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Energy News- Unmanned Solar-Powered Aircraft Soars Nonstop for 14 Days July 28, 2010An unmanned solar-powered aircraft stayed aloft over an Arizona proving ground for 14 days, smashing records for such flights, according to its makers. […]
- DOE and U.S. Department of Defense Announce Clean Energy Cooperation Agreement July 28, 2010DOE has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. Department of Defense aimed at accelerating clean energy innovation while strengthening energy security. […]
- DOE Announces $30 Million for Energy-Efficient Housing Partnerships July 28, 2010DOE has announced up to $30 million in funding for 15 research partnerships that aim to deliver innovative energy efficiency strategies to the residential housing market. […]
- Unmanned Solar-Powered Aircraft Soars Nonstop for 14 Days July 28, 2010
- Renewable Energy
- NREL Solar Technology Will Warm Air at 'Home'Transpired solar collector technology developed at NREL boosts the efficiency of the new Research Support Facility on the Lab's campus. […]
- NREL Scholarship Gives Columbine Grads a BoostTen years ago, in the wake of tragedy, NREL set up a fund to help students at Columbine High School. The investment still pays dividends. […]
- Wind and Solar Energy Power Polar ResearchNREL researchers deploy renewable energy systems at National Science Foundation bases in forbidding, fragile Antarctica. […]
- NREL Solar Technology Will Warm Air at 'Home'
- Energy And The Environment
- Hoosier Energy Agreement Marks 20th Settlement Under EPA’s Power Plant Enforcement Initiative July 23, 2010WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department, and the state of Indiana announced that Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc […]
- EPA Awards $5.6 Million to Spur New Clean Diesel Technologies July 22, 2010WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $5.6 million for emerging technologies projects as part of a summer-long roll out of $120 million in clean diesel grants […]
- New Toolkit to Help Local Governments with Green Building Practices July 21, 2010(ATLANTA – July 21, 2010) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 announced the release of the Sustainable Design and Green Building Toolkit for Local Governments (Toolkit) […]
- Hoosier Energy Agreement Marks 20th Settlement Under EPA’s Power Plant Enforcement Initiative July 23, 2010
- Energy Research
- Following in nature???s footsteps July 31, 2010At DOE???s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Dr. […]
- Researchers use light to create rare uranium molecule July 31, 2010For the first time ever, scientists have used light energy to create a rare molecular uranium nitride (U-N) complex containing a discrete terminal U-N unit, where the nitrogen atom is bonded only to the one uranium atom, versus prior work where the nitrogen atom has always been bonded to two or more uranium atoms. […]
- Turning up the heat in Alaska July 31, 2010Scientists at DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are planning a large-scale, long-term ecosystem experiment to test the effects of global warming on the icy layers of arctic permafrost. […]
- Following in nature???s footsteps July 31, 2010
- Agriculture
- Do Soy Isoflavones Boost Bone Health?Read the magazine story to find out more. Taking soy isoflavones every day had no significant positive effect on preventing bone loss in a group of postmenopausal research volunteers, ARS and university scientists found, though the scientists' 3-year study did show a modest benefit from the 120 mg soy isoflavone treatment when evaluated in conjunction w […]
- Researchers Study Benefits of White Button MushroomsRead the magazine story to find out more. White button mushrooms were shown to enhance the activity of critical cells in the body's immune system by ARS nutritional immunologists Simin Meydani (left) and Dayong Wu. Click the image for more information about it. Less is more when restraining calories boosts immunity Vitamin A suppresses type 1 diabete […]
- New Issue of Healthy Animals Now OnlineNew Issue of Healthy Animals Now Online By Chris Guy July 28, 2010 The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals. This quarterly online newsletter compiles ARS news and expert resources on the health and well-being of agricultural livestock, poultry and fish. Each quarter, one article in Healthy Animals focuses on a part […]
- Do Soy Isoflavones Boost Bone Health?
- Food, Drugs And Health
- FDA Warns Consumers of Serious Harm from Drinking Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to take Miracle Mineral Solution, an oral liquid also known as “Miracle Mineral Supplement” or “MMS.” The product, when used as directed, produces an industrial bleach that can cause serious harm to health. […]
- FDA Approves Vaccines for the 2010-2011 Influenza SeasonThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has approved vaccines for the 2010-2011 influenza season in the United States. […]
- FDA Statement on the Reopening of Some La. State Waters to Commercial FishingSTATEMENT BY MARGARET A. HAMBURG, COMMISSIONER OF FOOD AND DRUGS, ON THE REOPENING OF SOME LOUISIANA STATE WATERS TO COMMERCIAL FISHING (HR) […]
- FDA Advisory: Avoid Unintentional Exposure of Children and Pets to EvamistThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that inadvertent exposure to Evamist through skin contact with patients using this product has the potential for adverse effects in children and pets. […]
- Former CEO of Seafood Importing Corporation Sentenced to Federal Prison for Importing Falsely Labeled FishFormer CEO of Seafood Importing Corporation Sentenced to Federal Prison for Importing Falsely Labeled Fish […]
- FDA Warns Consumers of Serious Harm from Drinking Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS)
Fuels From Sunlight
It would seem that the sun is one of the only places to take advantage of nuclear fusion.
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The Department Of Energy the creation of the Fuels from Sunlight Energy Innovation Hub to develop revolutionary methods of generating fuels directly from sunlight. The Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), led by the California Institute of Technology in partnership with the DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will operate the initiative. JCAP will bring together leading researchers in an effort to simulate natural photosynthesis for practical energy production. The goal is to build an integrated solar energy-to-chemical fuel conversion system before moving the system from the discovery phase to a commercial scale. To fulfill its mission, the hub will receive up to $22 million in Fiscal Year 2010, then an estimated $25 million per year for the next four fiscal years.
Research will be directed at finding the functional components needed to assemble a complete artificial photosynthetic system, including light absorbers, catalysts, molecular linkers, and separation membranes. The hub will then integrate those components into an operational solar fuel system and will develop scale-up strategies to move the product from the laboratory to commercial viability. The ultimate objective is to move from fundamental to applied research and technology development, setting the stage for a direct solar fuels industry. If successful, the concept—to combine sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make a clean fuel—would be an energy sector game changer. DOE’s Office of Science will oversee the project. The Fuels from Sunlight Energy Innovation Hub is the second of three such interdisciplinary hubs that will receive funding in FY 2010. In May, DOE announced that a team led by DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will establish a hub on modeling and simulation for nuclear reactors. The selection for the remaining hub will be announced in the coming months.