Peace Corps to Tackle Grassroots Energy Issues

The Peace Corps announced late last month that the U.S. Department of State will provide $1 million to fund the program in support of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA). The money will help Peace Corps efforts that increase rural access to energy, mitigate the effects of climate change, and support the use of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies in Central and South American communities.

USDA grants and loans to help rural energy needs – Telegraph-Herald (Dubuque, IA)

A total of $3,644,395 in loan guarantees and $2,935,920 in grants will be coming to 61 Iowa farms from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The funding is administered under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which assists farmers, ranchers and rural small businesses in developing

National Ocean Energy R&D Center Located in Florida

The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced that it was designating the Center for Ocean Energy Technology (COET) at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) a nation center for ocean energy R&D and naming it the Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC).

DOE Releases Annual Wind Market Report

Report Finds U.S. Wind Projects using a Growing Percentage of Domestically Manufactured Equipment

August 4, 2010 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released its “2009 Wind Technologies Market Report.” This report, authored primarily by DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, provides a comprehensive overview of trends in the rapidly-evolving U.S. wind power market. <<Full story>>

Caltech to test solar fuel with energy grant – Los Angeles Daily News

RESEARCH: Scientists will check feasibility of clean power. PASADENA – Science is one step closer to solving the energy crisis, and the technology might be as close as your DVD player. The U.S. Department of Energy will award $122 million over the next five years to scientists at Caltech and UC

THE TICKER – Boston Herald (Boston, MA)

** Air support: Boston-based First Wind secured a $117 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy for its wind farm development in Hawaii that will create 200 jobs and power 7,700 Oahu homes. ** Tribe in Taunton: Tribe Mediterranean Foods unveiled the expansion of its hummus-making

Caltech gets $122 million award to research solar energy – Pasadena Star-News (Pasadena, Ca)

PASADENA – Caltech will get $122 million over the next five years to
develop cutting-edge technologies for converting sunlight into fuel, the U.S.
Department of Energy announced Thursday. The funding will establish an Energy Innovation Hub at the California
Institute of Technology in Pasadena -

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GARY LOCKE REMARKS AT CLEAN ENERGY MINISTERIAL PUBLIC FORUM, AS RELEASED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE – Political Transcript Wire

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GARY LOCKE REMARKS AT CLEAN ENERGY
MINISTERIAL PUBLIC FORUM, AS RELEASED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE JULY 20, 2010 SPEAKER: SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GARY LOCKE I’d like to thank you all for coming, and to thank my colleague Steven
Chu for hosting this

Solazyme Delivers Algae Jet Fuel to US Navy

Solazyme Inc. has delivered 1,500 gallons of 100% algae-based jet fuel for the U.S. Navy’s testing and certification program. The U.S. Navy has previously announced the objective to operate at least 50% of its fleet on clean, renewable fuel by 2020. The delivery fulfills a contract awarded to Solazyme by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in September 2009.

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: FIU competing to be build best solar- powered house in U.S. – The Miami Herald

Florida International University is gearing up to design and build an
affordable, solar-powered house after being chosen by the U.S. Department of
Energy to compete in its 2011 Solar Decathlon. The decathlon includes 20 national and international universities, 18 months
of design and construction,