Filed under: CleanTech, Climate Change, Green Building, Sustainability | Tags: DOE, Energy Star, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Standards, Sustainability Practices, Wind
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced that it has launched a “Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative.” This is a combined effort of the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy and DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office. The initiative has the two pronged objective of increasing U.S. manufacturing competitiveness (1) in the production of clean energy products, and (2) by increasing energy productivity. (more…)
On February 8, 2013, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new database that includes the results of environmental monitoring and research efforts on wave, tidal, and current renewable energy. The new database is called (more…)
Filed under: Climate Change | Tags: Carbon, Caselaw, DOE, EPA, GHG, Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Late last year, in Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (by a 6 to 2 vote) rejected petitions seeking to rehear en banc a three judge panel’s unanimous per curiam decision to uphold the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Act (CAA) greenhouse gas “tailoring” rule. (more…)
Filed under: CleanTech, Sustainability | Tags: Alternative Energy, Department of Energy, DOE, Incentives, Solar, Wind
In response to concerns about severe shortages of rare earth metals needed for clean energy applications, on January 9, 2013, the Department of Energy announced the formation of a Critical Materials Institute (more…)
Filed under: Climate Change, Sustainability | Tags: Alternative Energy, DOE, Renewable Energy, Solar
On December 17, the Department of Energy announced the availability of $20 million in new funding for projects designed to integrate Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems with fossil fuel power plants. CSP technology involves a hybrid approach, in which solar-generated electricity is integrated into the infrastructure of existing fossil fuel plants, reducing costs and bringing new solar power on line more quickly. The new funding will support two to four projects and is part of DOE’s Sunshot program. (more…)
