A little more than a month after his task force told him it would take a year to get a proposed high-risk, $415 million clean energy research program up and running, Energy Secretary Steven Chu is proceeding with plans to launch the so-called Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, or ARPA-E, in half a year or less. [...]
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DOE Doling Out Cash for High-Risk Green Tech
Posted in GREEN GOVERNMENT, Uncategorized, tagged ARPA-E, DOE, High-Risk Green Tech on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tech Professionals Starting to See Some Green
Posted in GREEN GOVERNMENT, Uncategorized, tagged alternative-energy loan, DOE, finance on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The green-tech industry has been somewhat finance-challenged, but last Friday the Department of Energy announced plans to provide the first alternative-energy loan in four years. The DOE plans to give California start-up Solyndra $535 million in loans to design rooftop solar arrays. According to CNet News writer Martin LaMonica, Energy Secretary Steven Chu has revamped [...]
