http://www.energyefficiencynews.com <p>The California Public Utilities Commission and local businesses have joined forces to launch a &lsquo;bold&rsquo; action plan to make the state&rsquo;s buildings zero net energy.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/us/i/3337/ 2010-09-06T00:00:00+1:00 US policy, California, California Public Utilities Commission, CPUC, zero net energy, construction, refurbishment, energy efficiency, heating and ventilation, <p>The US Government is investing $8.9 million in a research programme to develop better biofuel feedstock plants through genetic breeding.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/us/i/3338/ 2010-09-06T00:00:00+1:00 US policy, transport, road, fuels, biofuel, feedstock, research and development, Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture, <p>The Pennsylvania State University is to receive up to $122 million from the US Department of Energy over the next five years to set up a research hub focusing on energy efficient buildings.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/us/i/3333/ 2010-09-03T00:00:00+1:00 US policy, Department of Energy, DOE, energy efficient buildings, construction, refurbishment, research, Energy Innovation Hub, combined heat and power, renewables, <p>Two million smart meters have now been installed in the US, according to the Department of Energy.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/us/i/3328/ 2010-09-02T00:00:00+1:00 US policy, infrastructure and distribution, smart meters, Department of Energy, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, <p>The US Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation are proposing changes to the fuel economy label to make it more simple and straightforward for buyers to compare the performance of electric, plug-in hybrid and conventional vehicles.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/us/i/3329/ 2010-09-02T00:00:00+1:00 US policy, fuels, road, transport, electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Department of Transportation, DOT, <p>US Vice President Joe Biden announced last week that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has reached the milestone of &lsquo;weatherizing&rsquo; 200,000 low-incomes homes.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/us/i/3325/ 2010-09-01T00:00:00+1:00 US policy, Department of Energy, DOE, American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, weatherisation, weatherization, energy efficiency, refurbishment, insulation, <p>The US Environmental Protection Agency issued a statement on Friday attempting to clarify how its proposed regulation of greenhouse gas emissions will operate.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/us/i/3312/ 2010-08-16T00:00:00+1:00 US policy, greenhouse gas emission, regulation, Clean Air Act, fossil fuels, <p>The US Department of Energy&rsquo;s FutureGen 2.0 clean coal and CO₂ storage project in Illinois has been thrown into doubt as the town Mattoon that had planned to house the storage site no longer wants it.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/us/i/3315/ 2010-08-16T00:00:00+1:00 Carbon capture and storage, fossil fuels, US policy, Department of Energy, FutureGen 2.0, FutureGen Alliance, Mattoon, Illinois, <p>UK scientists have laid out a 20-year &lsquo;master plan&rsquo; for the global renaissance of nuclear power that could see the life of existing facilities extended and a new generation of mobile reactors.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/us/i/3308/ 2010-08-13T00:00:00+1:00 Nuclear power, fast reactors, mobile reactors, UK policy, US policy, EU policy, ROW policy, Imperial College London, University of Cambridge, <p>Earlier this week, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu launched 15 projects worth $21.3 million to develop CO₂ storage in geological formations.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/us/i/3309/ 2010-08-13T00:00:00+1:00 US policy, Department of Energy, fossil fuels, carbon capture and storage, research and development,