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Environmental Leader: Federal Grants to Spur Clean-Tech, Smart Grid Innovations
Greentech Media: All Content: DOE’s $3.4B Smart Grid Grant Program: The Winners
Green Car Congress: Obama Announces $3.4B Investment in Smart Grid Technologies and Projects
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President Obama announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history http://ow.ly/B4BH #eco 23 days ago |
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A "smart" opportunity for Startups... RT @horizontec: Obama announces $3.4 billion in #Smart Grid investments http://bit.ly/3T5rsg #startup 11/1/2009 |
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Obama announces $3.4 billion in Smart Grid investments http://www.energy.gov/news2009/8216.htm #SmartGrid 10/31/2009 |
Federal Grants to Spur Clean-Tech, Smart Grid Innovations
Environmental Leader —
... turn their ideas into multibillion-dollar companies, reports the San Jose Mercury News. The grants are managed through the recently established Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The first round of funding for a total of $151 million was given to 37 projects in small business, research groups and large corporations, reports the San Jose Mercury News. The agency received total initial funding of $400 million under the federal stimulus act. President Barack Obama also announced $3.4 billion in government grants to help build a “smart” electric grid that will ...
DOE’s $3.4B Smart Grid Grant Program: The Winners
Greentech Media: All Content —
The Department of Energy on Tuesday named 100 smart grid projects as winners of $3.4 billion in stimulus grants and it looks like the smart meter industry is going to be happy. That's because a lot of that money is going to deploy two-way communicating electricity meters to customers, according to ...
Obama Announces $3.4B Investment in Smart Grid Technologies and Projects
Green Car Congress —
... Speaking at Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, President Barack Obama announced $3.4 billion in grant awards to 100 private companies, utilities, manufacturers, cities and other partners—the largest single energy grid modernization investment in US history—to fund a broad range of smart grid technologies and projects. ...
Green Numbers round-up 10/30/2009
GreenMonk: the blog —
President Obama Announces $3.4 Billion Investment to Spur Transition to Smart Energy Grid
“Speaking at Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, President Barack Obama today announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history, funding a broad range of technologies that will spur the nation’s transition to a smarter, stronger, more efficient and reliable electric system. The end result will promote energy-saving choices for consumers, increase efficiency, and foster ...
US Smart Grid future looking bright?
GreenMonk: the blog —
... to 100 companies, utilities, manufacturers, cities and other partners in 49 states — every state except Alaska….
The winning companies have secured an additional $4.7 billion in private money to match their government grants, creating $8.1 billion in total investment in the smart grid.
Full listings of the grant awards by category and state are available here and here. A map of the awards is available here.
The announcement includes:
$1 billion for smart meters and in-home display ...
Wanted: Smart Workers for Smart Grid
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
Monday Nov 2nd Energy and Sustainability show
GreenMonk: the blog —
... and mech installer Vg
Mon, 2 Nov, 17:05 Tom Raftery : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/6484379/European-satellite-launched-to-explore-climate-change.html
Mon, 2 Nov, 17:05 Daithi : I havent ..I know gtrat great
Mon, 2 Nov, 17:06 Tom Raftery : http://www.lowcarboneconomy.com/community_content/_low_carbon_news/7731/rss
Mon, 2 Nov, 17:06 Joe Garde : trinity are also involved – solar flares
Mon, 2 Nov, 17:07 Tom Raftery : http://www.energy.gov/news2009/8216.htm
Mon, 2 Nov, 17:10 Joe Garde : btw “The ...
Smart Grid Sector Gaining Traction from Stimulus Funds
Alternative Energy Stocks —
... connectivity devices and
solutions. Companies that buy Digi’s products integrate them into
completed solution systems, much like Dell
(Nasdaq:Dell) does when it builds a laptop. In addition, Digi sells
industrial automation equipment, converter interfaces for utility
company networks, and legacy equipment to healthcare facilities, and
retail stores. In October smart grid companies got a major boost when the Obama Administration announced $3.4 billion in grants
from
the 2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act for smart grid
technology. The ...
