R50 vacuum insulation panel, 30x48x1 inch. Credit: ThermalVisions. Nano R&D is opening up new energy-conservation vistas, but a new report from Lux Research claims that the adoption of existing nano-enabled…
Read MoreDignitaries shovel sand to celebrate the beginning of construction for the new wind turbine drive train testing facility. Left to right: Clemson University Board of Trustees chairman David Wilkins, S.C.…
Read MoreCredit: Coast Guard. I wrote about this issue back in May and June, and now the lead investigator of the presidential commission investigating the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the…
Read MoreAlfred University has selected nuclear power expert and ACerS leader John Marra give the Inamori School of Engineering’s 2010 John F. McMahon annual lecture. Marra will speak at 11:20 a.m., Nov.…
Read MoreSurplus land within the Savannah River National Lab site will be turned into an energy park. The DOE is exploring the potential of energy parks (PDF) as one option for…
Read MoreNanowerk.com reported that the Clean Energy Alliance, the national association of clean energy business incubators, announced the formation of the Department of Energy Small Business and Clean Energy Alliance Partnership.…
Read MoreUniversity of Michigan researchers have developed a new equation that describes the current–voltage relationship at the junctions of organic semiconductors. Organic semiconductors present special challenges for researchers because they are…
Read MoreEni CEO Paolo Scaroni and MIT President Susan Hockfield at the Solar Frontiers Center inauguration. Last week I reported on Shell’s hefty donation of $25 million to MIT Energy Initiative…
Read MoreThe world shouldn’t take China’s rare earth supply for granted, according to a new Bloomberg story. The ministry of commerce of the Asian nation that, effectively, controls much of the market…
Read MoreOver six months ago, Ann reported that PNNL researchers were starting to see some success in re-engineering the form of sodium beta batteries (NBB) from a cylinder-type of construction to…
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