NREL Selected to Spearhead Four Projects in DOE’s Newest Lab Impact Program
By heather.lammers@nrel.gov (Heather Lammers) October 28, 2016 The Energy Department (DOE) recently announced a new pilot program called Lab-Bridge that will make…
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NREL Researchers Discover How a Bacterium, Clostridium thermocellum, Utilizes both CO2 and Cellulose to Make Biofuels
By Wayne.Hicks@nrel.gov (Wayne Hicks) October 28, 2016 NREL scientists Pin-Ching Maness (left), Katherine J. Chou and Wei Xiong hold test tubes containing…
Measure in Florida That Claims to Back Solar Power May Discourage It
By By JOHN SCHWARTZ Opponents of the proposed constitutional amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot say that it was written to fool…
Elusive intermediate compound discovered in atmospheric chemistry
Physicists have identified a long-missing piece in the puzzle of exactly how fossil fuel combustion contributes to air pollution and a warming…
Engineer developing tools, technologies to make a better, smarter power grid
An American researcher is working on four projects that will help develop a better, smarter power grid. They’re looking for ways to…
Aisthon Joins Safe Skies
By Aisthon Aisthon has joined the National Safe Skies Alliance to help improve airport security. The proven AgilFence system provided by Aisthon…
Tesla Surprises Investors With Quarterly Profit Ahead of Merger Vote
By By BILL VLASIC Tesla’s chief, Elon Musk, who is SolarCity’s largest stockholder, is under pressure to prove that the electric carmaker…
Global Renewables Investments Signs Contracts in Iran for Wind & Solar Projects
By Global Renewables Investments B.V. Global Renewables Investments B.V. attend ceremony for Dutch Trade Mission to Iran 23-28 October 2016. [PR.com] Read…
Next-generation smartphone battery inspired by the gut
A new prototype of a lithium-sulphur battery — which could have five times the energy density of a typical lithium-ion battery —…
Improved water splitting advances renewable energy conversion
A way to more efficiently create hydrogen from water has been discovered by scientists, representing an important step in making renewable energy…