EERE Network News
June 22, 2011
News and Events
DOE Offers $359 Million Loan Guarantee for Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant
DOE has offered a conditional commitment for a $359.1 million loan guarantee to a 150-megawatt solar generating project in Arizona.
Innovative Solar Manufacturing Gets DOE Support
DOE has offered two conditional loans totaling $425 million for innovative solar energy manufacturing in Ohio and Massachusetts.
DOE to Help Train Next Generation of Industrial Energy Efficiency Experts
DOE will provide more than $30 million to train engineering students in manufacturing efficiency, helping them become the next generation of industrial energy efficiency experts.
Virginia Tech Wins EcoCAR Competition
Students from Virginia Tech have earned top honors in the three-year EcoCAR competition by designing and building an extended-range electric vehicle.
DOE Offers Loan Guarantee to New Hampshire's Largest Wind Farm
DOE has offered a conditional loan guarantee of $135 million to support New Hampshire's largest wind farm. The project is expected to create 200 jobs and power 20,000 homes.
Primus Power's Flow Battery Powered by $11 Million in Private Investment
Primus Power has generated $11 million in follow-on funding for its grid-scale storage technology after the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy's $2 million investment last year.
U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon's Team China Transforms Shipping Containers into Solar-Powered House
Team China's entry in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon 2011 rises to meet the affordability challenge by refurbishing discarded shipping containers.
