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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Receives US$40.3 Million Funding
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded US$40.3 million to
Figure 1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding for
the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to support new initiatives in
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory – Top Energy Projects
clean energy, fusion energy and smart grids. The funds will support
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research into new biofuels feedstocks, the deployment of ‘Smart Grid’
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technology and the development of plant biomass-to-biofuels
conversion techniques, among other projects. It will be shared between
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several departments, including the Joint Genome Institute, the Joint
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BioEnergy Institute and the High Performance Computing Research
Department (see Figure 1). “These new initiatives will help the US
US$ million
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maintain its scientific leadership and economic competitiveness while
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creating new jobs,” said DOE Secretary Steven Chu.
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The latest funds followed the passing of the American Recovery and
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Molecular foundry equipment Smart Grid technology
Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the US economic stimulus package signed
Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) infrastructure Energy Frontier Research
into law by Barack Obama in February. The allocation brings Berkeley
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Lab’s total ARRA funding from the Department of Energy’s Office of
Science to US$156.1 million. “It’s an extremely exciting time,” said The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a US Department
Berkeley Lab Interim Director Paul Alivisatos. “We’ve been at the of Energy National Laboratory operated by the University of
forefront of clean energy and energy efficiency research, and this California. Core scientific programs in the ‘Secure and
new injection of funds will help make the work of turning scientific
Sustainable Energy’ wing include the Joint BioEnergy Institute
study into energy solutions much faster.” Seven hundred new jobs
(JBEI) (biofuels development), The Energy Biosciences Institute
will also be created through the nine construction projects being
(EBI) (energy bioscience) and the Helios effort (solar energy
carried out by the Lab. ■
storage). For more information see www.lbl.gov
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