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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…

Research

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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…

Industry and Business

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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,…

Industry and Business

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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…

Industry and Business

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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…

Research

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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"…

Industry and Business

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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…

Industry and Business

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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…

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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…

Industry and Business

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'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…

Research

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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…

Awards and Accolades, In the News

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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…

Industry and Business

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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…

Industry and Business

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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…

Industry and Business

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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…

Industry and Business

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Rooftop Solar Stood Up to Sandy

Big solar installers report almost no damage to their solar panels, even in hardest hit areas.

Industry and Business