4 hours ago by Climate Guest Blogger

In an independent review, John McCain’s former National Finance Chairman finds the loan guarantee program was cost-effective for taxpayers by Richard W. Caperton Take a deep breath, because what I’m about to tell you may be shocking: loan guarantees for energy have been successful, cost-effective in ...

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10 hours ago by Paul Chesser

After luxury electric automaker Fisker announced 65 layoffs and a work stoppage from the refurbishment of a former General Motors plant in Delaware earlier this week, NLPC wondered whether its battery supplier and business partner A123 Systems would be harmed also. Now Wall Street analysts are wonde ...

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1 day ago by winterbanyan

Energy Department Announces Over $12 Million to Spur Solar Energy Innovation WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of the Obama Administration’s blueprint for an American economy built to last, today U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced over $12 million to speed solar energy innovation from the lab to th ...

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1 day ago by By JIM WITKIN

Students participating in the EcoCar2 challenge are charged with improving the fuel efficiency of a vehicle without sacrificing performance or safety.

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2 days ago by Paul Chesser

Among the objections about taxpayer subsidies for the high-profile Chevy Volt, manufactured by Government Motors, is that the many grants, loans and tax breaks that lowered the sticker price on the electric hybrid car facilitated its (paltry) sales for the benefit of wealthier individuals who were p ...

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2 days ago by Gene Quinn

I had the honor of being invited to the White House today for the Innovation for Global Development Event, which was held in support of the President’s commitment to using harness the power of innovation to solve long-standing global development challenges. As a part of this event, David Kappos, Und ...

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3 days ago by Sarah Mitroff

Hacking into government systems just got a big harder. TerraEchos, a security company using big data to identify and thwart security threats, announced today it’s raised $1.55 million in seed funding to be an internet security vigilante. “For the past three years we’ve been working on problems funde ...

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3 days ago by By JIM MOTAVALLI

The automaker also laid off 26 workers at the plant, for which it received a $526 million loan from the Energy Department to retrofit and begin production of its second model, codenamed Project Nina.

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3 days ago by Tony Pimpo

Ask the numerous failed car companies if launching a new automaker is an easy task. So far Fisker Automotive has been exception, getting a lot farther than most independent automakers ever do. Fisker has survived through some difficult economic times in the United States. They haven’t been without p ...

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3 days ago by Tony Pimpo

Ask the numerous failed car companies if launching a new automaker is an easy task. So far Fisker Automotive has been exception, getting a lot farther than most independent automakers ever do. Fisker has survived through some difficult economic times in the United States. They haven’t been without p ...

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