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A Minnesota biodiesel plant that has been shuttered for more than one year was approved for a $25 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”). This loan is the second made by its Rural Development division under Section 9003 of the Farm Bill (the Biorefinery Assistance Program).
The loan is to help SoyMor …
My partner Dennis Westlind recently posted this article to our sister blog, the Labor & Employment Group’s World of Work:
Labor unions are seeing a rare growth opportunity in green power. Despite the recession, there has been a building boom in green energy, in particular solar and wind projects. As reported recently in the…
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Today, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) announced more than $204 million in Recovery Act funding to ten states for their State Energy Programs ("SEPs").
Here is a summary of how the monies will be used in Connecticut and Utah:
Connecticut will use its SEP funding to further a variety of programs. Examples include the deployment of alternative-fuel vehicles …
In general, parties that are considering applying for Stimulus Act funding for their project must preregister at the following websites:
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provides over $2.7 billion in formula-based grants to states, U.S. territories, units of local government, and Indian tribes under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program.
The purpose of the EECBG Program is to assist eligible entities in creating and implementing strategies to:
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The renewable energy industry (including biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind, tidal, and wave) is expected to employ 6.3 million people globally by 2030. Currently wind energy alone employs more than 400,000 people globally and 85,000 in the U.S. In 2008, the U.S. added 35,000 wind energy jobs. The increase in renewable energy employment needs has placed a greater…
June 23, 2009: the Obama Administration announced $8 billion in conditional loan commitments for Ford, Nissan and Tesla to support the development of innovative, advanced vehicle technologies. Ford Motor Company received a commitment of $5.9 billion to retool several to produce more fuel efficient models; Nissan received a commitment of $1.6 billion to retool their Tennessee factory…
The U.S. Department of Energy Wind Powering America Program today announced that two Washington state public utility districts, Cowlitz County PUD and Klickitat PUD, are the co-winners of the 2009 Public Power Wind Pioneer Award for their outstanding teamwork and innovation in the development of the White Creek Wind Farm. The annual award was created …
On June 11, 2009, the Department of Agriculture ("USDA") announced that thirty projects, located in fourteen states, would receive $57 million in Recovery Act funding. Of these funds, $49 million will be for wood-to-energy grants and $8 million is for biomass utilization.
These funds will serve two important objectives. First, the funds will promote the development…
