CNBC interviews both Vincent Devito, former Assistant Secretary of Energy and now a climate-change attorney with Bowditch & Dewey, and Paul Fremont, managing director focused on electric utilities at Jefferies & Co. on their reactions to the stimulus package and ideas for investing in Smart Grid companies.
The Department of Energy is investing $3.4 billion in Smart Grid technologies to modernize the nation's electric grid. The projects are expected to create tens of thousands of jobs and provide consumers in 49 states with a stronger, more reliable grid. This document lists project awards by state.
The Department of Energy invested $3.4 billion of Recovery Act money in a broad range of technologies expected to spur the nation's transition to a smarter, stronger, more reliable electric grid. The awards listed in this document are organized by category: 1) Advanced Metering Infrastructure; 2) Customer Systems; 3) Electric Distribution Systems; 4) Electric Transmission Systems; 5) Equipment Manufacturing, and 6) Integrated and/or Crosscutting Systems.
The Department of Energy will allocate $615 million in Recovery Act funds for Smart Grid demonstration projects that will help develop and implement Smart Grid technologies across the country. This final FOA outlines the objectives, eligibility requirements and application processes.
The DOE's Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) is seeking deployment projects for district energy systems, Combined Heat and Power (CHP) and waste energy recovery applications, and energy-efficient industrial equipment and processes. This FOA contains the complete details.
This DOE funding opportunity addresses the impacts from PV-sourced solar electricity. As solar electricity continues to gain its share in the U.S. electricity generation mix, it becomes increasingly important to better understand the effects of high penetration solar electricity on the reliability and stability of the electric power system.
With ARRA monies, the Department of Energy will fund solar projects that address current market barriers. This FOA details the two-pronged initiative which focuses on both Solar America Cities special projects and solar workforce development.
This is a copy of the application material for the Department of Energy's Geothermal Technologies Program which will fund up to $170 million in geothermal projects in three topic areas.
This is a Recovery Act funding opportunity issued by the Department of Energy for geothermal energy technologies. There are three topic areas covered by this FOA.
The formal announcement of funding opportunities for Smart Grid Demonstration Projects is expected from the DOE on or around June 17. Here's a quick overview of the draft FOA.
Announcement of funding opportunities for more than $3 billion in Smart Grid Investment Grants is expected in mid-June. This synopsis of the Notice of Intent provides an indication of what the final FOA will include.
We're getting mixed signals about the vitality of the smart grid market. On the one hand, the recent DistribuTECH conference was one of the most successful ever. On the other, a well-known Wall Street analyst recently told his clients that the smart metering sector is "facing several headwinds," including weak regulatory support in the U.S. and delays in European adoption. Taking the pulse of the smart grid industry is this week's Tuesday Topic.
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