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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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Obama also launched a competition for a new manufacturing innovation institute to build US strength in manufacturing advanced composites, the first of four new competitions to be launched this year. In the wind energy industry, doubling the length of a turbine blade can quadruple the amount of electricity generated.

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$50M Battery500 consortium targeting battery pack with specific energy of 500 Wh/kg

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Recognizing diversity in experience and opinions often results in better solutions, the consortium will also welcome ideas from others. University of Texas at Austin. University of Washington. IBM (advisory board member).

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Greenius Says The Congresswoman Gets It. Harman Calls Lack of Bold or Binding Agreement to Cap GHG Emissions in Copenhagen, “Stunning.”

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“ Though President Obama’s personal intervention at Copenhagen salvaged a modest non-binding agreement among major polluter nations, he acknowledged that much remains to be done at the international and national levels. Harman with South Bay community leaders outside the Green Idea House home site of Robert and Monica Fortunato.

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New Automotive Technology Companies Struggle for Recognition in DC

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The bill, which still must be reconciled with a Senate bill before facing President Obama, also stipulates that the DOE reconsider applications that were rejected based on not qualifying as an automobile. After all, isn’t that what President Obama intended with his energy independence program and support for high technology companies? —XP

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

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constitutional amendment that was passed by the National Congress of Chile and signed by the president, the people of Chile are the first in the world to be granted a new kind of human rights—“neurorights”—which advocates say are made necessary by rapid advances in neurotechnology. Chile’s congress is currently considering.

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National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries Opts for Kentucky Site for Li-ion Plant

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Under the federal stimulus plan, the Obama administration has set aside $2 billion for electric drive vehicle battery and component manufacturing projects. Production lines in both manufacturing facilities would house state-of-the-art equipment with flexibility to pursue multiple production ideas and products at one time.

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Will it be a slow road for green cars?

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The 2009 World Congress of the Society of Automotive Engineers closed its doors yesterday after a highly publicised event that featured an appearance from California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and trumpeted the “race to green mobility&#. Questions too were raised about electric cars’ ability to solve environmental problems.