Secretary Chu Announces U.s. Centers of the United States and China Clean research

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US Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the two consortia — one led by University of Michigan and one of the Western-led — get the next five years, according to the United States and China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) a total of EUR 25 million. Financing of grantees to provide at least $ 50 million u.s. total funding checked and to facilitate the establishment of the joint research and development of clean energy in the United States and China.Chinese equivalents to promote additional 50 million dollars, and the combined funding from both countries for a total of 100 million dollars with the duration of the University of Michigan. advance technologies for clean vehicles, even if West Virginia University used to focus on funding for the next generation of clean coal technologies like carbon capture and storage.

Secretary Chu "the United States and China Clean Energy Research Center will help to speed up the development and deployment of clean vehicles and clean coal technologies here at home," said. "This new partnership, new export opportunities for American companies to ensure that the United States is still at the forefront of innovation and help to reduce global carbon pollution."

President Obama and President Hu Jintao announced the establishment of a formal presidential trip to CERC Beijing last November. Time Secretary Chu joined the China Science and technology, the Wan Gang and China national Energy administrator start Center Guobao Zhang sign Minister of education.The world's best energy consumer, energy and greenhouse gas emitters the United States and China will have a major role in the transition to clean energy economy in the world in the coming years.

Two winning consortia details are as follows:

Clean coal: West Virginia University leads a consortium that includes Wyoming, University of Kentucky, Indiana University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the national Energy Technology Laboratory, the World Resources Institute, the United States and China Clean Energy Forum, General Electric, Duke Energy, LP Amina, Babcock & Wilcox and American Electric Power University. the consortium to develop and test new CO2 capture and sequestration technologies.

Clean vehicles: The University of Michigan will lead a consortium that includes the Ohio State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sandia National Laboratories, the joint BioEnergy Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler, Cummins, Fraunhofer, MAGNET, A123, American Electric Power, the first in the energy and Transportation Research Center focusing on vehicle electrification. the Consortium.

25 Million-dollar u.s. Government funding will be used to support the institutions and persons in the United States only for the work shall be made available to the partners of the people's Republic of China., the Government of the people's Republic of China in the coming months.

Different of 12,5 million dollars to the construction of energy efficiency has been the focus of the third winning consortium information shall be made available this fall.