Latest Round of Recovery Act Funds Sends $17.6 Million to Pennsylvania for Clean Technology Job Creation

President Obama announced today that the Department of Energy is awarding $2.7 billion from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act for Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits. With these credits, 183 projects across the country will create tens of thousands of clean energy jobs and encourage the production of advanced clean energy technologies including wind and solar power as well as systems to increase energy efficiency and management.

In Pennsylvania, seven projects are receiving over $17.6 million to manufacture solar energy equipment and energy-efficient building materials.

The Recovery Act has brought tens of millions of dollars in tax credits and contracts for clean energy and energy efficiency to Pennsylvania, and is just the beginning of the kind of progress we can make with federal investment in clean energy technology.

For a full list of the projects announced today, click here to download the spreadsheet from the White House.

Alliance for Climate Protection CEO Maggie L. Fox issued the following statement after President Obama's announcement:

STATEMENT BY ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION
CEO MAGGIE L. FOX ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S ANNOUNCEMENT ON FUNDING FOR
CLEAN TECHNOLOGY JOB CREATION

For immediate release: January 8, 2010
Press inquiries: Laura Burton Capps, Giselle Barry, 202-567-6800, press@climateprotect.org

Washington, DC – Alliance for Climate Protection President and CEO Maggie L. Fox today issued the following statement on President Obama’s announcement on funding for clean technology job creation:

“The solutions to our economic challenge and our energy crisis go hand in hand. President Obama's announcement today supports our transition to a clean energy economy that will create thousands of new manufacturing jobs for American workers. New investments in solar power, energy efficiency and wind energy will spur innovation and harness our nation’s greatest asset – the ingenuity of the American worker.”

About the Alliance for Climate Protection:
The Alliance for Climate Protection was founded in 2006 by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. With more than five million members and supporters worldwide, the Alliance is a unique non-profit, non-partisan organization that is committed to educating the global community about the urgency of implementing comprehensive solutions to the climate crisis.

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