May 4/11, 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 - WIND
May 4, 2009
Embedded accelerometers -- the same kind of motion sensors that let
you control your iPhone -- in wind turbine blades, and you're a step
closer to turbines that adapt on the fly to changing conditions. [more]
RESEARCH - BIOFUELS
May 4, 2009
Drive chemical reactions with sunlight-generated heat and electricity
and you can produce biofuel using a third of the biomass required
by today's processes. [more]
RESEARCH - SOLAR CELLS
May 4, 2009
Combine solar concentrators with solar cells made from slivers of
silicon and you've got a potentially inexpensive source of solar electricity.
[more]
RESEARCH - BIOFUELS
April 30, 2009
Make a computer model of the hydrogen bonds within and between cellulose
molecules and you're a step closer to cheap biofuel. [more]
FUNDING
April 30, 2009
The Department of Energy has allocated $93 million from the stimulus
package to wind energy projects, including $24 million for wind research
and development. [more]
FUNDING
April 28, 2009
The Department of Energy has given life to the Advanced Research Projects
Agency -- Energy (ARPA-E) with $400 million in funding. [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 4, 2009
If you learned that someone had invented a car that runs on water,
you’d probably be thrilled. But if you found out that the car consumes
50 gallons of water for every mile driven, you might wonder if it’s
worth it. [more]
Features
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Energy
in transition: researchers talk about Obama and our future
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A New Processing
Scheme for Algae Biofuels
Earth2Tech
Can
EnerNOC Expand Beyond Demand Response With IM?
Wall Street Journal
Renewable
Energy Standards: Much Ado About Not Too Much
Earth2Tech
Obama’s
100 Days: The 10 Greenest Acts
Scientific American
Is
Algae the Biofuel of the Future?
Green Car Congress
Q&A
With Luca Guala of Systemica on Masdar’s Personal Rapid Transit System
Cnet
Where
federal energy research money should go
Greentech Media
Government,
IT Biggest Buyers of Green Power
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