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EERE Network News
Sun Apr 24 04:21:56 EDT 2011
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DOE Launches Advanced Car Competition for Universities - DOE has officially launched the EcoCAR2 competition in partnership with General Motors. Teams from universities will compete in a three-year engineering challenge to reduce the environmental impact of an existing car.

DOE Labs Join to Develop Next-Generation Cool Roofs - Two of DOE's national laboratories will join with The Dow Chemical Company to research ways to improve cool roof efficiency by more than 50% over existing technologies.

DOE Rolls Out Program to Promote Electric Vehicles - To help cut dependence on foreign oil and reach the administration's goal of 1 million advanced technology vehicles by 2015, DOE is taking new steps to promote electric vehicles.

California CSP Plant Gets $2.1 Billion DOE Loan Guarantee - A California concentrating solar power (CSP) project that will create an estimated 1,000 jobs and avoid more than 710,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually has received a $2.1 billion conditional loan guarantee from DOE.

PNNL Study: Algae Could Replace 17% of U.S. Oil Imports - DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has released a new study that biofuels from U.S.-grown algae could replace 17% of the United States’ imported oil for transportation.

King County, Washington, Is Charging Up Savings - Using a DOE Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant, King County, Washington, has been able to make an array of public and commercial energy efficiency upgrades, including the installation of electric vehicle charging stations.

DOE Partners to Test Advanced Energy Technologies for Utilities - DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has signed a partnership deal that focuses on the electric power utility industries in the United States and abroad to identify opportunities for testing and deploying ARPA-E funded grid projects.

United States and Qatar Sign Clean Energy MOU - DOE and Qatar have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen their collaboration on research and deployment of clean energy technologies.

Ohio State University Readies for its Encore at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 - After finishing in tenth place during the Solar Decathlon in 2009, the Ohio State University team is planning a bigger, more efficient house for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011.

Interior Approves Cape Wind Offshore Construction and Operations Plan - The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved a construction and operations plan for the Cape Wind offshore wind power project in Nantucket Sound. Construction could begin by fall.