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Chu's Wish List: Cap-and-Trade and Cheaper Solar
Greentech Media: All Content — ... desperately needs to fund more clean energy programs. In fact, Obama's proposed budget includes revenue from a cap-and-trade program, which he estimates would send $646 billion to the government coffers from 2012 to 2019. "I look forward to working with others in the Administration, this Committee, and the Congress to meet the President's goal of legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America," said Chu, speaking from a prepared statement. "Such legislation will provide the framework for ...

Cleantech ticker: 6 March 2009
Greenbang — ... Testifying before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources yesterday, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the key to the nation’s energy security lies with the development of non-food-based biofuels, energy-dense auto batteries, cheaper photovoltaics, computer design tools for energy-efficient buildings and large-scale energy storage systems for variable renewable power sources like wind and solar; ...

The Clean Energy Revolution Will (Have to) Be Collaborative
Earth2Tech — ... “The key to our prosperity in the 21st century lies in our ability to nurture our intellectual capital in science and engineering” to produce “breakthroughs on energy,” DOE chief Chu said earlier this year, as we did with semiconductors, computers and biotech. But entrepreneurs hoping to capitalize on this international nurturing — even those with killer IP — face a ticking clock and fierce competition. As VantagePoint Venture Partners CEO and Managing Partner ...