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Power Grid of the Future: Distributed Generation Led by a 'Civic' Energy Sector

“What would our energy system look like if the move to a low-carbon society wasn’t left to governments and big energy companies but was…

Industry and Business

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Newsletter: March 2015

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Data Center Energy Efficiency: Going Green Without Going Broke

Intel’s Jeffrey Klaus explains the advantages of software energy management for data centers.

Industry and Business

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Computers and Monitors are Targets of Latest Energy-Efficiency Rules

California regulators are intensifying efforts to wring every possible electron out of common household devices.

Industry and Business

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Energy Efficiency Investment Must Increase Five-Fold, Warns Report

Private investment in energy-efficient buildings renovation must increase five-fold by 2030, according to a group set up by the European…

Industry and Business

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In Historic Turn, CO2 Emissions Flatline in 2014, Even as Global Economy Grows

The IEA pegged carbon dioxide emissions for 2014 at 32.3 billion metric tons - essentially the same volume as 2013, even as the global…

Industry and Business

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California’s Demand Response 2.0 Creates New Competitive Markets

New direct participation program, auction mechanisms could transform the state’s demand-side grid potential.

Industry and Business

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Materials and Chemical Engineering Graduate Programs Among the Top 10 in the U.S.

In its annual ranking of leading graduate and professional programs, U.S. News & World Report magazine has rated two of UC Santa…

Graduate

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Multi-State Efficiency Program Launches for Low-Income Housing

WegoWise has joined forces with Elevate Energy and New Ecology to bring energy efficiency projects to low-income housing in seven states…

Industry and Business

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Energy Use in Buildings: Innovative, Lower Cost Sensors and Controls Yield Better Energy Efficiency

Studies indicate that advanced sensors and controls have the potential to reduce the energy consumption of buildings by 20-30 percent.…

Industry and Business

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Eiffel Tower Installs UGE Renewable Energy System as Part of Monumental Retrofit

In partnership with the Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel, UGE International Ltd. has installed two on-site wind turbines at the…

Industry and Business

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India to Create 1 Million Jobs by 2022 with 100 GW Solar Expansion

India has committed to 266 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy in the next five years and promises to generate 1 million jobs by meeting…

Industry and Business

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Radio Chip for the 'Internet of Things'

At this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the big theme was the "Internet of things" -- the idea that everything in the…

Industry and Business

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Utilities Push Into Fuel Stations for Electric Cars

Since hitting the mass market about five years ago, electric vehicles have failed to take off, largely, experts say, because a robust…

Industry and Business

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The Next Generation of Battery Tech at ARPA-E

Flow batteries for forklifts, new proton exchange membranes and sodium-ion cathode structures, and other potential breakthroughs.

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A Cheap Material Boosts Solar Cells by 50 Percent

Researchers have found a way to augment ordinary silicon solar cells with a material called a perovskite.

Research