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Power from the Desert: Blueprint Ready in China

Megan Hahn — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:13:45 +0000

The second pole was recently switched on, raising the transmission capacity to 5,000 megawatts or roughly the generating capacity of five large power plants…

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DOE Announces New Opportunities to Improve Commercial Building Energy Efficiency

Megan Hahn — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:25:56 +0000

part of an ongoing effort by DOE to improve the energy efficiency of buildings in the United States…

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DOE Takes Steps to Implement Cool Roofs across the Federal Government

Megan Hahn — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:12:19 +0000

As part of the new efforts, DOE will install a cool roof, whenever cost effective over the lifetime of the roof…

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Report: Home Size is Declining, Energy Efficiency a Factor

Megan Hahn — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:08:45 +0000

The size of new U.S. single-family homes completed in 2009 declined, dropping to a nationwide average of 2,438 square feet and reversing trend of the past three decades…

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FTA Study: $77.7 Billion Needed to Bring Nation’s Rail and Bus Transit Systems into ‘State of Good Repair’

Administrator — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:34:53 +0000

2010 Review Expands Upon Earlier Survey; Provides More Complete Assessment of Repair Backlog of Nation’s Transit Systems…

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DOE Awards $92 Million for Groundbreaking Energy Research Projects

Megan Hahn — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:09:10 +0000

Projects to improve uses and produces energy, increasing competitiveness in grid-scale energy storage for renewables, power electronics, buildings efficiency…

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Obama Promotes Clean Energy Economy, while republicans continue with no plan of their own

Megan Hahn — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:55:18 +0000

Obama says, “republican leadership just don’t get it.”…

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Honda Announces Pricing at U.S. Dealers for CR-Z Hybrid Coupe

Megan Hahn — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:44:01 +0000

The two-passenger, gasoline-electric hybrid has a 1.5-liter i-VTEC 4-cylinder engine with a 10-kilowatt Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) system to supply power and efficiency…

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DOE Announces More Than $76 Million for Advanced Energy-Efficient Building Technologies and Commercial Building Training Programs

Megan Hahn — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:16:54 +0000

to support advanced energy-efficient building technology projects and the development of training programs for commercial building equipment technicians, building operators, and energy auditors…

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City of angels becoming city of LED lights

Megan Hahn — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:42:05 +0000

The program anticipated a 40-percent energy savings, but it has been even more with energy savings at 55 percent, so it’s already exceeding our program goals…

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Energy Star Helps Auto Plants Improve Energy Efficiency

Megan Hahn — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:23:50 +0000

The report, Assessing Improvement in the Energy Efficiency of U.S. Auto Assembly Plants, links importance of performance measurement and recognition for top performance…

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Obama’s Weatherization Program Gets a $27 Million Boost from Recovery Act, 27 States Benefit

Megan Hahn — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:16:21 +0000

These projects will provide green job training for local workers in energy efficiency retrofitting and weatherization services…

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DOE Announces Up To $5 Million to Fund Superior Energy Performance Program Administrator

Megan Hahn — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:54:25 +0000

This program will make it possible for industrial facilities to achieve continual improvements in energy efficiency…

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Spring 2010 Issue of Energy Matters Now Available

Megan Hahn — Sat, 29 May 2010 19:26:10 +0000

newsletter provides in-depth articles to help industry professionals save energy, reduce costs, and increase productivity…

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President Obama Orders Fuel Efficiency Standards for Trucks

Megan Hahn — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:55:23 +0000

President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum, directing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Transportation to create first national policy to increase fuel efficiency…

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DOE Helps Accelerate Energy Efficiency in Industries on Gulf Coast

Megan Hahn — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:42:18 +0000

Forum help manufactures on critical energy efficiency projects designed for businesses in the region improve their competitiveness while advancing clean energy goals…

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International Energy Outlook 2010: Highlights

Megan Hahn — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:14:35 +0000

An assessment by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the outlook for international energy markets through 2035…

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DOE Announces Funding for Core Technology Research and Product Development in Solid-State Lighting

Megan Hahn — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:52:56 +0000

The funding is directed toward two existing DOE SSL research and development program areas for Core Technology Research…

EIA has released 12 new State Rankings pages that display charts and maps

Administrator — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:15:48 +0000

EIA has released 12 new State Rankings pages that display charts and maps ordered by data value. The rankings cover energy production, consumption, and price, as well as carbon dioxide emissions from electric power plants, as follows:
Total Energy Production
Crude Oil Production
Natural Gas Marketed Production
Coal Production
Total Net Electricity Generation
Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Electric Power Producers
Total Energy [...]

Joint U.S.-China Building Efficiency Planned

Administrator — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:54:03 +0000

Under the agreement, the United States and China will exchange experts and technicians to learn from each other’s experiences with efficient building technologies…

Microsoft to soon launch Hohm

Megan Hahn — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:00:22 +0000

Hohm is a new free online application from Microsoft lets you spend time micromanaging your home energy consumption…

California to require sun-blocking car windows

Megan Hahn — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:52:16 +0000

The new regulation is meant to keep cars cooler, cutting the need for air conditioning, saving energy and reducing emissions that contribute to global warming, the agency says…

Cities use LED street lights to cut energy costs

Administrator — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:03:12 +0000

Cities across the country are turning to light-emitting diode (LED) street lights to save energy and money….

Size of U.S. coal supply called into question

Administrator — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:02:28 +0000

Estimates that the Gillette field contains 201 billion tons of coal, but environmental rules and the physical challenge of extraction puts much of the coal beyond economic reach…

DOE Sets New Lighting Standards and Invests in Efficient Buildings

Administrator — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:24:35 +0000

Standards apply to general service fluorescent lamps, used in most offices and commercial buildings, and incandescent reflector lamps, used for recessed lighting and track lighting…