How to Get the Feds' Efficient IT Funds

Earth2Tech (Jun 4 2009) Servers

1. For green IT, this week started out with a bang, with the announcement that the stimulus package would provide $50 million in federal grants for energy-efficient information and communication technologies. Now the details of the program are starting to roll in. The Department of Energy will distribute the funds as part of a larger $256 million grant program for industrial efficiency. Combined heat and power, district energy and waste energy recovery projects will get $156 million, and advanced materials development will get the remaining $50 million. On Wednesday, the agency posted the Federal Opportunity Announcement, detailing plans to provide 5 to 15 grants of up to $10 million each for efficient IT and communication tech. The DOE, noting that “electricity consumed in data centers and telecom systems is already 3 percent of the U.S. total and growing rapidly,” says it will be looking to fund technologies that can deliver ... (Read Full Article)

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