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US Senators Alexander, Webb Introduce $20B Energy Legislation with Emphasis on Nuclear Energy Investment

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US Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Jim Webb (D-VA) introduced “The Clean Energy Act of 2009”, a bill to promote further investment and development of non-fossil-based energy technologies, including nuclear power and other resources. 100 million per year for 10 years toward nuclear education and training.

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Commerce Secretary Releases Draft Smart Grid Interoperability Plan; Plug-in Vehicle Standards One of the Priorities

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Electric storage. Electric transportation. The draft will be posted for a 30-day period of public comment and review. billion of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds to the Department of Energy also are slated for Smart Grid demonstration projects. Demand response.

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DOE proposing $100M in FY2014 for 2nd round of funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers

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The Department of Energy (DOE) currently funds 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs), which were selected for five-year funding in 2009. Selection will be based on a peer review process. Earlier post.) Awards are expected to range from $2 million to $4 million per year per center for each of five fiscal years.

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Two studies exploring battery costs for hybrids and plug-ins: LEESS, PHEV20, and PHEV40

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At the Department of Energy’s 2011 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells and Vehicle Technologies Programs combined annual merit review being held this week in Washington, DC, researchers presented results of two ongoing studies exploring the costs of three classes of battery packs: LEESS (Lower-Energy Energy Storage Systems—i.e.,

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ANL Project on Actively Coupled Ultracapacitor-Battery System for PHEVs Attracting OEM Interest

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Work on a research project developing an actively coupled ultracapacitor-battery system targeted at plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) applications is attracting interest from a variety of OEMs both at a component and a system level, according to Argonne’s Ted Bohn, in his presentation at the Department of Energy Merit Review this week.

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Smart Grid draft plans revealed

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Produced by the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the 90-page document outlines 80 initial standards and 14 priority action plans referencing all stages of the system including the large utility companies, individual homes, electronic devices and plug-in electric vehicles.

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NIST Releases EPRI Report on Smart Grid Development; Priorities, Standards, Architecture

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Smart Grid electric transportation applications summary communications diagram. The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released for public review a report that identifies issues and proposes priorities for developing technical standards and an architecture for a US Smart Grid.

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