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Can Carbon Capture Clean Up Canada’s Oil Sands?

Alberta will serve as a test bed for large-scale carbon capture and sequestration.

Industry and Business

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News Release: John Bowers Receives UCSB Faculty’s Top Honor

Institute Director John Bowers has been named Faculty Research Lecturer for 2013. The highest honor bestowed upon UC Santa Barbara…

Awards and Accolades

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DOE Launches $100 Electric Submeter Challenge

The Department of Energy's Building Technologies Program launches its latest challenge on Wednesday: an initiative to develop a $100…

Industry and Business

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Former Secretary of Energy Calls for Manufacturing Renaissance

Steven Chu spoke at the UC Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency urging scientists "not to leave their best work in the lab and wait…

Industry and Business

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News Release: UCSB Institute for Energy Efficiency's Summit Focuses on a Sustainable Future

The Institute for Energy Efficiency held its 2013 UC Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency last week. The event brought together the…

Research

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Outgoing Energy Czar Speaks at Efficiency Summit

Santa Barbara Independent features an article about the UC Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency with keynote speaker Steven Chu.…

Industry and Business

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News Release: Cause of LED Efficiency Droop Finally Revealed

UC Santa Barbara researchers, lead by Institute faculty James Speck and Claude Weisbuch, in collaboration with colleagues at CNRS-École…

Research

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Synthetic Carbon Anode Boosts Lithium-Ion Battery Life

A Seattle-based startup, EnerG2, has developed a carbon anode that can significantly improve the storage capacity of lithium-ion…

Industry and Business

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UCSB Ranked No. 2 in the World in Leiden Ranking of Top 500 Universities

In the latest rankings by Leiden University in the Netherlands, UCSB ranked 2nd on the annual list of the top 500 major universities in…

Graduate, Undergraduate

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EU on Track to Meet 2020 Solar, Wind, Renewables Targets, But…

The newest European Union (EU) statistics show its member nations are on track to meet their renewable energy targets but will need a…

Industry and Business

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Silicon Carbide Ready to Run the Rails

Silicon carbide inverters are replacing silicon-based systems on trains. Silicon carbide systems are lighter and smaller than…

Industry and Business

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California Town Focuses on Becoming Solar Capital of the World

The mayor of Lancaster has required all new homes in the city to either come equipped with solar panels or be in subdivisions that…

Industry and Business

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Energy 2030 Report: Working to Double U.S. Energy Productivity by 2030

The Alliance Commission on National Energy Efficiency Policy has released Energy 2030, a set of policy recommendations that urges…

Industry and Business

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Extreme Weather Boosts Poverty in Sri Lanka

Developing countries are more vulnerable to changes in climate and often face greater consequences than developed countries. This…

Industry and Business

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Top 10 Tech Cars: Slenderized

The Obama administration finalized U.S. standards that will nearly double the average fuel mileage of cars and trucks by 2025. This IEEE…

Industry and Business

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What Would a Manufacturing Renaissance Do to US Energy Intensity?

Many American companies are relocating their factories back on American soil, citing increasing domestic labor productivity and rising…

Industry and Business