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Berkeley Lab Awarded $12.5 Million to Lead a U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center

By Guest PostOctober 8, 2010EnvironmentBeijing, cerc, China, clean energy research center, climate master, david sandalow, energy efficiency, global carbon pollution, hu jintao, mark levine, Obama, Technology, urbanization, US

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been chosen to lead a consortium for a U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center on Building Energy Efficiency. The Center will develop technologies for low-energy residential and commercial buildings, as well as work on commercialization of those technologies and research how human behavior affects building energy use. (more…)

Clean Vehicle Energy Technology to be Focus of new U.S-China Research Center

By Guest PostSeptember 6, 20103 commentsEnvironmentclean energy, clean vehicles, dennis assanis, global carbon pollution, greenhouse gas-emitters, joint bioenergy institute, massachusetts institute of technology, steven chu, u.s.-china clean energy research center, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— A partnership to advance technologies for clean energy vehicles led by the University of Michigan will receive $12.5 million over the next five years under the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC), U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced.

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