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White House Appoints Head of New DOE Agency
Monday, September 21, 2009
The White House appointed Arun Majumdar, of the College of Engineering at the University of California Berkeley, to head its new Department of Energy (DOE) agency. The new agency, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will support high risk alternative energy technologies.
ARPA-E projects consider technologies which can lower foreign oil dependency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency. 3,500 companies applied for funds from ARPA-E this year.
ARPA-E is funded by federal stimulus dollars.
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