EERE Press Releases - 2009
Here's a list of press releases about the U.S. Department of Energy's accomplishments, initiatives, research and development efforts, funding, and much more in energy efficiency and renewable energy.
August
July
- July 31, 2009
Energy, Treasury Now Accepting Applications for Funding For Renewable Energy Projects - July 29, 2009
DOE Announces Awards for up to $11 Million for New Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems - July 27, 2009
Obama Administration Awards More than $54 Million for State Energy Programs in Four States and Territories - July 24, 2009
Department of Energy Subpoenas Compliance Data from AeroSys, Inc. - July 22, 2009
Energy Secretary Chu, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announce $6.3 million for Biofuels Research - July 21, 2009
Obama Administration Delivers More than $63 Million for Weatherization Programs in Indiana and New Mexico - July 20, 2009
Obama Administration Awards More than $162 Million for State Energy Programs in Seven States and Territories - July 16, 2009
Chu Announces Joint U.S.-China Building Efficiency MOU - July 16, 2009
DOE Announces Nearly $14 Million to go to 28 New Wind Energy Projects - July 15, 2009
DOE Announces up to $52.5 Million for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development - July 15, 2009
DOE Announces up to $22 Million for Community Renewable Energy Deployment - July 14, 2009
Secretary Chu Announces Nearly $300 Million Rebate Program to Encourage Purchases of Energy Efficient Appliances - July 10, 2009
Obama Administration Delivers More than $448 Million for Weatherization Programs in Thirteen States - July 10, 2009
Obama Administration Awards More than $141 Million for State Energy Programs in Six States and Territories - July 09, 2009
Treasury, Energy Announce More Than $3 Billion in Recovery Act Funds for Renewable Energy Projects - July 06, 2009
Obama Administration Delivers More than $288 Million for Weatherization Programs in Seven States - July 06, 2009
Obama Administration Awards More than $153 Million for State Energy Programs in Seven States and Territories - July 02, 2009
Obama Administration Offers $59 Million in Conditional Loan Guarantees to Beacon Power and Nordic Windpower Inc.
June
- June 30, 2009
Obama Administration Announces up to $32 Million Initiative to Expand Hydropower - June 29, 2009
Obama Administration Launches New Energy Efficiency Efforts - June 26, 2009
Obama Administration Delivers More than $304 Million for Weatherization Programs in Georgia, Illinois and New York - June 26, 2009
Obama Administration Awards More than $96 Million for State Energy Programs in Ohio, Oregon, Virginia and West Virginia - June 25, 2009
Obama Administration Awards More than $154 Million for State Energy Programs in Four States - June 24, 2009
Obama Administration Awards More than $204 Million for State Energy Programs in 10 States - June 22, 2009
Obama Administration Announces More Than $32 Million for Energy Projects in Michigan - June 22, 2009
Obama Administration Announces More Than $16 Million for Energy Projects in Iowa - June 18, 2009
Obama Administration Delivers More than $453 Million for Weatherization Programs in 15 States - June 11, 2009
New Funding Boosts Carbon Capture, Solar Energy and High Gas Mileage Cars and Trucks - June 09, 2009
DOE’s Solar Decathlon to Highlight Innovation, Future Green Jobs - June 08, 2009
DOE Delivers Over $80 Million in Weatherization Funding to First Four States - June 02, 2009
Secretary Chu Announces Nearly $50 Million of Recovery Act Funding to Accelerate Deployment of Geothermal Heat Pumps - June 01, 2009
Secretary Chu Announces $256 Million Investment to Improve the Energy Efficiency of the American Economy
May
- May 27, 2009
President Obama Announces Over $467 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Geothermal and Solar Energy Projects - May 26, 2009
Secretary Chu Joins with World Leaders to Sign International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation - May 12, 2009
Secretary Chu, Governor Patrick Announce $25 Million for Massachusetts Wind Technology Testing Center - May 07, 2009
Secretary Chu: President’s Energy Budget Creates Jobs, Restores America’s Scientific Leadership and Puts Nation on the Path to Energy Independence - May 06, 2009
DOE Selects 53 New Projects Focused on Wind Energy for up to $8.5 Million - May 06, 2009
Secretaries Chu and Donovan Sign Agreement to Help Working Families Weatherize Their Homes - May 05, 2009
Secretary Chu Announces Nearly $800 Million from Recovery Act to Accelerate Biofuels Research and Commercialization
April
- April 29, 2009
Secretary Chu Announces $93 Million from Recovery Act to Support Wind Energy Projects - April 29, 2009
Department of Energy Announces the Launch of the Hospital Energy Alliance to Increase Energy Efficiency in the Healthcare Sector - April 22, 2009
US Department of Energy Promotes Special Earth Week Feature on Energy.gov - April 22, 2009
On Earth Day Vice President Biden Announces $300 Million in Recovery Act Funds for Clean Cities Program - April 17, 2009
Secretary Chu Announces up to $10 Million to Support Plug-In Hybrid Electric School Buses - April 15, 2009
Secretary Chu Announces $41.9 Million to Spur Growth of Fuel Cell Markets - April 09, 2009
Department of Energy and Commercial Real Estate Executives Launch Alliance to Reduce Energy Consumption of Buildings - April 01, 2009
DOE Recognizes Top ENERGY STAR Partners
March
- March 30, 2009
DOE Announces More Key Administration Posts - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $63,817,400 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Arizona - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces $3.2 Billion in Funding for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $175,122,300 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in New York - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $15,068,200 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Hawaii - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $31,983,500 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Nevada - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $112,175,600 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Illinois - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $24,522,900 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Connecticut - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $42,230,600 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Massachusetts - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $37,359,500 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Minnesota - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $16,956,700 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Idaho - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $13,167,500 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in South Dakota - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $21,103,000 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Iowa - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $76,601,500 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Michigan - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $351,658,900 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in California - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $102,508,400 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Pennsylvania - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $27,777,600 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Utah - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $37,157,700 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Wisconsin - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $58,050,300 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in North Carolina - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $14,003,800 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in West Virginia - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $20,117,400 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Arkansas - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $31,577,900 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Alabama - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $11,281,300 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Maine - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $42,618,700 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Colorado - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $208,759,900 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Texas - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $13,969,700 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Alaska - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $33,501,500 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Oregon - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $42,243,200 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Tennessee - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $27,172,500 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Oklahoma - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $52,295,100 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Maryland - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $75,468,200 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in New Jersey - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $25,382,500 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Kentucky - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $10,323,300 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Vermont - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $16,974,600 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Mississippi - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $9,593,500 