DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
has signed a partnership deal that focuses on the electric
power utility industries in the United States and abroad to
identify opportunities for testing and deploying ARPA-E
funded grid projects.
In 2007, about 58% of the petroleum consumed in the U.S. was imported from foreign countries--primarily Canada, Saudia Arabia, Venezuela, Mexico and Nigeria. (Source: EIA)
Public policies such as appliance and vehicle efficiency standards and building codes are responsible for at least 20% of the improvement in the US's energy intensity--energy use per unit of GDP. (Source: Institute for 21st Century Energy)
The United States makes up 5% of the world's population and accounts for 25% of total energy use.
Appliances account for roughly 65% of electricity consumption in the average American household (2001), with refrigerators and lighting making up the largest categories. (Source: EIA)
55 of the world's 65 largest oil producing countries are past their production peaks and in decline.
