All News News Type - Any -AlumniAwards and AccoladesGeneralGraduateIn the NewsIndustry and BusinessNewsletterResearchUndergraduate Year - Any -2024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012 Related IEE Person Apply Eggshells for Energy Storage David Mitlin, a professor of engineering at the University of Alberta in Canada, is working on a way to convert waste eggshell membranes… December 13, 2012 Research Powerful PVs Approach 50 Percent Efficiency Solar Junction -- a Silicon Valley start-up -- has raised solar cell efficiency to 44 percent. Their triple-junction technology absorbs… December 10, 2012 Industry and Business UPS, Postal Service Partner To Cut Carbon Footprints The US Postal Service and UPS have partnered in an effort to increase both companies' sustainability, reduce greenhouse gas emissions,… December 10, 2012 Industry and Business Opening the German Smart Meter Market Europe is going to be the next big market for smart meters -- and Germany, the continent’s most populous nation, could be the biggest… December 7, 2012 Industry and Business UCSB Chemist Lands New Hybrid Technology Grant Galen Stucky, an Institute faculty member, was the lead player in a UCSB research team to win a $1.6 million federal grant to further… December 6, 2012 Research Seeking to Start a Silicon Valley for Battery Science DOE will establish a research hub for batteries and energy storage at Argonne National Laboratory. This is the fourth "innovation hub"… December 4, 2012 Industry and Business Tidal Wave of Money Coming to Make California Schools Greener California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 39. Roughly $550 million a year will be spent on improving the energy efficiency for… December 3, 2012 Industry and Business News Release: Institute for Energy Efficiency Receives $1.6 Million from DOE to Develop New Hybrid Battery Technology Professor Galen Stucky's research group is developing an energy storage device for hybrid electric vehicles that combines the properties… November 29, 2012 In the News UN Climate Talks Roundup: Credit Surplus, Finance Showcase, Rising Sea Levels The latest news from the United Nations’ climate talks in Doha, Qatar, where representatives from nearly 200 countries are working on a… November 29, 2012 Industry and Business 'Fool's Gold' Aids Discovery of New Options for Cheap, Benign Solar Energy By studying the solar absorption properties of pyrite, scientists have discovered chemically similar materials that could replace more… November 28, 2012 Research ARPA-E Awards the Institute for Energy Efficiency $1.6 Million The DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy awards UC Santa Barbara $1.6 million to develop an energy storage device for hybrid… November 28, 2012 Awards and Accolades, In the News Are 1200 New Coal Power Plants on the Way? A new paper from the World Resources Institute finds that 1199 coal plants are currently proposed in 59 countries. What would our world… November 27, 2012 Industry and Business Advance Could Challenge China's Solar Dominance GT Advanced Technologies has made two cost-reducing advancements in the manufacturing of monocrystalline silicon, which may have big… November 21, 2012 Industry and Business Ford Partners With GE on Electric Vehicles Ford and General Electric are joining forces to push electric vehicle adoption. Their collaboration supports electric vehicles and… November 21, 2012 Industry and Business Calif. Carbon Priced at $10.09 in First Auction California had its first sale of greenhouse gas permits under the state’s new cap-and-trade system. Supporters of the cap-and-trade… November 20, 2012 Industry and Business Rooftop Solar Stood Up to Sandy Big solar installers report almost no damage to their solar panels, even in hardest hit areas. November 19, 2012 Industry and Business Pagination First page « Previous page ‹ … Page 52 Current page 53 Page 54 Page 55 … Next page › Last page »