Energy Frontier Research Centers get funding of $377 million

12 August 2009

US Energy Secretary has recently announced a funding of $377 million to the 46 new Energy Frontier Research Centers. These centers are located across the US in different laboratories, universities and private and non-governmental organizations. There is an urgent need to reduce the energy dependence on imported oil and the new funding will be the right direction to find a cost effective and green alternate.

Out of the $377 million funding, $100 funding will come from the budget of DOE for the current financial year and the remaining $277 will be financed through the recovery act. These 46 research centers have carefully been selected by US Department of Energy for funding and will get fund at $2to 5 per year for an initial period of five year.

The research area will cover a broad spectrum including nanotechnology, supercomputing, advanced instrumentation, high intensity light sources etc. to enhance the research further in the areas including solar energy, biofuels, transportation, energy storage and transmission, nuclear energy, clean energy and energy efficiency.

Some of the EERCs funded include Cornell University ($17.5 million), Columbia University ($16 million), MIT Cambridge ($19 million), Pennsylvania State University ($21 million), Purdue University ($20 million), University of Michigan ($19.5 million), Northwestern University ($19 million), University of Arizona ($15 million) and University of California, Santa Barbara ($19 million).

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