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in the District of Columbia - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $18,810,300 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Nebraska - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $12,810,300 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in North Dakota - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $9,593,500 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Guam - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $67,187,600 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Georgia - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $12,522,900 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in New Hampshire - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $60,719,900 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Virginia - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $12,019,800 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Wyoming - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $56,099,900 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Washington - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $21,062,200 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Kansas - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $43,779,300 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Missouri - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $20,608,300 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in New Mexico - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $13,971,000 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Montana - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $24,624,200 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Louisiana - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $168,643,400 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Florida - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $33,977,000 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Puerto Rico - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $31,449,200 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in South Carolina - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $84,183,300 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Ohio - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $42,380,100 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Indiana - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $11,072,300 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Delaware - March 26, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Additional $14,521,300 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Rhode Island - March 20, 2009
Obama Administration Offers $535 Million Loan Guarantee to Solyndra, Inc. - March 19, 2009
President Obama Announces $2.4 Billion in Funding to Support Next Generation Electric Vehicles - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces Nearly $30 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Hawaii - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $127.3 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Alabama - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $46.3 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Alaska - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $200.4 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Indiana - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces Nearly $59 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Idaho - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces Nearly $38 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Delaware - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $207.2 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Georgia - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $121.3 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Iowa - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces Nearly $344 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Illinois - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces Nearly $86 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Puerto Rico - March 12, 2009
Administration Announces Nearly $8 Billion in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $112.4 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Arizona - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $35.1 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Wyoming - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces Nearly $197 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Wisconsin - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $70.3 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for West Virginia - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces Nearly $120.5 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Washington - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $164.1 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Virginia - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $38.8 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Vermont - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $73.2 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Utah - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $545.7 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Texas - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces Nearly $161.6 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Tennessee - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces Nearly $48.2 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for South Dakota - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $109.4 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for South Carolina - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $44 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Rhode Island - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $352.4 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Pennsylvania - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces Nearly $80.7 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Oregon - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $107.6 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Oklahoma - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $362.8 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Ohio - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $49.8 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for North Dakota - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces Nearly $208 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for North Carolina - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces Nearly $517.8 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for New York - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $58.6 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for New Mexico - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $192.4 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for New Jersey - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $49 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for New Hampshire - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces Nearly $72 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Nevada - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $72.5 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Nebraska - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $52.3 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Montana - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $185.5 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Missouri - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $89.8 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Mississippi - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $186.1 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Minnesota - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $325.4 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Michigan - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces Nearly $177 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Massachusetts - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $113.2 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Maryland - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $69.2 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Maine - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $122.3 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Louisiana - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $302 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Florida - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $87.5 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Arkansas - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces Nearly $412 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for California - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $128.7 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Colorado - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $102.8 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Connecticut - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $123.4 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Kentucky - March 12, 2009
Obama-Biden Administration Announces More Than $94.7 Million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for Kansas - March 04, 2009
DOE Announces Investment of up to $84 Million in Geothermal Energy
February
- February 27, 2009
Secretaries Donovan and Chu Announce Partnership to Help Working Families Weatherize Their Homes - February 18, 2009
Energy Department, Northwest Food Processors Association Set Energy Efficiency Goals for Industry
January
- January 30, 2009
USDA, DOE Announce Up to $25 Million in Funding for Biomass Research and Development Initiative