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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Green Light for Tower Bridge Energy Efficiency Makeover

London's iconic Tower Bridge will be retrofitted with LED lights that save 40% on energy for illumination and have the ability to change…

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New Technology Improves Both Energy Capacity and Charge Rate in Rechargeable Batteries

By layering graphene sheets and silicon, researchers have developed an anode with storage capacity and recharge rates 10x higher than…

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Siemens Boosts Its Stake in Tidal Power

Despite tidal energy's limitations, Siemens makes a significant investment in tidal power because of its long-term predictability.

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Energy Efficiency Financing Could Create Jobs, Says New Report

A recent report says that greater investment in energy efficiency could achieve $200m in cost savings and create over 1 million jobs.

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John Bowers Wins 2012 John Tyndall Award

The Optical Society has awarded Institute Director John Bowers the prestigious John Tyndall award for his research in hybrid-silicon…

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Plasmonic Device Converts Light Into Electricity

A simple, easily fabricated metal-insulator-metal device has the ability to create electricity from a range of infrared and visible…

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NASA Using Solar to Achieve Limitless Flight

NASA is investing $89 million to see if it can achieve limitless flight using solar photovoltaic technology.

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Engineers Solve Energy Puzzle: How Energy Levels Align in a Critical Group of Advanced Materials

Researchers have made a critical discovery mapping out the energy interaction between transition metal oxides and organic materials,…

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