ARPA-E has announced $33M in funding under its new REBELS program to support innovative distributed generation technologies. On June 19, 2014, the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $33M in funding for 13 projects through its new Reliable Electricity Based on Electrochemical Systems (REBELS) program. The new projects will focus on…...
DOE has awarded $100M to accelerate scientific breakthroughs for a fundamentally new energy economy. On June 18, 2014, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $100M award across 32 projects – as second round of funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) – to support innovative energy research that will enable fundamental advances in energy generation, supply, transmission,…...
A 742,000 acre zone offshore Massachusetts will be available for commercial wind energy leasing, doubling the federal offshore acreage available for wind development. On June 17, 2014, the Department of Interior (DOI) announced the availability of more than 742,000 acres offshore Massachusetts for commercial wind energy leasing. The proposed wind energy area (WEA) – located…...
EPA has extended compliance demonstration and attest engagement reporting deadlines for 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards. On June 16, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published to the Federal Register a rule extending regulatory deadlines for obligated entities under the 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) program to ensure timely amendment of current deadlines before compliance obligations take…...