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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FUNDING - BATTERIES & CAPACITORS
June 29, 2009
The National Science Foundation has awarded $633,687 to two University
of Texas researchers to develop graphene electrodes for ultracapacitors.
[more]
RESEARCH - SOLAR CELLS
June 29, 2009
Come up with the right plastic and you can make windows that generate
electricity. [more]
RESEARCH - FUEL CELLS
June 29, 2009
Coat a piece of carbon felt with the right dye and you have a cheap
way to make electricity from glucose. [more]
FUNDING
June 29, 2009
The National Science Foundation has awarded $300,000 to Georgia Institute
of Technology's Tom Fuller to study aging in fuel cell and battery
electrodes. [more]
RESEARCH - SOLAR CELLS
June 23, 2009
Add a second dye to a dye-sensitized solar cell, and you can boost
the power output from these low-cost solar cells. [more]
RESEARCH - WIND
June 16, 2009
Three of the world's largest cities -- New York, Tokyo and Seoul --
are sitting under veritable gold mines of energy. [more]
 RESEARCH
- BATTERIES & CAPACITORS
June 15, 2009
Embed the right nanoparticles in porous carbon and you have an electrode
that combines the high storage capacity of batteries with the high
power output of ultracapacitors. [more]
RESEARCH - BATTERIES & CAPACITORS
June 15, 2009
Turn an acid found in plants into a salt, add a dash of lithium, and
you have a recipe for environmentally benign batteries. [more]
RESEARCH - EFFICIENCY
 June
15, 2009
Attach the right blue molecule to the right orange molecule and you
have the key ingredient for inexpensive white light-emitting devices.
[more]
RESEARCH - SOLAR CELLS
June 15, 2009
Coat tiny semiconductor crystals with the right material and you have
a route to inexpensive, high performance thin-film solar cells. [more]
RESEARCH - SOLAR CELLS
June 15, 2009
Coat silicon solar cells with tiny amounts of the stuff that shines
red in CRT screens, and you can boost the cells' power output and
lower the cost the electricity you get from the cells. [more]
FUNDING - BATTERIES & CAPACITORS
June 15, 2009
Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
(NEDO) has formed a research consortium to develop advanced batteries.
[more]
Features
The return of science, the enormous task, the Apollo-like effort required,
and ideas for remaking the nation's energy infrastructure.
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Eric on Energy
June 26, 2009
MIT Institute Professor and former CIA Director John Deutch yesterday
warned that the US needs to revamp its "innovation system" if we want
to make timely progress on global warming and energy security. [more]
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