United States Department of Energy ( DOE ) testing of commercial LED lamps designed to replace incandescent lamps or CFLs showed that average efficacy was still about 46 lm / W in 2009 ( tested performance ranged from 17 lm / W to 79 lm / W ).

In August 2009, Michigan and Detroit's auto industry received $ 1. 36 B in grants from the U. S. Department of Energy for the manufacture of electric vehicle technologies which is expected to generate 6, 800 immediate jobs and employ 40, 000 in the state by 2020.

For example, Universe of Energy was sponsored by Exxon from 1982 to 2004, and The Land was sponsored by Kraft from 1982 to 1993, then Nestlé from 1993 to 2009.

2009 also saw a scare in which 2. 2 pounds of missing plutonium prompted a Department of Energy investigation into the laboratory.

On December 11, 2009, more than 125 people gathered to respond by a proposal by Tessera Solar affiliated with Stirling Energy Systems to install 8, 000 40-foot parabolic mirrors on near Saguache, Colorado.

* Biel, R. and Mu-Jeong Kho ( 2009 ) " The Issue of Energy within a Dialectical Approach to the Regulationist Problematique ," Recherches & Régulation Working Papers, RR Série ID 2009-1, Association Recherche & Régulation: 1-21.

On January 21, 2009 Paul Alivisatos was appointed interim director to replace former laboratory Director, Steven Chu, who was sworn in as U. S. Energy Secretary.

President Barack Obama unveiled on May 7, 2009, a $ 26. 4 billion budget request for DOE for fiscal year ( FY ) 2010, including $ 2. 3 billion for the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ( EERE ).

As part of the $ 789 billion economic stimulus package in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Congress provided Energy with an additional $ 38. 3 billion for fiscal years 2009 and 2010, adding about 75 percent to Energy's annual budgets.

Since 2009, Jolt Cola and related flavors have been rebranded as Jolt Energy.

On July 8, 2009 Quallion LLC, which manufactures lithium ion cells and battery packs, announced plans to build a battery manufacturing plant in Palmdale if it won a government grant being offered by the U. S. Department of Energy.

The plot of land was purchased by Navitas Energy Inc. in 2009.

* In early 2009, Acciona Energy commissioned the Red Hills Wind Farm, located approximately eight miles north of Elk City.

" In 2009, Lacey's Alternative Energy Fair was honored with the Award of Excellence for Events, Fairs, and Festivals by the Washington Recreation and Park Association.

On March 5, 2009, Energy Secretary Steven Chu reiterated in a Senate hearing that the Yucca Mountain site was no longer considered an option for storing reactor waste.

First Energy Corporation of Akron, Ohio purchased rights to develop plant in November 2009.

In 2009, the building earned Silver certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ( LEED ) certification system under the United States Green Building Council.

Tony Klein, chairman of the Vermont House Natural Resources and Energy Committee asked the NRC about the pipes at a hearing in 2009 and the NRC did not even know they existed.

On January 2, 2009, the U. S. Energy Department said that it would begin buying approximately of crude oil to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, replenishing supplies that were sold after hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

A Ministerial Review of Electricity Market Performance was initiated on 1 April 2009 and led by an independent Electricity Technical Advisory Group, appointed by the Minister for Energy and Resources, with assistance from officials from the Ministry of Economic Development.

Steven Chu, the US Secretary of Energy, stated in 2009 that hydrogen vehicles " will not be practical over the next 10 to 20 years ".

* Wilhelm Reich and the Orgone Energy: A Brief Introduction ( 2009 ) This video shows a fringe viewpoint on orgone, reflecting the personal views of James DeMeo.

(" The Energy Never Dies "), was released on June 9, 2009.

* 2009 The Alan Parsons Project That Never Was

The world record for concrete pumping was set on 7 August 2009 during the construction of the Parbati Hydroelectric Project, near the village of Suind, Himachal Pradesh, India, when the concrete mix was pumped through a vertical height of.

* 2009 – Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer and producer ( The Alan Parsons Project ) ( b. 1945 )

In May 2009 at the World Economic Forum, Jordan announced its plans to construct the " Jordan National Red Sea Development Project " ( JRSP ).

As of March 2009, there are three forks, one of which is dbndns, the fork of the Debian Project, and more than a dozen patches to address shortcomings exist.

Finally with the arrival of Paranormal Activity ( 2009 ), which was well received by critics and an excellent reception at the box office, minimal thought started by The Blair Witch Project was reaffirmed and is expected to be continued successfully in other low-budget productions.

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Beginning in 2009 the Project Gutenberg catalog began offering

Between 2009 and 2015 the Po Valley Project ( the implementation of the plan ) will carry out more than 60 measures to heighten and strengthen dikes, increase natural retention areas, recover sediment transport, recover hydromorphological characteristics, enlarge wetlands, afforest, renaturate, promote biodiversity and promote recreational use, among others.

* Paddy Griffith Sprawling Wargames multiplayer Wargaming, Ward Lock Ltd, London, 1980, reprinted 2009 by the History of Wargaming Project link

The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar and the Government of Norway signed an agreement in August, 2008 whereby Norway agreed to provide funds for the Tanga-Pemba Sub Sea Cable Project, which will enable Pemba Island to receive electricity from the National Grid from the Tanga Region ; the laying of a 40 megawatts marine cable started in December 2009.

In his 2009 book, A Terrible Mistake, researcher H. P. Albarelli Jr. concurs with the Olson family and concludes that Frank Olson was murdered because a personal crisis of conscience made it likely he would divulge state secrets concerning several CIA programs, chief among them Project ARTICHOKE and an MKDELTA project code-named Project SPAN.

In 2009, Bacon narrated a National Geographic Channel show ' The Human Family Tree ' – a program charting the work of the Genographic Project and their work on the genetic interconnectedness of all humans.

* Kittylab Singapore Expo 2009 Hello Kitty 35th Anniversary Project Kitty Lab

* Project Icarus ( 2009 – 2014 ), unmanned interstellar probe

In order to reduce paper usage and reduce payroll expenses, 500, 000 handheld computers ( HHC's ) were used for the first time in 2009 during the address canvassing portion of the 2010 Decennial Census Project.

However, the planning application was still rejected by South Bucks District Council in October 2009, following a prolonged opposition campaign by local residents, who formed a " Stop Project Pinewood " group.

23 Feb. 2009 < http :// www. pba. org / programming / programs / thisisatlanta / aidsquilt />.</ ref > The Quilt is still maintained and displayed by The NAMES Project Foundation.

* In 2009, MSNBC had an online blog project entitled the " Elkhart Project " which consists of their reporters blogging about life in small-town America during the recession.

The Project received the Jury Special Award, in the Most Successful Koç ’ s Competition, organized by KOÇ Community in 2009.

On May 22, 2009, at the Neighborhoods USA ( NUSA ) Conference in Spokane, WA, the Sylvan-Old Auburn Road ( SOAR ) Neighborhood, one of the ten Neighborhood Groups located within the City of Citrus Heights, received first place honors in the Multi-Neighborhood Project Partnerships category for their highly-acclaimed 2008 Senior Health Fair event.

In an effort to reduce its impact on the environment, the city launched the Emerald Tracy Project in September 2009.

Greenprints Alliance, Inc. is a grassroots citizen action group formed in spring 2009 to advance the City of Woodstock's green infrastructure master plan known as The Greenprints Project.

The construction of the Chemin Metairie Parkway Project began in the spring of 2007 and the first segment, from the intersection of Highway 92 and Chemin Metairie, to central Youngsville, opened in early 2009.