State OKs $840M clean energy program - San Francisco Business Times:

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Those involved with the $120-million-a-year plan and some outsidera say it’s needed to acceleratew R&D. “It’s really about a multipliefr affect,” said Will Coleman, a venture capitalis with Menlo Park-based . “These dollards alone won’t solve the but if these dollars can unlocprivate dollars, they’re going to be more To be eligible for state companies must also be applying to the federalp government for stimulus funds in transportation, energgy efficiency, fuel and transit categories. “This is a good plan,” said Dan director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energt Laboratory atthe .
“This is the right moment to be thinking about an integratex view of researchand deployment.” The CEC already is accepting applicationws for the state funds. Infrastructurs to support electric cars, like charging stations, and plug-i n hybrid retrofits get $46 million; hydrogen fuelinhg stations get $40 million; ethanol fueling stations and pilot plantget $12 million; renewabler and biodiesel get $6 million; natural gas vehicles get $43 million, while propane schooo buses and other vehiclesw get $2 million; workforce trainint gets $27 million.