Archive for 2009
NYC Smart Grid solar pilot program
According to a company press release, Consolidated Edison Co. plans to launch a $6 million, 18-month Smart Grid pilot program…
Read MoreARRA to fund megawatt energy storage flywheels
According to a press release, Launchpoint Technologies received American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to develop advanced control techniques for…
Read MoreMaking silicon slicing more efficient
When you are in the solar cell business (polycrystalline silicon) or semiconductor business (monocrystalline), silicon ingots and boules – the…
Read MoreOhio offering $27M for nascent advanced energy projects
Via the state-run Third Frontier technology development program, the Ohio Department of Development has announced that it is seeking…
Read MoreSaint-Gobain ceramics facility lays off 70 workers
The Charleston Gazette reports that seventy workers at a ceramics factory in Buckhannon, W.Va., will lose their jobs by the…
Read MoreDOE announces battery grants
There should be great joy in the United States’ materials engineering community today. The DOE just released an awardee list…
Read MoreDOE allocates another $327M to labs, schools
In its final round of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-based awards, the DOE says it is going to provide money…
Read MoreJapanese research examines anti-clogging lithium-air battery technology
A press release shared by researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) reports that they…
Read MoreVideo of the week: Paolo Colombo on engineering porosity in ceramics
[Image above] Paolo Colombo Porosity is sometimes thought of as a flaw in ceramic materials, but, as Paolo Colombo explains,…
Read MoreFusion for less than $1 billion?
According to a Technology Review story, a Canadian start-up company, General Fusion, is building on two decade-old research and advances…
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