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Find out who is winning the money that will jumpstart Smart Grid and renewable energy projects around the country. Use this section to track awards and monitor projects as they progress.


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Directory of Energy Awards
How has the stimulus money for smart energy projects been spent up to now? Use our directory to find ARRA-funded energy awards sorted by topic, from biomass to storage and transportation - plus solar, wind, the Smart Grid and more.

Smart grid setback? DOE research funding could be target of new Congress
Smart Grid, smart grid setback, smart grid funding
The Energy Department and Secretary Steven Chu are all but guaranteed to have a tough time of it next year when a Republican-controlled House of Representatives goes after discretionary spending as a way to cut the deficit.

Smart grid initiatives: New white paper outlines 10 trends we can expect to see in 2011
A new white paper outlines 10 key smart grid industry trends we can expect to see emerge in 2011 and beyond. For example, security will become the top smart grid worry and the demand response business transformation will continue to accelerate.

Stimulus money will back world's largest wind farm
The Energy Department has made a conditional commitment to guarantee 80% of a $1.3 billion loan for what is so far the world's largest wind farm, Caithness Energy's Shepherds Flat project in eastern Oregon.

AES and Beacon Power revisited: Positive returns within reach for grid-scale energy storage
energy storage, grid-scale energy storage, AES Energy Storage, Beacon Power flywheel technology, Recovery Act energy loans
Can the millions of dollars in stimulus loans the DOE is investing in grid-scale storage show a positive return? After raising that question in a previous column, Lux Research analyst Steven Minnihan gives loan recipients AES Energy Storage and Beacon Power an opportunity to make their case.

100 Recovery Act projects that are changing America
This report from the White House spotlights what the Obama Administration considers some of the most innovative and effective projects funded by the Recovery Act, including many that are smart grid initiatives and or related technologies. For example, the report notes that in the 18 months since the Recovery Act became law, ground has been broken on nine electric car battery plants, which will provide capacity for 20 percent of the world’s car batteries which is up from 2 percent when the Recovery Act passed in February 2009. Work has been approved on the world’s largest solar plant, wind farms are being supported and almost 200,000 homes have been weatherized, plus over two million smart meters have been installed. This report provides a snapshot of 100 varied Recovery Act projects, not just those that are energy-related projects.

Grid Storage Systems Get $60M Boost from DOE. But Where's the ROI?
Smart Grid, grid storage, grid storage systems, Beacon Power flywheel, AES grid storage
Does the Department of Energy’s investment in grid storage systems make economic sense? Not if you run the numbers, says Lux Research analyst Steven Minnihan, who has done just that.

BG&E to Move Ahead With Smart Meter Rollout, Despite Regulator Rejection of Upfront Surcharge
Baltimore Gas & Electric will continue with its $835 million smart meter deployment, the utility announced Monday, despite Maryland regulators' rejection of its proposal to have most of the project's initial costs paid for with upfront consumer surcharges.

Revised BG&E Smart Grid Plan Gets Conditional Go-Ahead. But Will It Fly?
The Maryland Public Service Commission gave approval to a revised Smart Grid proposal from Baltimore Gas & Electric that is supported by $200 million in Recovery Act money. But the approval came with conditions.

DOE Stimulus Deadline Looms: $3.4 Billion in Limbo?
smart grid, smart grid stimulus, DOE stimulus awards
With less than two months until the deadline to obligate funds under the Recovery Act, an analysis from the DOE Inspector General raises concern about the Energy Department’s ability to meet the deadline with some $3.4 billion in limbo. Click inside for details.

Smart Grid Stimulus: DOE OKs $43M Loan Guarantee for Flywheel Storage Plant
Flywheel storage system provider Beacon Power will get a $43 million loan guarantee from the Energy Department to complete its 20 MW energy storage plant in Stephentown, New York.

Stimulus Winner Navistar's All-Electric Commercial Truck Looks Like a Hit
Smart Grid, smart grid stimulus, stimulus winner Navistar
A year after winning a $39 million stimulus grant, commercial truck giant Navistar's new all-electric medium-duty truck is getting noticed — and sold.

