At the "2009 EEI (Edison Electric Institute) Annual Convention/Expo" held in San Francisco, USA from June 23 to 25, 2009, Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced that DOE planned to allocate a total of 3.9 billion dollars to invest in smart grids.

Recently, Volvo Car Company announced that it will cooperate with energy company Vattenfall to produce a new plug-in hybrid model. This hybrid model can be charged through a standard household socket and will be launched in 2012. This breakthrough technology will significantly reduce the environmental impact of cars.

The Iraqi Kurdish Autonomous Region government issued a statement on the evening of the 8th saying that they will export oil through the pipeline between Iraq and Turkey starting in June this year, and the initial export volume is expected to be 100,000 barrels per day. However, the Iraqi central government stated that this decision had not been approved by the government.

The main purpose of Obama's energy plan is to get rid of the United States' dependence on fossil fuels and instead seek to develop new renewable resources. The plan sets ambitious goals: improve energy efficiency, control carbon dioxide emissions through total control and carbon emissions trading, transform automobile internal combustion engines.

Google CEO Eric E. Schmidt talked about Google's energy plan in an interview with foreign media. He pointed out that the energy issue is very important and the energy plan is a good thing that Google can do for the world.

Affected by factors such as the passage of the revised economic stimulus plan by the U.S. House of Representatives, international oil prices rebounded on the 13th after falling for several consecutive days, with oil prices in the New York market rising by more than 10%.

Progress Energy Florida said it signed contracts with Westinghouse Electric Co. and Power Group, a unit of Shaw Group Inc. (SGR), to develop two nuclear power units for a proposed nuclear power plant in Levy County, Florida.

The main crude oil futures contract in the New York market closed moderately higher, briefly exceeding $46 during the session. There are rumors in the market that Saudi Arabia may significantly reduce production in January next year.