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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

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All-Carbon Solar Cells Will Mean Cheap and Flexible Solar Panels

Researchers at Stanford have built the first all-carbon solar cell. These flexible photovoltaics promise low cost and durability, if…

Research

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Chevy Volt Batteries to Get Second Life in Grid Storage

What will happen to the old, expensive batteries from our electric cars when their useful life ends? A team of researchers from GM, Duke…

Industry and Business

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Americans (Still) Have No Idea What Drives Energy Use

A recent survey showed that many Americans do not know what drives their home energy bills or what it takes to cut it. Even with more…

Industry and Business

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LG ‘Energy Star Most Efficient’ Sales Jump 75%

LG says its "Energy Star Most Efficient" sales have increased by 75%. According to the EPA, these purchases will save consumers more…

Industry and Business

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Building Owners ‘Slow Energy Retrofits’

US building owners are scaling back the pace of energy efficiency upgrades, according to Jones Lang LaSalle. Building owners not only…

Industry and Business

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California, Florida, Washington Have Highest Hybrid, EV Sales

Hybrids and electric vehicles sales throughout the United States have increased. Car buyers in California, Florida and Washington state…

Industry and Business

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50 Years of LED Technology

WIRED Magazine features an article on the history of LEDs. Institute Faculty Shuji Nakamura's blue LED breakthrough is part of LED…

Industry and Business

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A Billion People in the Dark

1.5 billion people live in the dark. Solar-powered microgrids could help bring power to millions of the world's poorest.

Industry and Business

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Golden Rules for Shale Gas

Adopting environment- and community-friendly rules is essential if drilling operators don’t want to be shut down by regulation, says the…

Industry and Business

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A New Green Energy Idea: Harvesting Deep Ocean Currents

A group of companies, including Eaton Corporation and Triton, are working together to put the first 1-megawatt turbine on the ocean…

Industry and Business