Energy

Geopolymer: A cheaper, greener alternative for cement

By / February 9, 2010

In the revolutionary way that aerogel is starting to redefine insulation, geopolymer may be poised to redefine cement, concrete and a lot of other advanced composite materials. And, like aerogel,…

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Video of the week: aerogel insulation hits housing market

By / February 2, 2010

[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/aspen_aerogel_demo.flv mode=1 f={image=/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/aspen_aerogel_demo.jpg}] GreenTech reported that some aerogel companies are offering thin blankets that serve as replacements for traditional fiberglass, foam or cellulose insulation. It’s still more expensive upfront…

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DOE dedicates 24M supercomputing hours for lithium–air batteries

By / February 1, 2010

The DOE announced that 24 million hours of supercomputing time out of a total of 1.6 billion available at Argonne and Oak Ridge National Labs have been awarded to investigate…

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DOE names nuclear waste commission

By / January 30, 2010

President Obama spoke about a renewed push for nuclear-based energy solutions in his SOTU speech, and Friday DOE Secretary Chu announced the appointment of the “Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s…

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Brosnan added to revamped GE blog

By / January 27, 2010

GE recently overhauled its blog and its worth stopping by to see the goodies. The blog, called “Edison’s Desk,” looks great and promises to cover lots of news related to…

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Ford to pump $450M into battery technology for electric cars

By / January 25, 2010

Having just announced that they will be spending $550 million converting a Detroit SUV factory into a hybrid and electric vehicle factory, Ford Motors has announced a further investment of…

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Energy innovation meeting coming up

By / January 23, 2010

It’s worth noting the ARPA-E has a big shindig coming March 1-3 in Washington, DC. Billed as the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, the event sounds like it’s something of a…

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DuPont completes $295M expansion for PV market

By / January 23, 2010

DuPont announced an investment of $175 million to complete the multi-phase expansion of its high-performance Tedlar PV2001 series oriented film production line. This investment is in addition to $120 million in…

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Nanotechnology to improve efficiency and appearance of LEDs

By / January 22, 2010

In this struggling economy, businesses as well as the general populace are all struggling to do more with less. In the case of LED and nanotechnology, however, that may not be necessarily a…

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John Blottman on bioinspiration and jellyfish

By / January 21, 2010

I’m blogging now from ACerS’ Electronic Materials and Applications conference in Orlando, where it is a pleasant 70 degrees. Next week I shift over a few miles to Daytona Beach…

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