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Cleaner, Cheaper Liquid Fuel from Coal

SRI International claims they can produce a cleaner, cheaper synthetic fuel by combing coal and natural gas and are now exploring the…

Industry and Business

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LED and Gallium Nitride Tech Hub in Santa Barbara, California

Greentech Media features the Santa Barbara area's leadership in energy efficiency technology, mentioning Institute faculty members Shuji…

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LED and Gallium Nitride Tech Hub in Santa Barbara, California

Greentech Media features the Santa Barbara area's leadership in energy efficiency technology, mentioning Institute faculty members Shuji…

In the News

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LED and Gallium Nitride Tech Hub in Santa Barbara, California

Greentech Media features the Santa Barbara area's leadership in energy efficiency technology, mentioning Institute faculty members Shuji…

In the News

UCSB campus

LED and Gallium Nitride Tech Hub in Santa Barbara, California

Greentech Media features the Santa Barbara area's leadership in energy efficiency technology, mentioning Institute faculty members Shuji…

In the News

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Start-up Promises a Revolutionary Grid Battery

Battery developer Eos Energy Storage claims to have solved key problems holding back a battery technology that could revolutionize grid…

Industry and Business

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New Manufacturing Tech Could Mean Cheaper Solar Cells

New thin, uniform coatings could reduce the cost of making conventional silicon solar cells. Start-up Natcore Technology is adding an…

Industry and Business

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Tres Amigas Raises Money for US Grid Super-Hub

Tres Amigas LLC, the partnership planning a superconducting, direct-current transmission hub to connect the Texas, Eastern and Western U…

Industry and Business

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$4BN for Energy Efficiency Announced

3M, Alcoa, GE, Kohl’s, Nissan, Supervalu, Walgreens and dozens of other organizations joined President Obama and former president Bill…

Industry and Business

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New Switch Could Improve Electronics

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have invented a new type of electronic switch that performs electronic logic functions…

Research

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PVSEC-21: High-Efficiency Heterojunction Silicon Solar Cells with Copper Electroplating

By replacing expensive silver with ubiquitous copper for electroplating, researchers have developed a silicon solar cell with higher…

Research

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US Sees Renaissance in Energy Efficiency, Led By Congress and Big Business

Tougher appliance and auto standards have spurred business investment in energy efficiency.

Industry and Business

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Automakers Turn to Simulation-Driven Design to Meet Efficiency Rules

Advanced modeling software is helping accelerate carmakers' efforts toward vehicle light-weighting for fuel economy and carbon emissions…

Industry and Business

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In Search of the Ideal Grid Battery

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new, cost-effective electrode using nanomaterials that can withstand 40,000 charge…

Research

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54.5 MPG Fuel Economy Standards Formally Announced Today

New proposed federal fuel economy standards have the potential to save Americans $1.7 trillion in total fuel costs and net $8,000 per…

Industry and Business

Startup to Capture Lithium from Geothermal Plants

California-based Simbol Materials plans to extract Lithium and other valuable elements from the brine used by Geothermal plants, just as…

Industry and Business