Among them:
Makani Power Inc.: $15 million investment to support R&D on high- altitude wind energy extraction technologies aimed at producing utility-scale power cheaper than coal.
eSolar Inc. and BrightSource Energy, Inc.: $10 million investments in each to support R&D on solar thermal power to produce utility-scale power cheaper than coal.
AltaRock Energy, Inc: $6.25 million investment in EGS technologies and project development to support the advancement of enhanced geothermal systems.
Potter Drilling: $4 million investment in two tranches focused on developing hard rock drilling breakthrough technologies for EGS.
Southern Methodist University Geothermal Lab: $489,521 grant to improve geothermal resource assessment techniques and update the Geothermal Map of North America.
U.S. National Academy of Sciences: $250,000 grant for a study that will develop recommendations for U.S.-Chinese cooperation on renewable electricity.
Stanford University: $135,000 award to increase the power output per advanced geothermal well.
San Diego State University: $239,504 grant to develop a small particle solar receiver that can absorb concentrated sunlight directly into a gas to operate a Brayton cycle system and generate electricity.
- Aptera Motors and ActaCell: $2.75 million investment to support the development of technologies that will enable widespread commercialization of plug-in electric vehicles
- Brookings Institution: $200,000 to support a conference in spring 2008 on federal policy to promote plug-in hybrids
- CalCars: $200,000 multi-year grant to the California Cars Initiative to support their work educating the public about plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs)
- Electric Power Research Institute: $200,000 to support EPRI’s plug-in vehicle research and development program including participating in advanced infrastructure development, vehicle-to-grid technology demonstrations, and studies of the environmental and economic benefits of plug-ins
- Rocky Mountain Institute: $200,000 to partially fund an ‘Innovation Workshop’ to promote new strategies for greater production and market adoption of plug-in next-generation hybrid vehicles
- Dr. Willett Kempton at University of Delaware: $150,000 for megawatt plug-in to grid research and implementation planning
- Plug-In America: $100,000 to raise public awareness of and to advocate for plug-in transportation options
