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More Programs Through the US Department of Energy
Author: David Tanguay
"The Industrial Technologies Program with US industry to improve industrial energy efficiency and environmental performance. The program invests in high-risk, high-value R&D (research and development) to reduce industrial energy use while stimulating productivity and growth." This program has six key strategies:
* Focus on energy-intensive industries
* Use public-private partnerships to plan and implement the program
* Identify Grand Challenges to dramatically improve industrial energy efficiency
* Implement a balanced technology portfolio
* Perform process specific and crosscutting R&D to improve long-term energy efficiency
* Perform technology delivery activities to improve near and mid-term energy efficiency
Solar Energy Technologies
As the name states, this program focuses on creating solar energy technologies to power the world. "Solar energy technologies have great potential to benefit our nation. They can diversify our energy supply, reduce our dependence on imported fuels, improve the quality of the air we breathe, offset greenhouse gas emissions, and stimulate our economy by creating jobs in the manufacturing and installation of solar energy systems." Significant advances must be made in the solar energy technologies of concentrating solar power, photovoltaics, and solar heating and lighting.
Vehicle Technologies
"The Vehicle Technologies Program is developing more energy efficient and environmentally friendly highway transportation technologies that will enable America to use less petroleum." One of the overall purposes is to replace oil with other fuels that can be produced in the United States in a clean and cost-competitive manner. Through 2 endeavors, the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership and the 21st Century Truck Partnership, the following goals are being worked towards:
* FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership: "...the development of emission and petroleum-free cars and light trucks and the infrastructure to support them."
* 21st Century Truck Partnership: "...to safely and cost-effectively move larger volumes of freight and greater numbers of passengers, while emitting little or no pollution, with dramatic reduction in dependence on imported oil."
Weatherization & Intergovernmental
This program provides the funding and technical assistance to state and local governments, Indian tribes, and international agencies to enable them to implement renewal energy and energy efficient technologies. Weatherization & Intergovernmental Program activities focus on:
* Multiple Technologies
* Work across All Energy Market Sectors
* Partnerships
* Leverage of Federal Resources
Wind & Hydropower Technologies
The United States Department of Energy "is working with wind industry partners to develop clean, domestic, innovative wind energy technologies that can compete with conventional fuel sources. DOE's Wind Energy Program efforts have culminated in some of the industry's leading products today and have contributed to record-breaking industry growth."
"Since 1976, the US Department of Energy has conducted hydropower research and development to increase the technical, societal, and environmental benefits of hydropower while advancing cost-competitive technologies."
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/environment-articles/more-programs-through-the-us-department-of-energy-404381.html
About the Author
David Tanguay is dedicated to providing research, reviews & helpful information to consumers and businesses. For more information related to Green Energy and Geothermal Power please visit http://greenenergyonline.org
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None. They’re all radical socialists.
Thanx for the 2 pts.
Wind Power derived from Obama’s speeches.Every time that man opens his mouth raw energy is released sufficient to power acres of windmills.
The dept of E. is responsible for making sure we have a source of nuclear material for nuclear weapons. They are doing a poor job of this. The other stuff is B.S.
you make an excellent point.
Obama considers Jimmy Carter to be one of his mentors and has adopted many of Jimmy Carters old failed plans as his own.
There are fortunes waiting to be made in the subsidised renewable power market, all funded by the consumer paying four times what the power is worth, to enrich an undeserving lobby group who have foisted this nonsense on the politicians. None of it will make any difference to the environment; we’ll just all be poorer.
Is the Department of Energy doing a good job of meeting its goals as set forth in its mission statement?
1.In your opinion, is the Department of Energy doing a good job of meeting its goals as set forth in its mission statement? Why or why not?
2. Do you agree with President Obama’s policies to reduce dependency on foreign energy and increase domestic production of renewable energy? Why or why not?
3. What are you doing to decrease your personal consumption of energy?
4. Do you think our nation is doing enough to address the growing energy needs of our population? What energy policy do you feel is best for our nation?
