Full Text of SJR0053 97th General Assembly
SJ0053 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The United States Department of Energy has | 3 | | announced its intentions to issue a Funding Opportunity | 4 | | Announcement for the management and operation of an Energy | 5 | | Storage Hub, estimated to be funded at $20 million per year for | 6 | | 5 years; Congress has appropriated $20 million in FY 2012 to | 7 | | initially fund the Hub; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Energy Storage Hub will bring together | 9 | | world-class research talent to focus on the grand challenges of | 10 | | energy storage, finding new green, cost-effective ways to store | 11 | | energy from renewable resources, and leverage smart grid | 12 | | investments; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The educational benefit for the faculty and | 14 | | students of Illinois universities and staff from Illinois | 15 | | companies will gain much from the proximity of the Hub in | 16 | | Illinois in developing collaborations for research in chemical | 17 | | technologies and materials science; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The siting of the Energy Storage Hub in Illinois | 19 | | will help speed the pace of innovation in this critical new | 20 | | industry and will position Illinois as a national leader in | 21 | | green energy technologies and job creation; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Scientists and engineers at Argonne National | 2 | | Laboratory, Northwestern University, the University of | 3 | | Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, | 4 | | along with their partners, have already laid the conceptual | 5 | | groundwork for the operation for the Energy Storage Hub; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has a proven record of | 7 | | support for Argonne and Illinois universities for projects such | 8 | | as the Energy Storage Hub; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 11 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we pledge our support for Argonne | 12 | | National Laboratory and its bid to be the home of the Energy | 13 | | Storage Hub, and state our intention to provide support as | 14 | | necessary in order for the Hub to be located at Argonne; and be | 15 | | it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That we strongly encourage the United States | 17 | | Department of Energy to consider Argonne and the Illinois | 18 | | university in light of their expertise and experience with the | 19 | | concepts and operation of the Energy Storage Hub, which make | 20 | | the State of Illinois a natural fit for the location of these | 21 | | exciting new technologies with the potential to improve quality | 22 | | of life and create new jobs; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered to President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe | 3 | | Biden, Secretary Steven Chu of the U.S. Department of Energy, | 4 | | the members of the Illinois congressional delegation, and | 5 | | Governor Pat Quinn.
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