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Combustion Science to be Studied at Princeton University Energy Frontier Research Centers

Princeton University will be home to a new $20 million energy research center for combustion science, as part of a federal initiative to spur discoveries that lay the groundwork for an economy based on clean replacements for fossil fuels

5 May 2009

DuPont Opens Technical Center in China for the Development of Solar Electricity Panels

DuPont today opened a photovoltaic (PV) technical center at its China global R&D Center in Shanghai to support material developments for the fast growing crystalline silicon photovoltaic solar energy market. DuPont expects to nearly triple its annual photovoltaic sales to more than $1 billion in 2012

4 May 2009

University of South Carolina Selected for Alternative Energy Research Center

The University of South Carolina has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to house a research center that is expected to bring $12.5 million in federal funding, the largest award in the university's history, to a team of internationally recognized energy researchers in the College of Engineering and Computing

4 May 2009

Energy Frontier Research Center For Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will be home to one of 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers announced earlier this week by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama

30 Apr 2009

Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Get Energy Frontier Research Center

Oak Ridge National Laboratory will be home to two of 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced today by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences

28 Apr 2009

Mobion Methanol Fuel Cell To Be Used in Cordless Power Tools

MTI MicroFuel Cells announced today that they have entered into an agreement with a leading manufacturer of power tools to evaluate the Mobion platform for use in future cordless products for industrial applications

22 Apr 2009

Carbene Catalyst Helps Strip CO2 From the Air

It's the reason why chemists envy green plants: by using photosynthesis, plants can easily fix the carbon dioxide that is so plentiful in air to make biomass, or organic compounds. Chemists would also like to be able to simply produce carbon compounds out of CO2 from air

20 Apr 2009

Answer Given To Question About How Nanotubes Work as Catalysts

Cornell researchers have answered an important question about how carbon nanotubes work as catalysts by pinpointing unique sites where the reactions take place on single-walled nanotubes

17 Apr 2009

Fuel Cell Power Sources Offer Clean, Reliable, Energy for Leisure and Industrial Applications

This Earth Day, SFC Smart Fuel Cell, leading supplier of fuel cell products for mobile and off-grid power applications, points out that fuel cells, operating in a hybrid system with batteries and solar power systems, can power a range of leisure and industrial equipment in any weather conditions

6 Apr 2009

Leader in Wind Energy, Vestas Partners with UW College of Engineering

Vestas, the world’s leading producer of wind power technology, has entered into a long-term partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering that promises to propel wind-energy research, provide student learning opportunities and give the company a long-term presence in Madison

1 Apr 2009