Which of these Obama appointees do you like the best?
John Holdren: Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (Science Czar). In 1973, he advocated a “de-development” of the U.S. so the country may be “in line with the realities . . . of the world’s resource situation.” He has also favored government mandated family sizes.
Gil Kerlikowski: Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (Drug Czar). As police chief in Seattle, he permitted methadone vans, free needle exchanges and medical marijuana, and made marijuana possession the lowest priority of law enforcement.
Gary Locke: Secretary of Commerce. During his tenure as governor of Washington, questions were raised regarding conflicts of interest arising from the state’s dealings with a company run by his brother-in-law — who was living in the executive mansion at the time.
Kathleen Merrigan: Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. She urges the creation and expansion of expensive federal programs to support organic farming — while acknowledging that there is no proof organic food is any better than conventionally grown food.
Mercedes Marquez: Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development. As general manager of the Los Angeles Housing Department, Marquez crusaded for affordable housing — but “much more affordable housing was lost in L.A. on Marquez’s watch then was built,” the release noted.
Karen Mills: Administrator of the Small Business Administration. An heir to the Tootsie Roll fortune, Mills has spearheaded ventures that have for the most part either failed or brought mediocre results to her investors. She has voiced support for legislation diverting small business contracts to venture capitalists.
Ron Sims: Deputy Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development. While Sims was the King County Executive in Washington State, his office “lied and refused to provide documents that it was legally required to provide” to an investigator probing a county deal, according to ALG. The county was fined $120,000.
William Spriggs: Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of Labor. In April 2008, while the U.S. was in the grips of the recession, Spriggs co-authored a report calling for a substantial increase in the minimum wage.
Cass Sunstein: Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, White House Office of Management and Budget (Regulatory Czar). Sunstein supports the “Fairness Doctrine,” which would rein in conservative talk radio, and has suggested that animals might be given standing to sue in civil court.
Cathy Zoi: Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. She ran a group started by former Vice President Al Gore that ran TV ads asking viewers to demand that we “repower” America with 100 percent clean energy within 10 years.
Planning chief John Saunders in charge of 400 billion has shares in renewable energy companies?
. . . is this a possible conflict of interests>
The infamous magazine, Private Eye (issue 1257, p.27), reports that John Saunders, the head of a new government appointed body set up take planning consent issues away from local councils has shares in many of the companies whose proposals he will supposedly be reviewing.
The Infrastructure Planning Commission will take its direction from the Department for Energy and Climate Change (seriously, that’s its name) and will have a budget of £400 BILLION! – that’s about six hundred billion dollars – over the next decade.
As the Eye reports: [QUOTE]
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“”Those likely to be affected by the turbines to come will at least hope Saunder’s commission makes its decisions impartially and transparently. So it is not reassuring that it recently refused to release details of its commissioner’s financial interests, telling the Eye that it was ‘personal information protected by the data protection act’.
This was always nonsense, and the Eye has now forced a detailed response from the commission using freedom of information laws. The details perhaps make the reason for the initial secrecy clearer. Saunders has declared shareholdings in the following companies: National Grid, National Power, Powergen, Innogy and Northern Ireland Electric”
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As these companies have detailed proposals (such as Innogy’s application for two massive wind farms) up for review, is it right that the guy appointed by the Dept. for Energy and Climate Change has shareholdings in the very same companies? Could this be known as “Pulling a Gore”?
And why is it that you can only get information on anything to do with climate change by suing in court using freedom of information laws? Isn’t the idea to spread the truth?
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How can we trust obama’s energy independence plans, when Jimmy Carter’s didn’t work?
Jimmy Carter created the Department of Energy in 1977. The purpose of this was to end the US dependence on foreign sources of oil and transition us to renewable energy sources. 33 years later, all we have to show for it is an annual budget of $24.6 billion, Energy Star appliances and curly cue lightbulbs. 33 years.
So how can we trust obama’s energy independence talk?
Where is this renewable energy that the Department of Energy was going to create and distribute 30 years ago?