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Playing Dumb on Climate Change

Why aren't more scientists emphatic about the risk of climate change? The answer can be found in a surprising place: the history of…

Research

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How California Could Supercharge the Distribution Grid

California is engaged in a major revision of the ways in which its utilities manage their distribution grid.

Industry and Business

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These Cheap, Invisible Solar Cells Can Be Spray-Painted On Anything

Researchers at the University of Toronto have figured out how to make the process of spray on solar cells both cheap and fast. Light-…

Research

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Newsletter: December 2014

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Passive Radiator Cools by Sending Heat Straight to Outer Space

By reflecting sunlight and transmitting heat through the Earth's atmosphere, Standford's passive radiator system can cool without any…

Research

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What It Would Really Take to Reverse Climate Change

Today’s renewable energy technologies won’t save us. So what will?

Industry and Business

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Is a net-zero energy building really the right target?

Buildings must emit radically less CO2 during construction and occupation. This often leads to the assumption that we should be…

Industry and Business

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Cree Engineers a Cheaper LED Bulb by Losing the Heat Sink

LED maker Cree on Tuesday is introducing a new consumer bulb that does away with the metal heat sink seen on most LED bulbs.

Industry and Business

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Norway Wants to Be Europe’s Battery

A new HVDC line will let Europe store more wind energy in Norway’s hydropower system

Industry and Business

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IEE Hosts Carbon Neutrality Workshop with UCOP

Representatives from all 10 UC Campuses, 3 National Labs, and ANR collaborated to discuss how to reach the UC President's 2025 Carbon…

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IEE Hosts Carbon Neutrality Workshop with UCOP

Representatives from all 10 UC Campuses, 3 National Labs, and ANR collaborated to discuss how to reach the UC President's 2025 Carbon…

Industry and Business

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Energy Efficiency: A Smart Way to Finance Smart Infrastructure

Jigar Shah invented the concept of Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) while at SunEdison, profoundly impacting the growth of the solar…

Industry and Business

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Will We Have Nuclear Fusion Reactors Within a Decade?

Lockheed Martin Corp. on Wednesday said its engineers had made a breakthrough in the race to build a nuclear fusion reactor.

Industry and Business

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A Thermoelectric Generator That Runs on Exhaust Fumes

Alphabet Energy has designed a generator that uses no fuel. Instead, it uses racks of thermoelectric modules to convert the waste heat…

Industry and Business

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2014 Nobel Prize Winner: Shuji Nakamura

Shuji Nakamura, member of the IEE Lighting Solutions Group, has been awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics. Nakamura was honored for…

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John Bowers GRIT Talk: The Promise of Silicon Photonics

IEE Director, John Bowers, will give a GRIT Talk Wednesday, July 2nd on The Promise of Silicon Photonics.

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