This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic
newsletter. Vice President Biden Releases Report Showing
Recovery Act Energy Impact In January, Operations Manager
Marisol McCormick helped lift the first Chevrolet Volt battery
pack off a General Motors Michigan assembly line. Vice President
Joe Biden on August 24 unveiled a new analysis showing that the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's $100 billion investment
in innovation is helping accelerate significant advances in
science and technology. According to "The Recovery Act:
Transforming the American Economy through Innovation," the
United States is now on track to achieve three major energy
innovation breakthroughs thanks to Recovery Act investments:
cutting the cost of solar power in half by 2015; reducing the
cost of batteries for electric vehicles by 70% between 2009 and
2015; and doubling U.S. renewable energy generation and
renewable manufacturing capacity by 2012. Overall, the Recovery
Act is impacting science, technology, and innov