Obama pledges $120M toward solar power, clean energy
By Timothy Cama for The Hill: The Obama administration announced Wednesday morning a series of efforts worth more than $120 million aimed at boosting solar and other clean energy sources.
The initiatives focus on the Department of Energy, where the bulk of the funding will go to programs to develop solar power technology and get it into homes, businesses and other facilities.
“President Obama and Vice President Biden are committed to promoting smart, simple, low-cost technologies to help America transition to cleaner and more distributed energy sources, help households save on their energy bills, and to address climate change,” the White House said in a fact sheet outlining the efforts.
“All told, this funding will drive the development of affordable clean energy throughout the country,” it said.
The actions aim to help out solar power in 24 states, officials said. Cont'd...
The world's biggest scientific conference for photovoltaics started on 14 September 2015 in Hamburg, Germany
• 1,300 specialist presentations on photovoltaics topics
• PV is the most important energy source in the future.
• System Integration will be the next big challenge for PV
Oyster research wins €800,000 European grant
Aquamarine Power and National University of Ireland, Maynooth join forces to win EU Horizon 2020 award
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Three year research programme offers potential for significant advance in device performance
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Grant follows £2 million already secured from Wave Energy Scotland
Redflow reduces ZBM battery cost by over 50% and drops below grid price
Redflow, the Australian provider of energy storage flow batteries, has announced that it has decreased its zinc-bromide battery (ZBM) cost by 50% through technology improvements and a stronger manufacturing relationship with Flextronics. The company is now able to offer its naked ZBM product at a cost of US$20c per kWh throughput, down from US$48c just 6 months ago. With this dramatic reduction, energy from Redflows ZBM product drops below grid price.
S&C to Build One of the Largest Energy Storage Systems in Ohio
7 MW energy storage facility to improve power quality for local utility
SPI 15 - VARTA Flex System's Lithium-ion Battery Pack and Battery Management System Targets Commercial Demand Response Participation Programs
Commercial Lithium-ion Battery System Boasts a
Life Expectancy of 12,000 Charge Cycles
Greensmith Introduces Energy Storage Aggregation Functionality in its GEMS Software Platform
New Feature Enables Distributed Energy Storage Partners to Participate in Wholesale Electricity Markets
SPI 15 - Annual Trends Report Released by IREC
Success and Challenges in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
SPI 15 - The Burden Film Shows Security Risk of Climate Change and Military Demand for Clean Energy Solutions
The U.S. military is waging war against the greatest threat to American prosperity, security and lives: fossil fuel dependence. "There is demand for clean energy solutions," recently offered Roger Sorkin, award-winning director of The Burden film documenting the high costs of guarding oil.
His chilling but uplifting documentary, which has been used by NATO and U.S. military for training, screens on September 15 at 4:30 Pacific Time at #SPICon.
The Burden: Fossil Fuel, the Military and National Security is a 40 minute film depicting the immediate risk climate change poses to our national security, why the military is leading the fight for clean energy, and how the U.S. defense energy industry will empower the world to embrace a 21st century global clean energy economy.
Only at SPICon the film is followed by a high-powered panel of veterans and clean energy trendsetters who have lived the story, created the policy, forged the breakthrough deals and driven change past the finish line.
In room 204B meet the panelists:
Moderator Jon Powers, Iraq War Veteran
Managing Director, Bloom Energy & Former White House Chief Sustainability Officer
And speaker(s):
Leilani Münter, Carbon Free Race Car Driver
Kevin Johnson, Iraq War Veteran
Managing Director, Canadian Solar
Michael Baskin, Iraq/Afghanistan War Veteran
Veteran Talent and DOD Energy Lead, Assignment to SunShot Initiative, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Micah Myers, Iraq/Afghanistan War Veteran: F/A TOPGUN Pilot
Senior Vice President of Revenue, Clean Power Finance
Robert Griffin, SES
Executive Director, Department of the Navy Renewable Energy Program Office
SPI 15 - Zilla Corporation Debuts New Ground Mount XL and Phantom XL Lo-Pro at SPI
See both the Ground Mount XL and the Phantom XL Lo-Pro at Booth #518 at this years SPI.
SPI 15 - SolarWorld will debut 72-cell bifacial solar panel at Solar Power International
Sunmodule XL bifacial solar panel produces as much as 25 percent more power than conventional solar panels
Younicos launches Y.Cube, a plug-and-play storage system
New system meets the needs of todays energy market with an optimized all-in-one-solution
General Motors Becomes First US Automotive OEM to Adopt Ultracapacitors for Start-Stop
Continental Voltage Stabilization System with Maxwell Ultracapacitors to Power Cadillac ATS and CTS Vehicles
SPI 15 - New Bloomberg New Energy Finance Report Forecasts Strong, Steady Solar Growth -- with the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) Extended
Developers will scramble to complete projects with contracts based on the current credit before the end of next year.
SPI - 2015 - Locus Energy Transforms Solar Monitoring Market with Major Financial Backing from Genscape, Part of DMGT's $4 Billion Market Cap Portfolio
Launches New Migration-Without-Interruption Service to Deliver Seamless Transition of O&M Software and Billing Data
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