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Energy News- Department of Energy Paves Way for Additional Clean Energy Projects and Jobs through Manufacturing Solicitation August 12, 2010[…]
- 2009 a Year of Growth, Challenge for U.S. Wind Power: Report August 11, 2010The U.S. wind power industry grew in 2009, adding 10 gigawatts of new capacity and gaining $21 billion in investments, a new analysis from DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory shows. Still, the report noted some market challenges on the horizon. […]
- California School Set to Become First Grid-Positive U.S. College August 11, 2010California college has announced plans to become the first "grid-positive" school, using solar arrays to supply more than 100% of the college's electricity needs. […]
- Department of Energy Paves Way for Additional Clean Energy Projects and Jobs through Manufacturing Solicitation August 12, 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 Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks Available to Conduct Interviews at Iowa State Fair August 12, 2010Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., August 12, 2010) - EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks will attend the annual Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, Aug. 16 […]
- EPA POSTPONES SYRACUSE MEETING ON HYDRAULIC FRACTURING STUDY, NEW DATES COMING SOON August 10, 2010(NEW YORK, NY) After months of work organizing the New York Hydraulic Fracturing public meetings, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the Syracuse meeting, originally scheduled for this Thursday, August 12th at the Oncenter Complex Convention Center, has been cancelled […]
- CHANGE OF VENUE: EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Public Meetings Moved to Oncenter Complex Convention Center in Syracuse, New York; Same Times, Same Day, Different City August 9, 2010New York, NY - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has moved its three public meetings on its hydraulic fracturing study to the Oncenter Complex Convention Center in Syracuse, New York. The date and times of the three meetings remain the same: the 3 sessions will be held 8 a.m […]
- EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks Available to Conduct Interviews at Iowa State Fair August 12, 2010
- Energy Research
- Alaskan research is a new frontier for ORNL ecologist August 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2010
- Agriculture
- Food, Drugs And Health
- FDA approves ella™ tablets for prescription emergency contraceptionThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved ella™ (ulipristal acetate) tablets for emergency contraception. The prescription-only product prevents pregnancy when taken orally within 120 hours (five days) after a contraceptive failure or unprotected intercourse. It is not intended for routine use as a contraceptive. […]
- FDA: Aseptic Meningitis Risk with Use of Seizure Drug LamictalThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned that the drug Lamictal (lamotrigine), approved to treat seizures and bipolar disorder, can cause aseptic meningitis, an inflammation of the protective membranes (meninges) that cover the brain and spinal cord not caused by bacterial infection. […]
- FDA: Salmonella risk from frozen rodents fed to reptilesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning U.S. and international customers who may have purchased frozen mice, rats and chicks from Biggers and Callaham LLC, dba/MiceDirect.com, that these products, which are used as food for reptiles, have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. […]
- FDA Seeks Injunction Against Colorado Manufacturer of Cultured Cell ProductThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking an injunction in federal court against Regenerative Sciences LLC, of Broomfield, Colo., citing violations of current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) that cause its cultured cell product to be adulterated. The product is also misbranded due to the lack of adequate directions for use and the failure to bear t […]
- 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. […]
- FDA approves ella™ tablets for prescription emergency contraception
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.