Mexican Media Brands
U.S. Energy Secretary Chu Steps Down
Steven Chu, who served a secretary of the U.S.
#regulations
Share
Steven Chu, who served a secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Energy for the past four years, plans to step down as soon as a successor is confirmed. He plans to return to teaching and academic research.
Chu, now 64, led the DOE in a multi-billion-dollar effort to promote cutting edge "green" technologies, in part through loan guarantees. That program became controversial when several recipients entered bankruptcy, including solar-panel maker Solyndra and lithium-ion battery producer A123 Systems.
Chu, who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1997, was previously director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, chairman of the physics department at Stanford University and head of electronics research at Bell Labs.
RELATED CONTENT
-
Bill on Self-Driving Cars Stalls in Senate
Congressional efforts to make it easier to develop self-driving cars in the U.S. have stalled in the Senate despite strong bipartisan support.
-
Daimler Cleared to Test Advanced Robotic Cars on Beijing Roads
Daimler AG has become the first foreign carmaker to win permission to test advanced self-driving vehicles on public roads in Beijing.
-
CARB Predicts 10x Hike in Fuel Cell Vehicles by 2024
California expects the number of fuel cell-powered vehicles registered in the state will surge to 23,600 units in 2021 from 4,800 through May of this year and reach 47,200 by 2024.