All Posts Tagged With: "economic stimulus package"

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UQM Gets Test Order for Its Electric Power Systems

Front Range electric-motor maker UQM Technologies Inc. said it has received an initial order for about 50 of its electric propulsion systems from an unidentified “international automobile manufacturer” for use in a test fleet of vehicles.

13Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Federal Agencies Continue to Roll Out Renewable
Energy Funding

Although much of the media fanfare surrounding the 2009 stimulus bill has faded, federal agencies continue to offer new grant and loan programs that can provide significant financing assistance for renewable energy projects.
Here is an overview of the opportunities.

17May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The Gold Standard –
Government Grants Leading Cleantech Astray

While the government has long had a role in advancing basic R&D, the concept that the U.S. will jump-start, let alone build, a sustainable energy economy through government handouts for implementation of manufacturing plants, production facilities or enhanced utility grids is, quite simply, ludicrous.

19Jan2010 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Biofuels Beat —
Rentech and ZeaChem Get Fed Funding

Two bio-refining companies with Colorado connections will receive new funding from the federal stimulus program, according to an announcement by the DOE. Lakewood-based ZeaChem Inc. is receiving $25 million for an Oregon biofuels project, and Rentech is part of a $23 million biorefinery project here.

7Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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GEO Launches Statewide Energy Outreach Program to Benefit Consumers

Working with utilities, local governments and service providers, the initiative will create a one-stop clearinghouse of information and resources regarding products, rebates, tax breaks and other incentives so that choices around energy efficiency shift from “brain damage” to “no-brainer.”

1Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Smart Grid Funding: A Step, Not a Solution

Like early-childhood education, smart grids are a cause that nobody doesn’t like. But there are many related and necessary developments that must happen before the technology can fulfill its promise to reduce energy demand and lower consumers’ power bills. For one thing, displaying a home’s energy usage doesn’t mean much unless the residents are willing to act on that information.

9Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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DOE Awards Geothermal Funding for
Colorado Organizations

Four companies, three state institutions and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science received grants totaling $18 million, part of an overall economic stimulus package of more than $330 million shelled out for R&D to 39 states.

2Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Power Lines– Smart Grid Funding, Program and Tech Updates

>> Fed Funding for Smart Grid Goes to CO Companies
>> Tendril Networks Announces Tech Partnership
>> SmartGridCity™ Gets Toyota Plug-In Vehicles
>> Smart Meters Could Bring Big Savings

29Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Cleantech Funding Alert

With this post, Colorado Energy News introduces a timely new section covering funding opportunities available for the development and commercialization of renewable energy and clean technologies: Today’s posts:
>> Tax Credits for Mfgs. of Advanced Energy Equipment
>> DOE Solicitations for Innovative Technologies
>> Proposed Changes to DOE’s Loan Guarantee Regs

10Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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DOE Allocates $50M to Spur Geothermal Heating

The systems offer building owners and occupants energy efficiency gains over air-based systems, saving electricity and greenhouse gas emissions, agency officials contend. They function by taping energy from below the Earth’s surface to move heat away from or into homes and offices.

2Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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IREA’s Lewandowski: Time to Retire

The General Manager of the Intermountain Rural Electric Association seems to operate IREA as his personal fiefdom and a vehicle for his controversial views on energy policy.

22Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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We Got Jobbed!

Those who believed that Colorado’s fast-forward approach, under Gov. Bill Ritter, to building a New Energy Economy would translate into extra dollars from the Obama Administration’s energy stimulus plan should be pretty disappointed today. It’s unfortunate that the residents of the state where the President actually signed the energy legislation last month did not fare any better in the stimulus.

31Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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National, Regional and State Updates

>> Lobbyists Swarm Washington Touting Energy Ideas
>> States Anxious as Obama Shapes Climate Policy
>> A Natural Gas Glut Adds to Industry Downturn
>> State Lawmakers Ready for More Oil and Gas Debate
>> Carbondale is Solar Happy

23Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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SEIA Sees Promise of More Jobs in Stimulus Signing

The solar energy provisions in this bill will help create 60,000 jobs in the solar industry in 2009 alone and a total of 110,000 over the next two years, SEIA president and CEO, Rhone Resch, stated.

18Feb2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Renewable Energy Executives Talk Stimulus Package

From wind energy to solar power, the stimulus package offers the industry support at a time when sales have slowed and financing has dried up. “The stimulus package is a shot in the arm,” said Roby Roberts, the senior vp of external affairs for Vestas.

17Feb2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Stimulus Could Benefit Big Turbine Manufacturers

“Dollar-wise, the big guys will get the bulk of it,” said Hugh Wynne, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein, about the package which has spending and tax breaks for power lines, wind mills and smart meters.

12Feb2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued