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| October 1, 2009 |
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| House passes Energy and Water spending bill |
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| U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) said the $33 billion spending bill that funds Energy and Water programs in Fiscal Year 2010 includes $2.3 million in federal funding for local projects. H.R. 3183 passed the House today by a vote of 308 to 114, and is expected to be considered by the Senate in the coming days. It will then go the President for his signature.
The following projects are funded in the Conference Report for H.R. 3183. A Conference Report is the final version of a bill that irons out differences from House and Senate versions of the bill.
$1 million for Case Western Reserve University’s Great Lakes Institute for Energy Innovation. Funds will be used for research, equipment and infrastructure to support the institute’s regional work in alternative energy including wind, solar and smart grid systems. The work will support the nation’s effort in developing green technologies. Sens. Voinovich and Brown also supported this effort.
$300,000 for innovations in control technologies for synthesis gas combustion. LaTourette had requested the funding to assist Parker Hannifin in Mentor to develop new adaptive control technologies using syngas, a clean fuel, as a replacement for traditional fossil fuels to provide power in everything from a building generator to a power utility. Because fossil fuel-powered utilities are the greatest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, the use of syngas will have a positive impact on the environment.
$500,000 for research and development of fuel cells for electricity from fossil and bio-based fuels. Technology Management, Inc. in Highland Heights is working on the development of a scalable fuel cell system for distributed bioenergy generation. The company has produced a fully functional fuel cell system -- the size of an appliance -- that can be installed and used to generate power through biofuels sufficient enough for to power an Ohio farm. Funds would be dedicated to engineering prototypes for manufacturing.
$250,000 for Mentor-on-the-Lake to reconstruct a new storm sewer system along State Route 283. The system would help to eliminate flooding and reduce pollution of Lake Erie.
$250,000 for Lake County Department of Utilities to replace the county’s existing lift station and forcemain which is located under the Grand River. Replacement of the aging system would prevent flooding and potentially hazardous discharges into Lake Erie. LaTourette submitted funding requests for these projects at the request of local officials. The bill includes language requiring that projects intended to be awarded to for-profit companies be awarded by the respective agency under an open competition. In making his request for project funding, LaTourette remains very optimistic of the companies’ strengths and abilities in a full competition for this funding.
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