At the Senate hearing on the FAIR Act, the DOI declined support for the bill, saying it lacks definite conservation or energy policy goals, would increase the federal deficit, and reduce return to taxpayers. At the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing held on July 23, 2013, the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget,…...
NY-BEST has partnered with DNV KEMA to establish a $23 million battery and energy storage testing and commercialization facility in Rochester, New York. On July 23, 2013, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced a partnership between New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology (NY-BEST) consortium and DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability, a Netherlands-based…...
The oil and shale gas boom will not achieve U.S. energy security, according to senior military officials speaking at New York Energy Week. Instead, the shale boom could intensify national security problems if it leads away from investment in renewable energy development. Panelists who spoke at the Redefining U.S. Energy Security for the 21st Century…...
On July 18, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on clean energy financing to discuss the challenges and opportunities in investing in clean energy technologies and the role of federal and state government in funding innovation and growth. The clear message at the hearing was that the funding portfolio for…...