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September 26, 2012

One of World's Largest Wind Farms Starts Up in Oregon

Caithness Energy announced that its 845-megawatt Shepherds Flat Wind Farm in Oregon is now operational. The wind energy project, one of the world's largest, was supported by the Energy Department with a partial guarantee for a $1.3 billion loan.  More

September 26, 2012

USDA Announces $10 Million in Rural Smart Grid Funds

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the latest in a series of funding steps to modernize rural electric generation and transmission systems, including nearly $10 million in smart grid technologies.  More

September 19, 2012

EPA Sets Biobased Diesel Volumes for 2013

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set the 2013 minimum for the amout of bio-diesel products requried to be included in diesel fuel markets at 1.28 billion gallons.  More

September 14, 2012

Funding Solar Projects at Federal Agencies Webinar Available

The U.S. Department of Energy in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory is hosting a Funding Solar Projects at Federal Agencies Webinar Sept. 20 from 1-3 p.m. Eastern Time. More

September 12, 2012

Report: U.S. Solar Market Spiked in Second Quarter of 2012

Supported by a record 477 megawatts of utility-scale installations, the U.S. solar market in second quarter of 2012 grew by 45% over the first quarter of 2012, and 116% over the same period in 2011, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.  More

September 12, 2012

USDA Has Reached Its $250 Million Smart Grid Funding Goal

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced it has reached its $250 million goal to finance smart grid technologies.  More

September 6, 2012

New Energy Department Report Shows Strong Growth in the Fuel Cell Market in 2011

The 2011 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report finds that commercial markets for fuel cell technologies expanded significantly over the last year, especially in the materials handling industry. More

September 5, 2012

Federal Electronics Stewardship Efforts Honored

The Energy Department received one-third of the 33 Federal Electronics Challenge Awards recently announced by the EPA and the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive.  More

September 5, 2012

Executive Order Promotes Industrial Energy Efficiency

President Obama has signed an Executive Order to facilitate investments in industrial energy efficiency in an effort to strengthen U.S. manufacturing and help create jobs.  More

September 5, 2012

Administration Finalizes Higher Fuel Efficiency Standards

The Obama Administration has finalized standards that will increase fuel economy to the equivalent of 54.5 miles per gallon (mpg) for cars and light-duty trucks by model year 2025.  More

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