June 1/8, 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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RESEARCH - BIOFUELS
June 1, 2009
Use electricity to turn water and carbon dioxide into hydrogen and
carbon monoxide, and you open a route to making renewable liquid fuels.
[more]
RESEARCH - SOLAR CELLS
June 1, 2009
Put nanowires under strain and you've got a way to lower the cost
of silicon solar cells. [more]
FUNDING
June 1, 2009
The Obama administration announced that it will provide $467 million
from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act to support geothermal
and solar energy projects... [more]
LAB NOTE
June 1, 2009
The Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has
teamed up with the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)
to share information and conduct joint research and development. [more]
RESEARCH - SOLAR CELLS
May 26, 2009
Build a molecule that mimics the light-absorbing mechanisms of plants
and you can harvest energy from much of the solar spectrum. [more]
RESEARCH - BATTERIES & CAPACITORS
May 19, 2009
Melt sulfur into nanoscale holes in porous carbon and you can dramatically
increase lithium-ion battery capacity. [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
May 21, 2009
Call it the Jeffersonian energy model. MIT chemistry professor Daniel
Nocera's "personalized energy" plan has every home generating its
own electricity and fuel from sunlight, and has power plants, transmission
lines and gas stations fading into history. [more]
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Energy
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