Perspective
"The transition from fossil fuels to renewable resources
is a long and expensive but an absolutely vital process. We need
a long term (30 to 50 years), high-priority program using a substantial
part of the GNP and covering the entire scope – from fundamental
research to commercial installation strategy – to gradually
replace the fossil fuels we use for power generation, transportation
and industrial thermal energy."
- Jacob Karni, from Special
Report
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Find out how ultracapacitors are evolving, which technologies are
emerging, who's driving the change, and how ultracapacitors will change
hybrid and electric vehicles, trains and renewable energy. [more]
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RESEARCH - SOLAR CELLS
August 23, 2010
Periodically jolt the top of a solar cell and you have a solar cell
that cleans itself. [more]
RESEARCH - PAPERS OF NOTE
August 23, 2010
RESEARCH - BATTERIES & CAPACITORS
July 22, 2010
Use water to make carbon nanotubes and you can store more energy in
and get more power out of ultracapacitors. [more]
FUNDING
July 22, 2010
Research on artificial synthesis, which taps sunlight to turn carbon
dioxide into fuel, is getting a boost. [more]
RESEARCH - PAPERS OF NOTE
June 15, 2010
RESEARCH - BATTERIES & CAPACITORS
June 9, 2010
Put a twist on a popular children's science experiment and you could
have an inexpensive source of electricity for the developing world.
[more]
RESEARCH - WIND
May 19, 2010
Arrange a bunch of vertical-axis wind turbines like a school of fish
and you can boost the amount of energy each turbine produces. [more]
RESEARCH - PAPERS OF NOTE
May 14, 2010
RESEARCH - PAPERS OF NOTE
April 30, 2010
FUNDING
April 29, 2010
ARPA-E, the Department of Energy's funding program for high-risk,
high-reward research, has awarded $106 million to 37 research projects.
[more]
RESEARCH - HYDROGEN
April 12, 2010
Use a virus to form the right nanostructure and you're a step closer
to efficiently extracting hydrogen from water using sunlight. [more]
RESEARCH - WIND
April 7, 2010
Put enough wind turbines off the US east coast and you can provide
much of the region's power. Interconnect those wind turbines and you
can smooth out the flow of power they feed into the grid. [more]
RESEARCH - PAPERS OF NOTE
March 17, 2010
FUNDING
March 2, 2010
The Department of Energy announced $100 million will be made available
through ARPA-E for innovative research in grid storage, power electronics,
and building efficiency. [more]
RESEARCH - SOLAR CELLS
March 1, 2010
Coat a semiconductor nanowire with another semiconductor material
in the right way, and you can get more out of nanowire solar cells.
[more]
FUNDING
February 2, 2010
The Obama administration's budget request for fiscal year 2011 includes
nearly $500 million in new funding for renewable energy research.
[more]
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The return of science, the enormous task, the Apollo-like effort required,
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Eric on Energy
September 2, 2010
Lots of deep thinking going on in the media in recent days.
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