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Energy News- Penn State to Lead Philadelphia-Based Team that will Pioneer New Energy-Efficient Building Designs August 24, 2010A team led by The Pennsylvania State University will receive up to $122 million over the next five years from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish an Energy Innovation Hub focused on developing technologies to make buildings more energy efficient. […]
- Vice President Biden Releases Report on Recovery Act Impact on Innovation August 24, 2010Vice President Joe Biden today unveiled a new report, "The Recovery Act: Transforming the American Economy through Innovation," which finds that the Recovery Act’s $100 billion investment in innovation is not only transforming the economy and creating new jobs, but helping advance technologies that help keep America competitive in the 21st centur […]
- 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. […]
- Penn State to Lead Philadelphia-Based Team that will Pioneer New Energy-Efficient Building Designs August 24, 2010
- Renewable Energy
- IKEA Geothermal System Could Inform OthersHome furnishings retailer to tap into Earth's steady temperature; NREL to collect data, monitor system with an eye toward helping save energy and money. […]
- 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. […]
- IKEA Geothermal System Could Inform Others
- 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2010Scientists from DOE's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Sausalito, Calif. […]
- Cyclist leads NETL's effort to impact global carbon cycle August 25, 2010
- Agriculture
- Study Examines Nitrogen, Copper Levels in Bay WatershedRead the magazine story to find out more. A comprehensive study of pollutants in the Choptank River in Maryland is showing troubling levels of nitrogen and copper that could flow into the Chesapeake Bay, according to ARS scientists and their cooperators. Click the image for more information about it. See our information kit to find out more. Water quality mo […]
- New Genetic Tool Helps Improve RiceARS geneticist Roger Thilmony has found that the LP2 gene promoter can be used to direct other introduced genes to express beneficial traits in specific plant tissues without affecting other parts of the plants such as the rice grains. Click the image for more information about it. ARS scientists identify genetic resistance to rice sheath blight Markers f […]
- USDA Research Agency Awards Construction ContractUSDA Research Agency Awards $12.4 Million Contract Under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to Repair Historic Laboratory Building in Maryland By Kim Kaplan August 18, 2010 A construction contract for $12.4 million, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has been signed to provide critical deferred maintenance to equip an historic laborato […]
- Study Examines Nitrogen, Copper Levels in Bay Watershed
- Food, Drugs And Health
- FDA releases guidance on federal menu labeling requirementsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today released two documents that outline steps to help chain restaurants comply with new federal nutrition labeling requirements. […]
- FDA Warns of Possible Dangers from Portable Foot-Tanning DeviceThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about the risk of ultraviolet radiation overdose with the Tootsie Tanner portable foot tanning device. […]
- Study: Presence of murine leukemia virus found in CFS Patients, othersResearchers have found murine leukemia viruses (MLV) in blood samples collected from patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and some healthy blood donors, according to a study published online today by the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). […]
- Urgent Nationwide Frozen Mamey Fruit Products RecallAn investigation by the CDC and state partners showed an epidemiologic link between an ongoing outbreak of Salmonella Typhi and frozen mamey fruit products sold under the La Nuestra brand by Montalvan Sales Inc. Ontario, Calif, and under the Goya brand by Goya Foods Inc. Secaucus, New Jersey. […]
- Urgent Nationwide Egg RecallThe current recall of eggs in their shells, or “shell eggs,” is part of an ongoing and intensive investigation by local, state, and federal officials into the cause of recent cases of Salmonella Enteritidis. […]
- FDA releases guidance on federal menu labeling requirements
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.