REMRSEC) have announced an important affiliation that will add value to both centers and enhance their work on solar energy research.

An ultra-accelerated weathering system, a parabolic trough solar concentrating collector, and a microbattery -- all developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) -- were honored today as top 100 innovations for 2009 by R&D Magazine.