US Federal Government will invest $366M in Energy Innovation Hubs / Clusters

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu has presented a plan outlining how the DoE will invest up to US $122 over five years in each three hubs.

DoE will review proposal in the coming months from prospective clusters/hubs.

The overall objective is bring together a multidisciplinary team of researchers to accelerate R&D and to shorten the time from discovery to technological development and commercialization  promising energy-related technologies.

The three hubs/clusters will focus on:

• production of fuels directly from sunlight
• improving energy-efficient building systems design
• computer modeling and simulation for the development of advanced nuclear reactors

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