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Applied Nanotech Receives DOE Grant
Applied Nanotech Holdings Inc. has been awarded a $1.6 million Phase III SBIR grant from the U.S.Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a pilot production facility tomanufacture and commercialize its proprietary ink materials for theapplication of metallic conductor layers on thin silicon solar cells.This Phase III funding is part of the $57 million Xlerator program [...]
SunPower Using $1.8M CPUC Grant for Solar Plus Energy Storage $SPWRA
Armed with a $1.8 million grant from the CPUC, SunPower is looking to demonstrate the integration of energy storage systems with existing PV systems for commercial customers. SunPower is partnering with Ice Energy, Xtreme Power and ZBB Energy (NYSE Amex: ZBB), and working with an unnamed major retailer to demonstrate the benefits of combining PV [...]
SunPower to Use Grant for Energy Storage Research $SPWRA
The state of California and SunPower are teaming up to research large-scale energy storage technology — a key in enablingsolar technologies to meet electricity demand when the sun is notshining. Through the Research, Development, Deployment and Demonstration (RD&D) Program of the California Solar Initiative (CSI), the state is awarding a $1.8 million grant that will enable Sun [...]
Termination of Cash Grant Program Could Spell Disaster for Renewable Energy Finance
Project finance is the key to clean energy growth and many in theindustry are worried about the ramifications on financing if theRecovery Act section 1603 cash grants AKA the “cash-in-lieu of taxcredit” grants expire at the end of 2010, as they are set to do. Thesuccess of 1603 has been undeniable as it allowed a [...]
Solutia’s Performance Films segment receives grant
Solutia Inc. has announced that its Performance Films segment wasrecently awarded a $356,000 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act(ARRA) grant, entitled "Recovery Act: Advanced Energy Efficient Building Technologies," from the US Department of Energy. The awarded funds have been earmarked for the continued research, development andcommercialization of high-performance, energy-efficient retrofit windowfilm technology for residential and commercial [...]
Massachusetts Offers Grant to 35 Green Communities
The state has awarded 35 municipalities across Massachusetts asleaders in clean energy, or “green communities.” A city or town thatreceives this status is able to receive grants that can subsidizerenewable energy, like wind and solar, and efficiency programs. A total of $8.1 million in grants will be given out with the intention ofprogressing clean energy goals and creating green [...]
Atheros Awarded DOE Grant
Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR), a global leader ininnovative technologies for wireless and wired communications, hasexecuted an agreement with the US Department of Energy (DoE) under which it will receive up to $4.5 million in grant funding to developpowerline chips designed to provide two-way data communications overexisting AC wiring, a vital element for Smart Grid [...]
Arizona Challenger Space Center Wins Solar Energy Grant
Officials from the Arizona ChallengerSpace Center announced yesterday that the organization will receive a $50,000 solar energy grant as part of a larger $55.4 million federalstimulus grant given to the Arizona Department of Commerce. The centerwill use the money for two projects. One will be a 72-panel rooftopsolar energy system. The other will be a solar [...]
USDA Issues Call for Energy Grant
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that has allocated $70 million in 2010 energy grants for the Rural Energyfor America Program (REAP). Beginning in 2003, the program has eachyear offered grants and loans to farmers and other producers, tribalgovernment entities, rural electricity cooperatives and public powerutilities. The aim is to promote renewable energy [...]