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Energy Secretary Steven Chu plans to ensure hydrogen funds invested wisely

United States Energy Secretary Steven Chu doesn't think that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are the best technology to funnel research and development funds into. Still, Chu doesn't plan to continue fighting with the lawmakers in Congress that voted to reinstate funding into hydrogen projects that he had previously canceled. Says the Energy Secretary: We will do the best we can to make sure the funds are invested wisely... We asked ourselves, 'Is it likely in the next 10 or 15, 20 years that we will convert to a hydrogen car economy?' The ... Read more →

Energy Secretary Chu: electric vehicles "inevitable" Sebastian Blanco

The Secretary of the Department of Energy, Steven Chu, gave the commencement address at CalTech on Friday, and electric vehicle advocates could find something to cheer about from his words of advice ...

Challenge to Chu: drive an electric and a hydrogen car for a month, see what happens Sebastian Blanco

Here's a challenge that it would be nice for all of us to try. Hydrogen vehicle advocate Greg Blencoe is still smarting from the DOE funding cut for hydrogen vehicle research dollars. He wants ...

Obama, DOE slash hydrogen fuel cell funding in new budget Sebastian Blanco

The message has been hinted at before, but the federal government is now serious about shifting the focus away from hydrogen and onto plug-in vehicles. In an important statement yesterday, ...

DOE announces $786 million for third-generation biofuels Sebastian Blanco

Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced a huge, $786.5 million program to speed development and commercialization of biofuels today. The money comes from the American Recovery and ...

Energy Secretary implements fast-track changes; Fisker and Tesla might benefit quickly 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

When Steven Chu was nominated to be the new Secretary of Energy, the general sense was that it was great to have a scientist making some decisions about energy policy. Some, though, questioned whether he had the skills to run the bureaucracy that is the Department of Energy. After a month or so on ...

Anti-coal biofuel researcher will become Obama's Secretary of Energy 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The US Secretary of Energy is not exactly a glamorous position. I mean, go ahead and name the current one. Give up? It's Samuel Bodman, whose name we've had on AutoblogGreen with some regularity and still I needed to Wikipedia the position to recall his name. But the next Secretary might become a ...

Scientists consider ethanol sources beyond corn, and why termites may be the key breakthrough 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Biofuels was one of the major topics that surfaced at the American Association for the Advancement of Science last week. Nobel laureate Steven Chu called the need for alternative fuels "very pressing" as the economics of powering autos with gas is four times as expensive as plug-in electricity. ...


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