Feds fund six clean energy ‘proof of concept’ centers
October 3rd, 2011 | by Eileen De Guire
The national i6 Green initiative leverages resources of five federal agencies to advance clean technology commercialization, focusing on promoting Proof …
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‘Stretching and morphing’ the ARRA’s purpose = stimulus fail
September 30th, 2011 | by pwray@ceramics.org
DOE Recovery Act Funds status, 9/30/11. Credit: recovery.gov Two things out of the box: First, remember, permissum lector caveo (translation: What …ARPA-E announces 2012 Energy Innovation Summit for February
September 23rd, 2011 | by Eileen De Guire
Energy secretary, Steven Chu, and ARPA-E director, Arun Majumdar. Majumdar recently announced the next Energy Innovation Summit will be Feb. …NSF doubles its investment in Yale-Southern Conn. State University MRSEC enterprise
September 13th, 2011 | by Eileen De Guire
Custom-built oxide molecular beam epitaxy system at Yale. Credit: CRISP. The National Science Foundation has awarded a Materials Research Science …Solyndra’s downfall likely to reverberate in courts, DOE, but indicative of high competition
September 7th, 2011 | by pwray@ceramics.org
This was the bad news (at least for investors) from Fremont, Calif., last week: Solyndra LLC, the American manufacturer of …Update on Calisolar: ‘Columbus? You thought we meant Ohio?!?’
September 7th, 2011 | by pwray@ceramics.org
Calisolar’s Sunnyvale, Calif., offices. Credit: Calisolar, Wikipedia Back in July, we reported how State of Ohio and federal officials were …ARPA-E awards $15.5M to leverage $108M for five clean tech innovators; says rare-earth innovations awards coming
August 31st, 2011 | by pwray@ceramics.org
Transphorm, one of the companies that will be receiving ARPA-E and private investment funding, uses gallium nitride transistors to tackle …Strategies for funding university scientific research: economizing, collaborating and specializing
August 30th, 2011 | by Eileen De Guire
The new Timken Engineered Surfaces Laboratory will be housed in the University of Akron’s new engineering research building. Credit: University …Army looking for white papers related to ‘indestructible’ materials
August 23rd, 2011 | by pwray@ceramics.org
The Army Research Office’s Synthesis and Processing program is seeking white papers on the topic of the creation of superior …DOE funds four projects to analyze fuel cell, hydrogen cost variables
August 18th, 2011 | by pwray@ceramics.org
Fuel cell powered bus in London. Credit: Tom Page, Creative Commons. Fuel cell supporters have generally been disappointed that the …