Matt Rogers on AES Energy Storage
Matt Rogers, senior advisor to the Energy Secretary for Recovery Act implementation, discusses the department's $17 million conditional loan guarantee to AES Energy Storage. The project will develop the first battery-based energy storage system to provide a more stable and efficient electrical grid for New York State's high-voltage transmission network.

New Report Cites Top 10 States Driving Smart Grid Deployment
You’d probably expect California and Colorado to make a list of 10 key states driving Smart Grid deployment. Click inside to learn the eight other states cited by GTM Research in its new report on 2010 Smart Grid policy and the states that are leading the way.

Stimulus Investments Pump Up EV Industry Growth
The Energy Department's Recovery Act stimulus investments have benefitted the domestic EV industry in a variety of ways: jobs and manufacturing plants and product lines, not to mention charging stations.

$92M in New Stimulus Awards Target Grid-Scale Storage, Energy Efficiency
The Energy Department awarded $92 million to projects that will focus on accelerating green technology innovation, increasing U.S. competitiveness in grid-scale energy storage, power electronics and building efficiency.

Smart Grid Stimulus: Two Advanced Solar Projects Offered Almost $2 Billion in Conditional Loan Guarantees
Conditional commitments for almost $2 billion in Recovery Act funded loan guarantees have been offered to two advanced solar technologies projects, one to produce thin film solar panels and the other to build and operate a concentrating solar power plant.

Smart Grid Initiative Gets OK from Oklahoma Regulators
A week after the Maryland Public Service Commission turned down to Baltimore Gas & Electric’s ambitious Smart Grid initiative, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission gave a thumbs up to Oklahoma Gas & Electric’s $366.4 million smart meter expansion. Both utilities’ initiatives were to be funded in part by federal stimulus money.

What Others Are Saying About the BG&E Ruling
Is the Maryland PSC’s ruling against Baltimore Gas & Electric a major setback for smart metering or merely a pothole along the way? We’ve rounded up some differing opinions on what the ruling means.

BG&E Fallout: What’s the Take-Away for Other Utilities?
The Maryland Public Service Commission’s decision to turn down Baltimore Gas & Electric’s stimulus-funded smart meter proposal sent shockwaves through the industry. In this guest commentary, eMeter Chief Regulatory Officer Chris King offers perspective on the PSC decision – and suggestions for utilities hoping to avoid a similar fate.

Uh-Oh: Maryland PSC Dumps BG&E's Smart Metering Project; Utility Exec Says He's ‘Dumbfounded’
The Maryland Public Service Commission has rejected Baltimore Gas & Electric's Smart Grid metering proposal that has ratepayers taking on most of the initial costs of the project. BG&E President Kenneth DeFontes was quoted in the Baltimore Sun as saying he was "dumbfounded" by the decision.

DOE to Spend More Than $76 Million for Building Energy Efficiency Technologies and Training
The Energy Department will award more than $76 million in Recovery Act money to support development of innovative technologies to increase building energy efficiency and cost effectiveness and related training programs.

DOE to Award $60 Million for Local Energy Efficiency and Renewables Programs
DOE has selected 20 communities and local organizations to receive a total of $60 million in Recovery Act funds for local energy efficiency and renewable energy programs to reduce energy consumption by homes, businesses and vehicles.

Smart Grid Stimulus: Did DOE Bet Wrong?
Many Smart Grid experts believe too many stimulus dollars went to smart meters. They argue it would have been smarter to spend more on distribution automation and system efficiencies. Here's an opposing viewpoint from longtime industry participant Sunil Sharan.

EV Charging Stations: Get Yours Free While Supplies Last!
Coulomb Technologies will give away almost 5,000 of its ChargePoint® Networked Charging Stations for EVs. The company's ChargePoint America program, partially funded by a Smart Grid stimulus grant, will deliver the residential and public stations to nine regions across the country.

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