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Energy News- Secretary Chu Awards $9.6 Million for Transformational Energy Research Projects September 10, 2010U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced the selection of six transformational energy research and development projects that could revolutionize how the country uses, stores, and produces energy. […]
- DOE Announces Nearly $30 Million in Competitive Awards for State Energy Efficiency Projects September 9, 2010U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu today announced the investment of $28.5 million to 12 states and territories to support energy efficiency projects that will lower energy bills for American families and businesses, boost job growth, and increase investment in companies that deliver energy-saving technologies. […]
- Department of Energy Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development September 9, 2010DOE Secretary Steven Chu today announced selections for more than $37 million in funding to accelerate the technological and commercial readiness of emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies, which seek to generate renewable electricity from the nation's oceans and free-flowing rivers and streams. […]
- Secretary Chu Awards $9.6 Million for Transformational Energy Research Projects September 10, 2010
- Renewable Energy
- Cheaper, Better Solar Cell Is Full of HolesAward-winning etching technique puts a trillion holes in a silicon wafer making it blacker and better able to absorb nearly all the colors of sunlight. […]
- 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. […]
- Cheaper, Better Solar Cell Is Full of Holes
- Energy And The Environment
- EPA Formally Requests Information From Companies About Chemicals Used in Natural Gas Extraction / Information on hydraulic fracturing chemicals is key to agency study of potential impacts on drinking water September 9, 2010WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it has issued voluntary information requests to nine natural gas service companies regarding the process known as hydraulic fracturing […]
- Jefferson City, Mo., Selected for Green Design Assistance September 8, 2010Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., Sept. 8, 2010) - EPA has selected Jefferson City, Mo., for green design assistance that includes cleaning up and recycling vacant lands, providing greater housing and transportation choices, reducing energy costs and improving waterways […]
- Start the School Year with EPA’s Energy Star September 2, 2010WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is encouraging students and their parents to support the environment by shopping for back-to-school clothes and supplies at retail stores that have earned the Energy Star label […]
- EPA Formally Requests Information From Companies About Chemicals Used in Natural Gas Extraction / Information on hydraulic fracturing chemicals is key to agency study of potential impacts on drinking water September 9, 2010
- Energy Research
- Baring-Gould helps keep lights on down South September 10, 2010While most of us are squeezing the last bit of sunshine out of summer, clean energy systems certified by DOE''s National Renewable Energy Laboratory are supplying ice-bound research bases with critical power during the frigid darkness of the Antarctic winter. […]
- Simulations pick apart graphene mystery September 10, 2010Nanoscale simulations and theoretical research performed at DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are bringing scientists closer to realizing graphene's potential in electronic applications. […]
- NETL leads science-based risk assessment for carbon sequestration September 10, 2010The effectiveness of CO2 sequestration storage of CO2 depends greatly on storage permanence. […]
- Baring-Gould helps keep lights on down South September 10, 2010
- Agriculture
- Tapping into Corn's Tropical DiversityRead the magazine story to find out more. ARS researchers are crossbreeding tropical corn with U.S. corn adapted to temperate regions to widen the genetic pool for improving corn. Click the image for more information about it. A new approach that saves eyesight and lives in the developing world USDA scientists, colleagues sequence corn genome Corn rese […]
- USDA Scientists, Cooperators Create the First Genomic Map of the Domesticated TurkeyARS researchers and their university colleagues have created the first genome map of the domestic turkey. Click the image for more information about it. Avian bacterium more dangerous than believed Avian influenza genome sequences released A quicker, cheaper test for turkey viruses USDA Scientists, Cooperators Create the First Genomic Map of the Domest […]
- Blocking E. coli Bacteria Before They Move InKey gene and chemical interactions that allow Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7 bacteria to colonize the gut of cattle have been identified by ARS scientists and their colleagues. Click the image for more information about it. New vaccines may help thwart E. coli O157:H7 Garden microbe foils E. coli O157:H7 in laboratory tests Spice-rack favorites bat […]
- Tapping into Corn's Tropical Diversity
- Food, Drugs And Health
- FDA approves pediatric use of chemical poisoning treatmentThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the pediatric use of Protopam Chloride (pralidoxime chloride), a drug used to treat poisoning by organophosphate pesticides and chemicals (e.g., nerve agents). The drug is approved to be administered either by intravenous (IV) or intramuscular (IM) injections. […]
- FDA acts against 5 electronic cigarette distributorsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued warning letters to five electronic cigarette distributors for various violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) including unsubstantiated claims and poor manufacturing practices. […]
- FDA: New warnings required on use of gadolinium-based contrast agentsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requiring that gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) carry new warnings on their labels about the risk of a rare and potentially fatal condition known as nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), if the drug is administered to certain patients with kidney disease. […]
- FDA cautions consumers about Estrella Family Creamery cheesesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to discard cheeses from Estrella Family Creamery of Montesano, Wash., because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Environmental samples and one product sample collected by the FDA during an August 2010 inspection at the facility have tested positive for L. mono. […]
- FDA seeks court order against Michigan dairyThe U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has filed a complaint for permanent injunction against Scenic View Dairy of Hamilton, Mich., its president, and three of its managers alleging that they sold dairy cows for human consumption that contained illegal drug residues in edible tissues. […]
- FDA approves pediatric use of chemical poisoning treatment
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.