April 20/27, 2009
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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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News
RESEARCH - BIOFUELS
April 20, 2009
Mix air with the right type of carbon molecule and the right form
of hydrogen, and you can turn carbon dioxide into methanol. [more]
RESEARCH - BATTERIES & CAPACITORS
April 20, 2009
Come up with a way to spray single-walled carbon nanotubes and electrically
conductive gels and you can make printable supercapacitors. [more]
RESEARCH - SOLAR CELLS
April 20, 2009
Embed light-absorbing algae proteins in plastic and you can increase
the efficiency of a type of solar concentrator. [more]
RESEARCH - SOLAR CELLS
April 20, 2009
Tune light by splitting a high-energy photon into two lower-energy
photons and you can boost solar cell efficiency. [more]
RESEARCH - WIND
April 20, 2009
Control the angle of wind turbine blades individually and you can
smooth power flow and reduce wear-and-tear on floating wind turbines.
[more]
FUNDING - BIOFUELS
April 20, 2009
The Department of Defense has awarded University of Massachusetts
Amherst professor George Huber $1.9 million to develop methods of
converting cellulosic biomass into fuel precursors. [more]
FUNDING - WIND
April 20, 2009
The National Science Foundation has awarded David Olinger and Gretar
Tryggvason of Worcester Polytechnic Institute $299,991 to simulate
and model floating offshore wind turbines. [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
April 16, 2009
Geoengineering is rife with potential for unintended consequences.
We can’t say that altering the atmosphere or ocean to try to curb
or reverse global warming is a good or bad idea. [more]
Features
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Energy
in transition: researchers talk about Obama and our future
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Green Car Congress
Ames
Laboratory and Catilin Seek to Commercialize New Nanoparticle-Based
Algal Oil Extraction Process
The Atlantic
Clean
Energy's Dirty Little Secret
Wall Street Journal
Space
Race: Are Solar Satellites the Next Big Thing?
New York Times
The
Promise of a Better Light Bulb?
Scientific American
Time
to Think Hydropower
Wired
Tiny
Flower Turns Pig Poop into Fuel
Green Car Congress
Concept:
Compact Two-Cycle, Co-generating Piston-Driven Turbine to Deliver
60+% Efficiency
Scientific American
Efficient
Power at Any Wind Speed
Greentech Media
Are
the Benefits of Plug-In Hybrids Overstated?
Greentech Media
Will
Renewables Represent 90% of New Capacity by 2012?
Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Show
Us the Ball
TechOn
Electric
Vehicles Call for Redefinition of Automobiles
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