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Waste to
Energy Opportunities in Wastewater
Treatment Facilities utilizing Anaerobic
Digester and CHP Concepts and
Technologies Webinar
The National Association of State
Energy Offices (NASEO), in conjunction
with the Association of State Energy
Research and Technology Transfer
Institutions (ASERTTI) and the U.S. EPA
Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
Partnership, invites the State Energy
Offices to participate in a 90 minute
webinar on energy efficiency
opportunities available for wastewater
treatment facilities (WWTF) utilizing
the generated biogas from the wastewater
treatment process through anaerobic
digesters. The webinar will take place
on September 22, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Central. Please
click here fore more information and
to register for the event.
Secretary
Chu Announces Completion of Critical
Energy Conservation Appliance Standards
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu
announced that the Department of Energy
has completed energy efficiency
standards for a critical group of
appliances that will together save up to
1.1 billion metric tons of carbon
dioxide once in effect. In February
2009, President Obama visited the
Department of Energy to emphasize the
importance of quickening the pace of
energy conservation standards for
appliances, while continuing to meet
legal and statutory deadlines. The
minimum energy efficiency standards for
beverage vending machines – the last of
the five energy conservation standards –
were published in the Federal Register.
Please
click here to view the final rule,
as issued by the Secretary of Energy on
August 7, 2009. Please
click here to view the full press
release. For more information on
appliance standards visit the
Appliance Standards Awareness Project.
DOE Announces $37
Million for Small Business Research and
Technology
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu
announced $37 million in funding from
the Recovery Act will be made available
to qualified small businesses through
the Department’s Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small
Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
programs. The funding announcement
emphasizes the Department’s commitment
to developing near-term, clean energy
technologies while allowing small
businesses take part in the new
industrial revolution that the
sustainable energy economy will bring.
The deadline for submission of
applications is September 4, 2009, at
8:00 p.m. EST. Approximately $8.5
million is expected to be available for
new Phase I awards. Successful
applicants may receive up to $150,000
for a Phase I grant for a period of six
months to demonstrate the feasibility of
the ideas that appear to have commercial
potential. Please
click here for more information
about DOE’s SBIR and STTR programs. To
view the full press release, please
click here.
Treasury,
Energy Announce $500 Million in Awards
for Clean Energy Projects
Marking a major milestone in the
effort to spur private sector
investments in clean energy and create
new jobs for America’s workers, Treasury
Secretary Tim Geithner and Energy
Secretary Steven Chu announced $502
million in the first round of awards
from an American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) program
that provides cash assistance to energy
production companies in place of earned
tax credits. The new funding creates
additional upfront capital, enabling
companies to create jobs and begin
construction that may have been stalled
until now. Please
click here for the full story.
DOE Selects
Biofuels Projects to Receive up to $21
Million in Funding
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary
Steven Chu announced that up to $21
million will be made available for the
selection of five projects that will
develop supply systems to handle and
deliver high tonnage biomass feedstocks
for cellulosic biofuels production. The
awards announced are part of the
department’s ongoing efforts to reduce
U.S. dependence on foreign oil, spur the
creation of the domestic bio-industry
and provide new jobs in many rural areas
of the country. For more detail on the
awards and to view the full release,
please
click here. |
