As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the White House has earmarked more than $80 billion for clean energy investments. These investments include everything from making a smarter grid to move renewable energy from rural places to cities, to low-income home weatherization projects.
In addition, it includes $4.5 billion for federal building green initiatives and to cut the energy bill. It also includes $600 million in green job training programs. Another interesting initiative is the $2 billion that has been put aside in competitive grants to help companies to develop the next generation of batteries that will store energy better.