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Energy News- Past Decade was Warmest on Record, According to Scientists in 48 Countries August 4, 2010In an ongoing global warming trend spanning 50 years, each of the past three decades has been warmer than the previous one, with the past ten years the warmest on record, according to a report recently released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. […]
- U.S. Wind Power Installations Fall to 2007 Levels in Q2: Report August 4, 2010The American Wind Energy Association has reported that the capacity of new wind power installations fell to 2007 levels in the second quarter of 2010. […]
- DOE Offers $17 Million Loan for Battery-based Energy Storage in New York State August 4, 2010DOE has offered a $17 million conditional commitment to AES Energy Storage to help balance loads on New York's electrical grid. This is DOE's first loan guarantee of a battery-based energy storage system. […]
- Past Decade was Warmest on Record, According to Scientists in 48 Countries August 4, 2010
- Renewable Energy
- Renewable Energy at Work in War ZonesParticipant in NREL's executive leadership class aims to bring solar and wind energy to Afghan farms; researchers advise military on powering bases. […]
- 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. […]
- Renewable Energy at Work in War Zones
- Energy And The Environment
- EPA Announces Nation’s Top 50 Green Power Organizations August 2, 2010WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named the 50 green power partners using the most renewable electricity […]
- 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 […]
- EPA Announces Nation’s Top 50 Green Power Organizations August 2, 2010
- Energy Research
- Alaskan research is a new frontier for ORNL ecologist August 6, 2010If anything could lure Stan Wullschleger to the frozen reaches of Alaska, he always figured it would be his love of mountaineering. […]
- First LCLS results document single-shot imaging August 6, 2010In the first published scientific results from the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), an international collaboration led by Nora Berrah and Matthias Hoener of Western Michigan University (WMU) tested the concept of single-shot imaging by blowing apart nitrogen molecules with shorter and shorter bursts of intense x-rays. […]
- Ames Laboratory scientists develop real-time vertical engineering design software August 6, 2010Researchers at DOE???s Ames Laboratory recently won a 2010 R&D 100 Award for a software application that helps create high-resolution, real-time, 3-D computer simulations, called osgBullet. […]
- Alaskan research is a new frontier for ORNL ecologist August 6, 2010
- Agriculture
- Bee Pastures May Help Pollinators ProsperRead the magazine story to find out more. Planting pastures of bee-friendly wildflowers such as California five-spot may help the blue orchard bee, an important pollinator. Click the image for more information about it. Need wild bees? Plastic totes make a superb bee "nursery" Got pumpkin pie? Thank a bee! A "berry" good bee for pol […]
- Throwing a Citrus Pest off its ScentRead the magazine story to find out more. ARS scientists are working on a synthetic version of the female citrus leafminer's mating pheromones as part of an environmentally friendly way to control this major citrus pest. Click the image for more information about it. ARS scientists help fight damaging moth in Africa New green leaf lettuce leaves leaf […]
- New Poultry Litter Applicator Holds Promise for Chesapeake Bay AreaRead the magazine story to find out more. Prototypes of the Subsurfer, a machine that injects poultry litter into soil with minimal disturbance invented by ARS soil scientist Dan Pote, will be tested by a research coalition from five Chesapeake Bay states as a way to use the waste product while lowering nutrient runoff and ammonia emissions. Click the image […]
- Bee Pastures May Help Pollinators Prosper
- Food, Drugs And Health
- FDA Issues Assessments of the 510(k) Program and Use of Science in Decision-MakingThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued two comprehensive evaluations containing recommendations that address three key objectives of the agency’s public health mission as it relates to medical devices – foster device innovation, create a more predictable regulatory environment, and enhance device safety. […]
- Statement by Margaret A. Hamburg, Commissioner of Food and Drugs on the Reopening of Florida State Waters to Commercial FishingWe are pleased to be able to support the state of Florida as it reopens state waters off Pensacola to commercial fishing. Through close coordination with our state and federal partners, we are confident all appropriate steps have been taken to ensure that seafood harvested from the waters being opened today is safe and that Gulf seafood lovers everywhere can […]
- Statement by Margaret A. Hamburg, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, on the Reopening of Some Mississippi State Waters to Commercial FishingWe are pleased to be able to support the state of Mississippi as it reopens state waters in the Mississippi Sound, from the mainland to the barrier islands, to commercial fishing. Through close coordination with our state and federal partners, we are confident all appropriate steps have been taken to ensure that seafood harvested from the waters being opened […]
- United States Seeks Permanent Injunction Against New York Food ProcessorThe U.S. Department of Justice, in an action initiated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is seeking a permanent injunction against NY Gourmet Salads, Inc., a processor of ready-to-eat deli salads, seafood salads, and cream cheeses in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Leonard F. Spada, the company's president. (HR) […]
- 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 Issues Assessments of the 510(k) Program and Use of Science in Decision-Making
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.