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April 9, 2013
Energy Department Announces Five-Year Renewal of Funding for Bioenergy Research Centers

The U.S. Department of Energy will fund its three Bioenergy Research Centers for an additional five-year period, subject to continued congressional appropriations.

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April 1, 2013
Energy Department Launches New Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative

The Energy Department has launched the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative, a new Department initiative focused on growing American manufacturing of clean energy products and boosting U.S. competitiveness through major improvements in manufacturing energy productivity.

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March 25, 2013
FERC Addresses Merits of MISO, PJM, WestConnect Order No. 1000 Compliance Filings

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued its first orders on the merits of filings submitted to comply with the requirements of Order No. 1000, the Commission’s landmark July 2011 rule on electric transmission planning and cost allocation.

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March 19, 2013
FERC, U.S. Coast Guard Sign Agreement to Coordinate Development of Hydrokinetic Projects

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U. S. Coast Guard within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate with each other on the development of hydrokinetic projects.

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March 12, 2013
Energy Department Announces New Funding Opportunity for Innovative Small Modular Reactors

The Energy Department has issued a new funding opportunity announcement to help U.S. industry design and certify innovative small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs).

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March 4, 2013
Ocotillo Wind Project Prevails in Federal District Court

The Federal District Court for the Southern District of California has ruled in favor of the Ocotillo Wind project and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in two separate suits before the Court. 

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January 8, 2013
Southern Research Institute Wins DOE Award to Economically Produce Liquid Fuels from Coal and Biomass Mixtures

Southern Research Institute has entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Dept. of Energy to test a method for producing liquid transportation fuels from coal and biomass thereby improving the economics and lifecycle impacts of coal-to-liquid (CTL) and coal-biomass-to-liquid (CBTL) processes.

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January 1, 2013
DOE Announces Six Projects to Develop Energy-Saving Windows, Roofs, and Heating and Cooling Equipment

As part of the Energy Department’s efforts to help homeowners and businesses save money by saving energy, the Department has announced a $9 million investment in building envelope technologies, including high-efficiency, high-performance windows, roofs, and heating and cooling equipment.

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December 17, 2012
Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems Selected to Lead U.S. DOE SunShot Project

The Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems has been selected to receive project funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's SunShot Initiative, a collaborative national effort to make solar energy cost-competitive with other forms of energy by the end of the decade. 

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December 6, 2012
American and European Standards Organizations Agree to Strengthen Cooperation on EV Standards

Cooperation on eMobility standardization was the focus of discussion during a Transatlantic Roundtable organized by the European Committee for Standardization, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, and the American National Standards Institute, which took place in Brussels on Nov. 28-29.

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