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Rising to Our "Sputnik Moment"

This past Monday Secretary Chu delivered a major address at the National Press Club in which he called upon the United States to sharply accelerate innovations in clean energy, citing recent clean technology successes by China and other industrial nations as a "Sputnik Moment" for the United States

Highlights from the speech can be found on the Energy Blog, along with a recording of the full remarks.

You can also review the Secretary's "Energy Race/Sputnik Moment" powerpoint by downloading one of the following files: .PPT or .PDF.

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LED Holiday Lights: Festive, Safe, and Efficient!

This week brings a day that many people look forward to all year - and I'm not talking about Thanksgiving, or Black Friday. I'm talking about that magical day when it's finally okay to drag the dusty boxes from the basement or attic, to lovingly sort and display your decorations, to untangle your light strings and set up the stepladder, all in anticipation of one glorious moment: Dad's annual trip to the emergency room.

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Civil War Icon Becomes National Clean Energy Model

Nearly a century and a half after the first shots of the Civil War, Fort Sumter National Monument is poised to become a national model for clean energy. By adopting solar and hydrogen fuel cell technologies, the monument will generate clean, renewable power - establishing itself as an energy self-sufficient island. Nearly a century and a half after the first shots of the Civil War, Fort Sumter National Monument is poised to become a national model for clean energy. By adopting solar and hydrogen fuel cell technologies, the monument will generate clean, renewable power - establishing itself as an energy self-sufficient island.

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In Case You Missed It: Tuesday Talk with Secretary Chu

Yesterday Secretary Chu took participated in the White House Tuesday Talks series, advising viewers from across the country on how they can save money by saving energy and reiterating his assertion that the United States must sharply accelerate innovations in clean energy in response to the recent clean technology successes by countries such as China.

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Secretary Chu Announces Nearly $21 Million in Technical Assistance Projects to Improve Energy Use in Commercial Buildings

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a live online chat at the White House, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that 24 projects are receiving a total of $21 million in technical assistance to dramatically reduce the energy used in their commercial buildings.

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Could 135,000 Laptops Help Solve the Energy Challenge?

Washington, D.C. - U.S Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the largest ever awards of the Department's supercomputing time to 57 innovative research projects - using computer simulations to perform virtual experiments that in most cases would be impossible or impractical in the natural world.

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