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Investing in the Future of Solar Energy Technology

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will invest up to $12 million in total funding—$10 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act—in four companies to support the development of early stage solar energy technologies and help them advance to full commercial scale. The goal of this effort is to help further expand a clean [...]

DOE takes Action to Encourage Innovation in Clean Energy Technology

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently outlined the Department’s plans to invest up to $366 million to establish and operate three new Energy Innovation Hubs focused on accelerating research and development in three key energy areas. The Hubs are part of a broad-based clean energy research strategy by the Obama Administration that will [...]

Scientist Develop Microsized Photovoltaic cells from Crystalline Silicon

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used.

The tiny cells could turn a person into a walking solar battery charger if they were fastened to flexible substrates molded around unusual shapes, such as clothing.

Energy Star Program This Year has Saved the Equivalent GHG’s of 370,000 Vehicles

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today reaches a milestone for the Energy Star program by passing the 1 millionth Energy Star qualified home mark. With more than 15,000 partners in sectors all across the economy, Energy Star has been enormously successful at saving consumers money by reducing the energy usage of products used in the [...]

U.S. Mid-Size Wind Turbine Development Workshop

November 6, 2009, 7:30 – 1:00

Cobo Center, Room W1-54, Detroit, MI
Contact: Trudy Forsyth 303-384-6932

Sponsored by NREL and DOE, the Mid-Size Turbine Development Workshop will facilitate collaboration between wind turbine designers and U.S. manufacturers and build awareness of the DOE-NREL Mid-Size Wind Turbine Development Project. This half-day workshop will consist of facilitated panel presentations by turbine [...]

Scientists Confirm Existence of Superheavy Element 114

Berkeley, CA – Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have been able to confirm the production of the superheavy element 114, ten years after a group in Russia, at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, first claimed to have made it. The search for 114 has long been [...]

U.S. Symposium on Next Generation Accelerator Technology

On Monday, October 26, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science will host a Symposium on Accelerators for America’s Future in Washington, DC. The symposium–drawing participants from science, industry, medicine, and the national security community–will focus on challenges and opportunities in maximizing the potential of next-generation accelerator technologies to energize the U.S. economy, strengthen [...]

Solution Grown Nano Crystal Contacts for Solar PV Cells

Berkeley, CA – In a development that holds much promise for the future of solar cells made from nanocrystals, and the use of solar energy to produce clean and renewable liquid transportation fuels, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have reported a technique by which the electrical conductivity [...]

Large Emitters of Green House Gases have New EPA Reporting Requirements

On January 1, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will, for the first time, require large emitters of heat-trapping emissions to begin collecting greenhouse gas (GHG) data under a new reporting system. This new program will cover approximately 85 percent of the nation’s GHG emissions and apply to roughly 10,000 facilities.

“This is a major step [...]

America cannot build a 21st Century energy economy with a mid-20th Century electricity system

In his keynote speech to the GridWeek 2009 Conference this morning, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu detailed his vision for implementing the smart grid and modernizing America’s electrical system: a stronger, smarter, more efficient electricity infrastructure that will encourage growth in renewable energy sources, empower consumers to reduce their energy use, and lay the foundation [...]