Wire Politics - Energy awards $4M for wind research - sacbee.com: "The Energy Department announced Monday it will provide $4 million to two projects in Texas and Massachusetts for research into designing and building the next generation of large wind turbine blades.
The department said the Massachusetts Partnership and the Lone Star Wind Alliance in Texas will each received $2 million for equipment at the facilities that are expected to be operating in 2009.
The total cost of the projects will be about $20 million each. Massachusetts has pledged $18 million in grants, loans and other funds. The Lone Star Alliance also has pledged $18 million for the Texas project.
The projects 'represent an important next step in the expansion of competitiveness of the U.S. domestic wind energy industry,' said Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman in a statement."
Monday, June 25, 2007
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