February 23 - March 16, 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
March 9, 2009
We know that biofuels, to a greater or lesser degree, are environmentally
better than petroleum-based fuels. It turns out that many are also
comparable to petroleum fuels in cost and production efficiency. [more]
RESEARCH - SOLAR
March 9, 2009
Split sunlight with a color-separating mirror and you get more electricity
out of the same light if you aim it at two different types of solar
cells. [more]
RESEARCH - HYDROGEN
March 9, 2009
Coat a net-like nanostructure made of one titanium semiconductor with
a second titanium semiconductor and you can boost the amount of light
the structure converts to electricity, and possibly the amount of
hydrogen it extracts from water. [more]
FUNDING & POLICY
March 6, 2009
Research was a major theme of energy secretary Steven Chu's statement
to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources yesterday.
[more]
RESEARCH - BATTERIES & CAPACITORS
March 2, 2009
Give used newspapers a bath in the right chemicals and you get a green
twofer: cheap ultracapacitor electrodes for storing electricity and
a new use for recycled newspaper. [more]
RESEARCH - BIOFUELS
March 2, 2009
Ethanol's slogan should be keep it local, or at least regional, if
the biofuel is to serve as a truly green alternative to gasoline.
[more]
RESEARCH - SOLAR
February 23, 2009
Come up with a way to make solar cells from iron pyrite -- fool's
gold -- and you could have a cheap, abundant energy source. [more]
RESEARCH - BIOFUELS
February 23, 2009
Cook up the right solvent and you can turn wood and agriculture scrap
directly into a biofuel precursor without first having to convert
it to sugar. [more]
RESEARCH - BATTERIES & CAPACITORS
February 10, 2009
Grow carbon nanotubes inside manganese dioxide nanotubes and you've
got high-capacity, potentially inexpensive electrodes for lithium-ion
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
March 9, 2009
The climate picture, at least from where I sit, isn't pretty: developing
a sustainable global energy system will take time and the clock is
running out. [more]
Features
Q&As
Special Report
Energy
in transition: researchers talk about Obama and our future
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News and views from elsewhere
Rob Day, Cleantech Investing
Where
there’s smoke, there’s fire
Green Car Congress
New
Algae Growth Technology for Biofuels Production
TechOn
DC
Power: From Data Centers to Homes
TechOn
NTT
Expects to Charge Mobile Battery with Single Solar Cell
Rob Day, Cleantech Investing
WRI:
A great data and analysis resource
Technology Review
A Cheaper
Solar Concentrator
Wired
Got
Manure? These Trucks Run on It
Technology Review
A More Efficient
Ethanol Engine
Scientific American
How
to Use Solar Energy at Night
Keith Johnson, Wall Street Journal
Train in Vain: More Cash for High-Speed Rail?
Rob Day, Cleantech Investing
What
if energy was free?
Michael Butler and Jamie Boyd, Greentech Media
Are
the Green Gears Grinding to a Halt?
New York Times
Cutting
Costs With Solar Walls
Green Car Congress
Two
Studies on Regional Options for Reducing GHG Highlight Need for Reduction
in Travel Intensity
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