http://www.masshightech.com/latestnews.html Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology : breaking news from Mass High Tech Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:37:58 -0500 en-US http://www.masshightech.com/ http://www.masshightech.com/images/flag.gif http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/daily37-Maine-energy-efficiency-projects-net-96M-DOE-grants.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology The state of Maine will receive $9.6 million in U.S. Department of Energy grant funding to make public buildings and vehicles more energy efficient, the DOE disclosed late Tuesday. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/09/daily5-Stimulus-funds-aid-UNH-floating-wind-turbine.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology The University of New Hampshire reports its Center for Ocean Renewable Energy (CORE) has landed $700,000 in federal stimulus funds to test a prototype floating wind turbine. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/02/daily60-Mass-claims-2M-for-statewide-broadband-service.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration has awarded about $2 million in stimulus funding to Massachusetts for the purpose of developing initial steps for setting up broadband Internet service throughout the commonwealth, including Cape Cod and western Massachusetts. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/02/weekly2-Smart-grids-get-34B-Small-biz-win-43-of-DOE-awards.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology President Barack Obama announced $3.4 billion in funding for projects to modernize the nation’s electricity grid — the largest group of economic stimulus awards ever made in one day. In other news, the Department of Energy announced $151 million in funding for 37 research projects on advanced energy technologies. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/10/26/daily9-Seven-New-England-companies-split-36M-in-DOE-research-grants.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology New England was a big winner in the U.S. Department of Energy’s first release of stimulus-funded energy research grants, as some seven companies received a slice of the $151 million ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy) grant awards. In all, six Massachusetts companies and one Connecticut firm will receive a total of $35.5 million to fund their research efforts in alternative energy. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/10/12/daily49-Maine-pulls-in-8M-for-floating-offshore-wind-farm.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology The University of Maine has received $8 million in federal stimulus funding to move forward on its 10-year plan to create the country’s first floating deepwater offshore wind farm. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/10/12/daily38-Gov-Patrick-Three-Mass-proposals-for-broadband-stimulus-funds.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Governor Deval Patrick has submitted a letter to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) requesting federal stimulus funding for three Massachusetts broadband projects to serve western Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the City of Boston. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/10/12/daily35-Conn-puts-4M-in-stimulus-funds-to-solar-water-heating.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Connecticut Gov. Jodi M. Rell has set aside $4 million in federal stimulus funds to aid residential and commercial installation of solar-powered water-heating systems within the state. Dubbed the Solar Thermal Incentive Program, the funds cover costs for about 600 residential and 120 nonresidential solar-powered water-heating systems. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/10/12/daily23-Bostons-solar-evacuation-route-attracts-13M-grant.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology The City of Boston has won a $1.3 million Solar America Cities grant, from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to use in creating a solar evacuation route, Mayor Tom Menino announced on Tuesday. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/10/05/daily50-Bialecki-Mass-making-progress-on-economic-plan.html Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology There are early signs that Massachusetts is beginning to emerge from this harsh economic downturn and that we are poised to do so faster and stronger than much of the rest of the country. To keep making progress, there are some old habits that we must begin to break.