January 26/February 2, 2009
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
January 26, 2009
Use a genetically engineered yeast to break down agricultural waste
but leave out the nutrient supplements and some pretreatment steps,
and you have a potentially inexpensive source of ethanol. [more]
RESEARCH - BATTERIES AND CAPACITORS
January 26, 2009
Coat crystalline silicon nanowires with amorphous silicon and you
have highly efficient electrodes for lithium-ion batteries. [more]
RESEARCH - BATTERIES AND CAPACITORS
January 26, 2009
Shape tin oxide into the right nanostructures and you have inexpensive, high-capacity electrodes for lithium-ion batteries. [more]
FUNDING - WIND
January 26, 2009
The US Department of Energy has announced that up to $6 million is
available over the next two fiscal years for research into wind energy
generation. [more]
FUNDING - HYDROGEN
January 26, 2009
The US Department of Energy is looking for comments on the next generation
of Centers of Excellence in the department's hydrogen storage materials
program. [more]
FUNDING - BATTERIES AND CAPACITORS
GM funds battery research lab
January 26, 2009
General Motors has funded a research lab for vehicle batteries at the University of Michigan. The lab, the GM/U-M Advanced Battery Coalition for Drivetrains, was launched with a five-year $5 million award from the carmaker.
RESEARCH - HYDROGEN
January 23, 2009
Put the right number of atoms in nanoscale specks of aluminum and you're a step closer to being able to cheaply produce hydrogen from water on-the-fly. [more]
LAB NOTE
January 13, 2009
Stanford University yesterday launched a $100 million institute dedicated
to energy research. [more]
SPECIAL REPORT
January 13, 2009
The return of science, the enormous task, the Apollo-like effort required,
and ideas for remaking the nation's energy infrastructure. [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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January 23, 2009
OK, so how do we get several hundred million carbon-spewing vehicles off the road in time to significantly slow global warming? [more]
Features
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Energy
in transition: researchers talk about Obama and our future
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What the Looming Lithium Squeeze Means for Electric Car Batteries
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The Car of the Future Promised for October
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Could biodiesel power future rockets?
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Clean Power Leads New U.S. Electricity, Says Report
Wall Street Journal
Clean Energy: How Do You Jumpstart It?
Jesse Berst, Greentech Media
Electronomics, or How the Smart Grid Will Power Wealth, Pt. I
Technology Review
Better Thermal Photovoltaics
New Scientist
Invention: Biofuel from the oceans
Earth2Tech
Smart Energy Trials Making Headway, But Still Early
Green Car Congress
Avantium and Royal Cosun to Develop Process for Production of Furanics Biofuels and Bioplastics from Ag Waste
Cnet
Why wireless Internet matters to small wind
Green Car Congress
City Of Newark, Delaware First US Electric Utility to Approve Use of V2G
Green Car Congress
New System for Managing Multiple Types of Power Units Could Reduce Cost of Hybrids and Plug-ins
Cnet
Turn trash into energy in your office parking lot
Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Is Space Based Solar Power a Viable Solution to Our Energy Crisis?
New York Times
House Energy Stimulus Unveiled
Jeff St. John, Greentech Media
Draft Stimulus Plan Has Billions for Smart Grid
Wall Street Journal
Army Green: Why the Pentagon’s Energy Plans Matter
Wired
Automakers Sing the Body Electric
Earth2Tech
Auto Industry Revving for EV Renaissance, or Stuck in Neutral?
New York Times
Rush Holt on Energy Policy, Barack Obama and John
Holdren
The Boston Consulting Group
Electric Cars Are Unlikely to Help Carmakers Cut CO2 Emissions Significantly
by 2020
Michael Kanellos, Greentech Media
Rocky Mountain Institute Spins
Off a Car Company: Bright Automotive
Wired
Green
Tech Could Get Economy High, With a Little Help From the Feds
Earth2Tech
Solar’s
Dirty Side is Being Ignored, Report Says
Greentech Media
Ultracapacitors: An Inevitable Component Inside
Electric Cars?
Cnet
Tapping
the Earth for home heating and cooling
Green Car Congress
Report:
Lithium-Ion Battery Materials Market To Grow 89% In 5 Years
Cnet
Army
going electric for light-use vehicles
New York Times
Coming Soon: Hydrogen and Electric Vehicles From Toyota
Greentech Media
The Transmission of Tomorrrow Gets $25M
Greentech Media
All-in-One Solar Panels and Solar Thermal
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