Bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra held a two-day auction for part of its assets last week in an attempt to recoup some of its losses, and reportedly drew thousands of people looking for both bargains and gear with Solyndra logos. Here’s 10 things that were bought. Read More »
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If there’s one thing the Obama administration can do to push clean energy, it’s make sure the necessary transmission lines get built. On Wednesday, the administration said it’s starting a pilot project to speed up the approval and construction process of seven transmission lines. Read More »
Greener transportation doesn’t just involve electric vehicles and biofuels. Lighter weight steel can make a car more fuel efficient, too. That’s the idea behind the Wednesday announcement by the federal government to offer a $730 million loan to a steel maker Severstal in Michigan. Read More »
As expected, at an event at the White House on Monday, Obama administration officials unveiled a slew of programs and initiatives that will aim to help add information technology to the power grid to make the grid more efficient and more secure. Read More »
Are we underestimating the electric car market? A bullish outlook from Morgan Stanley and President Obama’s energy speech apparently have raised that question, even though neither has made a good case for the answer to be “yes.” Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy issued a report Tuesday that outlines how President Obama will achieve his goal of seeing 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015. The answer: combine the stimulus funding, with fuel economy standards, and more incentives. Read More »
President Obama’s State of the Union address called for 80 percent clean energy by 2035. While laudable, and reachable, the goal excludes 72 percent of petroleum’s usage, and so far there are few good substitutes for petroleum as a transportation fuel. Read More »
Last week President Obama unveiled the big picture for U.S. clean energy policy. But this week begins the long saga to actually reach those goals, and the path forward will be wrought with twists and turns and compromises. Read More »
Energy Secretary Steve Chu laid out near- to long-term research and deployment plans to meeting goals set by President Obama in his state of the union speech. Aside from solar, electric cars and energy efficiency measures, Chu also is bullish about nuclear power. Read More »
President Obama went out of his way to include natural gas in his definition of clean energy in the State of the Union last night, quietly pointing to the fact that coal is the real problem, and also bringing attention to the debate over natural gas. Read More »
President Obama addressed renewable energy briefly and early on in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night and unveiled a new U.S. clean energy challenge that said by 2035, “80 percent of America’s electricity will come from clean energy sources.” Read More »
Will California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger be the next Obama Administration energy policy official? It’s just one idea that Schwarzenegger, who will step down from the governor role in a couple weeks, kicked around in an interview with the L.A. Times on Friday. Read More »
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