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$122 mil DOE RFP: Fuels from Sunlight, R&D Hub
Jan 4th
The U.S. Department of Energy requests proposals for the Energy for Innovation Hub – Fuels from Sunlight. The purpose of the Hub will be to assemble the most talented scientists and technologists to focus intense research and development efforts on the development of an effective solar energy to chemical fuel conversion system. The system should operate at an overall efficiency and produce fuel of sufficient energy content to enable transition from bench-top discovery to proof-of-concept prototyping.
$122 million expected to be available, 1 award anticipated.
A Letter of Intent is strongly encouraged but not required and is due 1/29/10, final proposals due More >
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Loading ...Technology Review: Cheaper, Stronger Lithium-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles
Jan 3rd
A British company is testing new chemistry that could boost the performance of batteries.
By Duncan Graham-Rowe
MONDAY, JANUARY 04, 2010
A British defense technology company, Qinetiq, is testing a new type of lithium-ion battery for hybrids and electric vehicles that could be substantially cheaper and more powerful than existing batteries.
Packing power: The new battery pack, designed for a prototype hybrid diesel vehicle, is made with a novel lithium-ion chemistry that could boost the battery’s performance while bringing down the cost. Credit: Qinetiq
The battery is based on lithium-ion iron-sulfide chemistry, which has a number of advantages over the chemistry of existing batteries, says Gary More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...2nd Annual Workshop on Electrochemistry, UT Austin, February 6-7
Jan 3rd
Second Annual Workshop on Electrochemistry University of Texas at Austin February 6-7, 2010 “Mechanistic Electrochemistry and Electroanalysis”
Online Registration is now available.
The 2010 CEC Electrochemistry Workshop “Mechanistic Electrochemistry and Electroanalysis” will be held at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center on the University of Texas campus at Austin, Texas.
The Center For Electrochemistry (CEC) will host their 2nd annual electrochemistry workshop entitled “Mechanistic Electrochemistry and Electroanalysis.” This exclusive workshop, featuring scientists and researchers from top universities and national labs, will discuss cutting edge electrochemical science addressing issues with respect to the mechanisms of electron transfer which enables design and application of electrochemical concepts. For More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...VIDEO: CALMAC Energy Storage at Greenbuild
Dec 28th
CEO Mark MacCracken shares why energy storage is going to be critical in the future to making renewables possible.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...MIT Technology Review: The Year in Energy
Dec 28th
Liquid batteries, giant lasers, and vast new reserves of natural gas highlight the fundamental energy advances of the past 12 months.
By Kevin Bullis
MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2009
With many renewable energy companies facing hard financial times (“Weeding Out Solar Companies“), a lot of the big energy news this year was coming out of Washington, DC, with massive federal stimulus funding for batteries and renewable energy and programs such as Energy Frontier Research Centers and Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (“A Year of Stimulus for High Tech“).
Credit: Roy RitchieBut there was still plenty of action outside the beltway, both in the United States and More >
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