Tag: Department of Energy
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Solar Photovoltaic System Installation Costs on the Decline
The installed cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the United States fell substantially in 2010 and into the first half of 2011, according to the latest edition of an annual PV cost tracking report released by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). More…
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Solar Photovoltaic System Installation Costs on the Decline
The installed cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the United States fell substantially in 2010 and into the first half of 2011, according to the latest edition of an annual PV cost tracking report released by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). More…
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Five Energy Company Pioneers
Vice President Joe Biden announced a milestone for the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) at the National Clean Energy Summit 4.0. Five pioneering energy companies have attracted more than $100 million in outside private capital investment. These energy innovators could change the way Americans use and produce energy. More…
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Standard 90.1-2007 Established as National Reference Standard for Federal, Commercial Buildings
Commercial and high-rise residential and federal buildings must now meet requirements in ASHRAE/IESNA’s 2007 energy efficiency standard, under recent rulings issued by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) that finds the standard saves more energy than the 2004 version. More…
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Maine Gets Funding for Huge Wind Turbine Project
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the Department of Energy finalized a $102 million loan to Record Hill Wind, LLC. The loan guarantee, in conjunction with an investment by the Yale University Endowment, will support the Record Hill…