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Energy News- DOE Announces Nearly $120 Million to Advance Innovative Weatherization Projects, Highlights Progress in the Program Nationally August 19, 2010U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today award selections for approximately 120 organizations across the country that will receive nearly $120 million to drive innovation under the Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program. […]
- DOE Issues Loan Solicitation for Renewable Energy Manufacturing August 18, 2010DOE has issued a loan solicitation for renewable energy manufacturing projects, including turbine blades and photovoltaic systems. […]
- Chicago Public Schools Top K-12 Districts in EPA's Green Power List August 18, 2010Chicago Public Schools, the third largest school district in the United States, ranked 35 in the EPA's Green Power Partners list for purchasing green power, making it tops among K-12 districts. […]
- DOE Announces Nearly $120 Million to Advance Innovative Weatherization Projects, Highlights Progress in the Program Nationally August 19, 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
- New England Schools Get Ready for School Year – and Big Energy Savings August 19, 2010(Boston, Mass. - Aug. 19, 2010) – As more New England communities seek cost savings in a tight economy, many are looking to expand energy efficiency in schools and other municipal buildings, saving money and helping the environment […]
- Get Your Students Back to School – While Saving Money and Helping the Environment August 17, 2010(Boston, Mass. - Aug. 17, 2010) – Even in a tight economy, parents and students still need a back-to-school shopping trip for clothes, backpacks, computers and school supplies […]
- 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 […]
- New England Schools Get Ready for School Year – and Big Energy Savings August 19, 2010
- Energy Research
- Cyclist leads NETL's effort to impact global carbon cycle August 19, 2010???Let???s Goooooo, Mountaineers!??? chants Grant Bromhal, speaking not of the kind that climbs mountains, but of those that live among them, specifically the students and alumni of West Virginia University, his alma mater.??Bromhal, a native West Virginian, and former member of the Mountaineer Marching Band, is well-known around DOE's National Energy T […]
- INL invention could aid Mars probes' search for life August 19, 2010The next generation of Mars rovers could have smaller, cheaper, more robust and more sensitive life-detecting instruments, thanks to a new invention by scientists at DOE's Idaho National Laboratory. […]
- Livermore Lab???s work with marine mammals gets ???seal of approval??? August 19, 2010Scientists from DOE's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Sausalito, Calif. […]
- Cyclist leads NETL's effort to impact global carbon cycle August 19, 2010
- Agriculture
- USDA Research Center in Hawaii Hosts Ground Blessing CeremonyOne of 43 macadamia accessions maintained as field plantings at the U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, in Hilo, Hawaii. Click the image for more information about it. USDA Research Center in Hawaii Hosts Ground Blessing Ceremony By Stephanie Yao August 17, 2010 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today celebrated the start of construction […]
- B Vitamins and the Aging Brain ExaminedA protein known as holoTC, short for holotranscobalamin, might be key to a new approach to detect cognitive decline earlier and more accurately, according to a study in which ARS collaborated. Illustration courtesy of Microsoft Clipart. Do soy isoflavones boost bone health? Potential indicators of type 2 diabetes investigated Luteolin stars in study of […]
- ARS, CIFT Team Up to Commercialize Research in the MidwestARS has signed an agreement with the Center for Innovative Food Technology to help commercialize ARS-developed technologies and promote research opportunities with businesses and universities in the Midwest. Photo courtesy of Microsoft Clipart. ARS, CIFT Team Up to Commercialize Research in the Midwest By Stephanie Yao August 16, 2010 The Agricultural Resear […]
- USDA Research Center in Hawaii Hosts Ground Blessing Ceremony
- Food, Drugs And Health
- U.S. Marshals seize food from rodent-infested Ga. warehouseU.S. Marshals, acting under a court order sought by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, today seized packaged food products from a rodent-infested warehouse in Athens, Ga. A variety of products, including crackers, cookies and potato chips, were intended for sale to jails and prisons throughout the southeastern United States. […]
- FDA Proposes Withdrawal of Low Blood Pressure DrugThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today proposed to withdraw approval of the drug midodrine hydrochloride, used to treat the low blood pressure condition orthostatic hypotension, because required post-approval studies that verify the clinical benefit of the drug have not been done. […]
- 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. […]
- U.S. Marshals seize food from rodent-infested Ga. warehouse
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.