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Advanced Hydropower Gets New Funding from DOE and Interior Departments

By Chris de Morsella on September 7, 2011 Comments Off on Advanced Hydropower Gets New Funding from DOE and Interior Departments Advanced Hydropower, Bureau of Reclamation, chris de morsella, clean energy, dam, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, DOE, environmental, hydro, hydroelectricity, hydropower, hydropower technology, ken salazar, micro-hydro, pumped hydro, pumped storage, renewable energy, renewable energy resource, reservoir, river ecology, run of the river hydro, Steven Chu, sustainability, sustainable

Reports on new funding by the DOE and the Department of Interior for various advanced hydro projects, including sustainable run of the river hydro and pumped storage as well. The announced $17 million in funding over the next three years is targeted for research and development projects to advance hydropower technology.

WIND ENERGY UPDATE: Offshore Wind Gets Major Boost, American Wind Energy Association Annual Wind Industry Report, Construction Begins on New South Texas Wind Farm, Seattle Company Proposes Floating Wind Farms

By Chris de Morsella on April 22, 2009 Comments Off on WIND ENERGY UPDATE: Offshore Wind Gets Major Boost, American Wind Energy Association Annual Wind Industry Report, Construction Begins on New South Texas Wind Farm, Seattle Company Proposes Floating Wind Farms American Wind Energy Association, AWEA, California, clean energy, CPS Energy, deep-water offshore wind energy, demonstration platform, Department of the Interior, E.ON, E.ON Climate & Renewables, Earth Day, easements, EC&R, Energy Policy Act of 2005, energy security, environmentally responsible, environmentally responsible renewable energy development, Federal Register, floating windmills, framework, German, grant leases, Iowa, ken salazar, Minerals Management Service, MMS, OCS, off-shore wind farms, offshore deep water wind, offshore energy sector, offshore wind energy, Paplote Creek wind farm, Portugal, President Barack Obama, president obama, Principle Power, renewable energy, renewable energy development, renewable energy production, rights-of-way, San Antonio, San Patricio County, Seattle, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary Salazar, Texas, U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, WA, wind, wind energy, wind power, wind turbine, wind turbine tower, wind turbine tower manufacturing plant

Offshore Wind Gets Major Boost with announcement by President Obama that the Department of the Interior has finalized a long-awaited framework for renewable energy production on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Wind energy continues rapid growth according to new report from the American Wind Energy Association. The US has surpassed 25 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind energy capacity in 2008. Construction of a new wind farm has begun in Texas. Seatle firm proposes floating offshore wind farms.

The Stimulus Bill Includes Numerous Green Initiatives – Find Out Exactly What They Are

By Tracey de Morsella on March 16, 2009 4 Comments American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Department of Agriculture, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Labor, Department of the Interior, Department of Transportation, Diesel Emissions Reduction, energy efficiency, Energy-related tax incentives, green infrastructure, renewable energy, Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanup

The economic recovery package contains $78.6 billion in clean energy, energy efficiency, environmental and green transportation funding. There are also energy-related tax incentives. Prior to signing the bill, Obama spoke of how the United States can now convert crisis into opportunity, like making the country more energy efficient, and how he would like to see the nation’s amount of renewable energy doubled in the next three years.