California solar project gets $1.4 billion U.S. guarantee

Explore Technology News (Feb 23 2010) Fossil Fuel

...40,000 California homes, giving it the heft to compete with plants fueled by coal and natural gas. President Obama's administration has touted green energy investments as a way to create jobs and increase internati......uids to create steam in turbines and generate electricity. The conditional loan guarantees from the U.S. Department of Energy, the largest federal loan commitment offered to a renewable energy firm, would help BrightSource ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Barack Obama   Steven Chu

Uncle Sam wants green data centers - by Doug Mohney

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Oct 28 2009) Emissions , Servers

...rnment with multiple agencies agreeing to pool resources?  Technology-flavored agencies such as the Department of Energy, the EPA, and NASA don't have a problem working together, but it is unlikely we'll see the Department of Health and Human Services sharing a data center with the Department of Defense or Treasury.  In some cases, agencies may move to outsource some times of operations to... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Barack Obama   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Department of Energy

Strong Cabinet Support For Emissions Bill

Explore OfficialWire (Oct 28 2009) Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions

...sion called "cap and trade." The mechanism has been criticized by opponents as a secret carbon tax. U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu testified Tuesday alongside other top Obama administration officials, includin......king, about 95 percent of the things, we agree on," Chu said. Even with the panel of U.S. President Barack Obama's top environmental and energy officials on hand, Republican senators did not remain to ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Barack Obama   Steven Chu   Department of Energy

Google's warm reception for secretary of energy

Explore Technology News (Oct 26 2009) Power and Cooling , Emissions , Servers

...oogle hosted an event for employees Monday featuring Steven Chu, the U.S. secretary of energy under President Obama and a man Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said "may become one of the most influential scientists of o......oblems and improving safety. Those were minor policy disagreements, however: Google and the current Department of Energy are definitely friends. Schmidt called Chu one of his heroes, and Chu praised Google's work ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Google   Yahoo

Clean-Energy Execs Take Pitch for Climate Bill to White House

Explore The New York Times (Oct 8 2009) Carbon Footprint , Emissions

...islation in Congress. By signing the comprehensive climate and energy legislation in coming months, President Obama would help pressure China, India and other developing countries to agree to binding emissions reduc......d in this next Industrial Revolution," Chu warned. He used the occasion to announce that the Energy Department will provide up to $750 million from the stimulus law to accelerate the development of conventional... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   U.N.   John Kerry   Barack Obama

Obama Orders Federal IT To Get Greener

Explore InformationWeek (Oct 7 2009) Carbon Footprint , Emissions

...at what we do with IT with a new eye," said Jeff Eagan, electronics stewardship coordinator for the Department of Energy, during a panel discussion at 1105 Media's Virtualization, Cloud Computing & Green IT Summit in Was......dia's Virtualization, Cloud Computing & Green IT Summit in Washington. An executive order signed by President Obama requires that federal agencies take further steps to ensure that their IT purchases are energy effi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Barack Obama   Department of Energy

Stimulus Money May Finally Flow To Green Energy

Explore Forbes.com (Jul 9 2009) Construction , Wind

...green energy business are about to get their promised boost from the economic stimulus package that President Obama signed into law in February. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday announced rules tha......the green energy business, leaving developers to look for new sources of investment. Under Treasury Department guidelines, the Department of Energy will disburse cash grants worth 30% of upfront costs for projects that start construction by the en... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Barack Obama   Department of Energy

What The Pickens Fiasco Means To Green

Explore Forbes.com (Jul 8 2009) Wind

...ar resources are often located in rural areas far from major transmission backbones. A year ago the Department of Energy released a roadmap by which the U.S. would generate 20% of its electricity from wind by the year 20...... electricity from wind by the year 2030. The critical bottleneck in the plan would be transmission. DOE said a nationwide network of high-voltage power lines would suffice to get all ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Barack Obama   Department of Energy