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Obama Administration releases progress report on its energy efforts

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The Obama Administration released a progress report highlighting its achievements in meeting the “all-of-the-above” energy plan outlined in the Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future released last year. —President Obama. Transportation. That goal has been accomplished, one year ahead of schedule, according to the report.

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Organizations Call on US Congress to Restore Federal Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Budget to FY 2009 Levels

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Three organizations representing health, environmental and energy policy interests joined four national trade associations in calling on the US Congress to restore funding for the federal hydrogen and fuel cell research and deployment program to FY 2009 levels. We ask that you restore funding to FY 2009 levels. Earlier post.).

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Tesla replays DOE loan nine years early

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This program was signed into law by President Bush in 2008 and then awarded under the Obama administration in the years that followed. The Department first offered loans to Tesla and other auto manufacturers in June 2009, when car companies couldn’t get other financing and many people questioned whether the industry would survive.

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GM to buy back 200M shares held by US Treasury for $5.5B

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Bush in 2008 and which was expanded by President Barack Obama in 2009. After the repurchase, Treasury will continue to own approximately 300 million shares of GM common stock, or approximately 19% of the outstanding shares on a fully diluted basis.

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NRC vote clears way for issuance of two Combined Licenses for new nuclear reactors at Vogtle

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In February 2010, President Obama announced that the Department of Energy had offered conditional commitments for a total of $8.33 SNC submitted its COL application on 28 March 2008, and supplemented the application on 2 Oct. billion in loan guarantees for the construction and operation of the two new nuclear reactors. Earlier post.).

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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On 20 April, the opening day of the SAE 2009 World Congress, the AVL Technology Leadership Theater presented a forum on “Green Mobility—The Long View”. For reference, the fully loaded PRT is approximately 80% the weight of 2009 VW Rabbit. LFEE 2008-05 RP, July 2008. by Bill Cooke. Earlier post.)]. 27.5 / 22.2. 8.6 / 10.6.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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When Ifeanyi Orajaka was an undergraduate engineering student in 2008, he had his career all mapped out. In 2008 only about half of Nigeria’s 152 million citizens had electricity, according to a Macrotrends report. In 2018 he was in the inaugural cohort of the Obama Foundation ’s Leaders Africa program.

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