Again, I can write no better than this NY Times article:
China Again Hopes to Drive U.S. Rail Construction - http://nyti.ms/cybQGY
But wish to note:
-China is offering to help build and help finance California's High Speed Rail
-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California has closely followed progress in the discussions with China and expects to visit China later this year
-China is opening 1200 miles of high speed rail (this year!)
-China to spend $300 B next 3 years on rail; US to spend $5 B (next 5 years)
-Beijing to Shanghai will take about 4 hours (2011-2012); the same distance in the US (NY to Chicago) takes 18 hours.
-GE is a partner with China Ministry of Railroads.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
California and China - 3
In the first funding announcement under the new China-US Clean Energy Research Center (CERC), China is providing $75 MM in grants and the US DOE is providing $37.5 MM in funding (matched dollar-for-dollar, to total $75MM).
Besides demonstrating scientific merit and pushing clean energy research forward, this program encourages Chinese and US researchers to work cooperatively, leveraging resources of both countries. This is significant and is just beginning.
The 3 main areas of research encouraged by CERC:
-green buidings
-carbon capture & sequestration (coal is not going away)
-vehicles
I can not explain it better than this NY times article. http://nyti.ms/bvpd83
However, I wish to add 2 points:
-California already has 1 or more than intergovernmental agreements with China to encourage similar energy research and cooperation with China. I hope this State will leverage this federal program with its own efforts, at ARB or CEC.
-Last week, the Pew organization released a well-reported warning, yet another data point, that US investment in clean energy is falling behind the world, especially China.
NYT
Boost for U.S.-China Clean Energy Research - http://nyti.ms/bvpd83
DOE-Press Release
http://www.energy.gov/news/8804.htm
DOE-CERC - RFP
https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AabttjROtnvNZGNya2o3NDhfMjA4ZnY0NjdnZHc&hl=en
Pew Study on Renewable Investments:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.pewglobalwarming.org/cleanenergyeconomy/pdf/PewG-20Report.pdf
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/29/china-leads-in-renewable-investments/?src=tptw
Besides demonstrating scientific merit and pushing clean energy research forward, this program encourages Chinese and US researchers to work cooperatively, leveraging resources of both countries. This is significant and is just beginning.
The 3 main areas of research encouraged by CERC:
-green buidings
-carbon capture & sequestration (coal is not going away)
-vehicles
I can not explain it better than this NY times article. http://nyti.ms/bvpd83
However, I wish to add 2 points:
-California already has 1 or more than intergovernmental agreements with China to encourage similar energy research and cooperation with China. I hope this State will leverage this federal program with its own efforts, at ARB or CEC.
-Last week, the Pew organization released a well-reported warning, yet another data point, that US investment in clean energy is falling behind the world, especially China.
NYT
Boost for U.S.-China Clean Energy Research - http://nyti.ms/bvpd83
DOE-Press Release
http://www.energy.gov/news/8804.htm
DOE-CERC - RFP
https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AabttjROtnvNZGNya2o3NDhfMjA4ZnY0NjdnZHc&hl=en
Pew Study on Renewable Investments:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.pewglobalwarming.org/cleanenergyeconomy/pdf/PewG-20Report.pdf
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/29/china-leads-in-renewable-investments/?src=tptw
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