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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ERN Research Reports
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]
Eric on Energy
September 6, 2011
September 11 is the 10th anniversary of the infamous terrorist attacks.
It also marks six months since the Fukushima earthquake and tsunami, a
disaster that triggered global soul-searching about nuclear energy.
June 30, 2011
If you want a clear explanation of the relationship between climate
change and weather, check out Global Warming and the Science of Extreme
Weather on Scientific American's site.
June 30, 2011
Nicholas Stern, the former World Bank top economist who made waves five
years ago with the Stern Review that called for investments equal to 1%
of global GDP...
April 15, 2011
Politics can be frustrating at the best of times. The challenge is
avoiding despair and feeling helpless. This is especially true when
thinking about US energy policy.
April 5, 2011
Rapid screening — testing hundreds or thousands of compounds for
particular characteristics — is an important tool for discovering new
drugs. It’s nice to see this technique used in energy R&D.
March 15, 2011
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about China surging in the global clean
energy market. At the same time, they seem to recognize that developing
clean energy technologies won’t be enough to curb the country’s growing
appetite for coal and oil.
March 10, 2011
The exhibit floor of the Building Energy 11 conference here in Boston
this week was peppered with shiny displays of solar panels, LED
lighting, infrared cameras, composting toilets, solar water heaters and
the latest insulation materials.
March 10, 2011
There were some significant energy storage innovations at the MIT
Energy Conference and the ARPA-E Summit.
February 9, 2011
Nobel economist Paul Krugman’s most recent column in the New York Times
connects rising food prices to climate change.
February 3, 2011
Many environmentalists have questioned whether it makes sense for
people to buy new cars, even if they are more fuel-efficient.
February 2, 2011
Two recent developments combine clean energy and one of my favorite
topics: biology-inspired engineering.
News
RESEARCH -
SOLAR CELLS
September 7, 2010
Mix together a pair of photosynthetic proteins, an artificial cell, and
a carbon nanotube, repeatedly add and remove soap, and you have the
makings of a self-repairing solar cell. [more]
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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What It Takes to Power Google
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Switch from coal to natural gas no boon to climate
TPM Idea Lab
New
Superconductor Wires Could Give Renewable Energy More Charge
IEEE Spectrum
Footfalls
for Phone Calls
Technology Review
Advanced
Electrodes for Better Li-Ion Batteries
Technology Review
Making
Bacteria Make More Fuel
ClimateWire
Budget
Remedies Could Prevent Climate Plans for More Than a Decade
Scientific American
Stop
Mining for Oil (and Coal), Start Drilling for Heat
CNet
Alta
Devices lifts curtain on high-efficiency solar cell
CNet
IEEE: Solar could challenge fossil fuel in 10 years
Technology Review
Record
Food Prices Linked to Biofuels
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Electric
Buses Get a Jump Start
Scientific American
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Isobutanol Replace Ethanol?
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A
Gas Power Plant to Make Renewables More Practical
Technology Review
A
Car Battery at Half the Price
Technology Review
Powering
Your Car with Waste Heat
AP
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Leads Push to Go Green
New York Times
Nuclear
Agency Is Criticized as Too Close to Its Industry
Technology Review
Ultracapacitors
to Boost the Range of Electric Cars
Scientific American
Cereal
Killer: Climate Change Stunts Growth of Global Crop Yields
Technology Review
More
Power from Rooftop Solar
Scientific American
"Let's
Go for It"
Technology Review
Salty
Solution for Energy Generation
Technology Review
Cooling
Down Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells
Boston Globe
Markey
criticizes nuclear inspections in letter
Wired
Algal
Fuels Could Cut Oil Imports 17 Percent
ClimateWire
TVA
Agrees to Shut Down 18 Coal-Fired Boilers and Curb Emissions
Technology Review
Just
How Green Is Natural Gas?
New York Times
ARPA-E
Is Poised to Put Products on the Grid
Earth2Tech
A
Mega Wind Farm, Needs Lots Of Batteries
Scientific American
Social
networking and energy conservation: What went wrong?
Nature News
Governments
must pay for clean-energy innovation
Nature News
Biofuels
need enforceable ethical standards
New York Times
Rush
to Use Crops as Fuel Raises Food Prices and Hunger Fears
Greentech Media
NREL:
Separate Transportation From Generation, Improve Buildings
Climatewire
Energy
Efficiency Has Yet to Learn the Drill in the Military
Scientific American
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Tech Rising
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Will
Obama's New Energy Blueprint Work?
Technology Review
Rapid
Testing Yields High-Energy Battery Materials
Technology Review
Quantum
Dots as Solar Cells
Technology Review
Chrysler
Experiments with Hydraulic Hybrid Minivans
Technology Review
Using
Heat to Cool Buildings
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Organisms for Making Cheap Sugar
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Blamed for Record Food Prices
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