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ITN Energy Systems Awarded $4.9 Million ARPA-E Grant From U.S. Department of Energy

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

LITTLETON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ITN Energy Systems (ITNES) a clean energy and technology incubator announced today that it has been awarded $4.9 million as part of the Department of Energy ARPA-E grant program. The primary goal for this project is to develop solid-state electrochromic film on plastic substrates by using ITN’s proprietary roll-to-roll production process...

Secretary Chu to Travel to India and China to Promote Clean Energy Partnerships

Department of Energy (Free subscription) | yesterday

Washington, DC - The Department of Energy announced today that Energy Secretary Steven Chu will travel to India and China from Thursday, November 12 to Wednesday, November 18 as part of the Department's efforts to advance opportunities for international clean energy cooperation.

Ceres Wins $5M Grant to Develop High-Yielding, Low-Input Energy Grasses

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. announced today that it plans to expand an advanced trait development project to increase biomass yields of several energy grasses by as much as 40% in coming years, while simultaneously decreasing the use of inputs such as nitrogen fertilizers. The project, which was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy...

Metal-Air Battery With 11 Times More Energy at Half the Cost?

Green Options (Free subscription) | yesterday

US Secretary of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu Arizona State University professor Cody Friesen thinks he can make a metal-air battery with up to 11 times the energy density of lithium batteries at potentially half the cost. Now the US Department of Energy’s advanced research incubator ARPA-E has just given his spin-off company, Fluidic Energy , a $5.13 million research grant...

• Technology Review: Betting on a Metal-Air Battery Breakthrough - Web Wonderings

Duke Energy’s James Rogers on board for GreenBeat 2009

VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

We’re delighted to announce that Duke Energy CEO James Rogers will be speaking at our GreenBeat 2009 conference on Nov. 18-19 — the seminal executive event on the cleaner, more efficient electrical grid emerging around the globe. Providing electricity to customers in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, North Carolina and South Carolina since 1904, Duke is one of the oldest, largest...

• Latest GreenBeat speaker: Duke CEO James “Green Coal Baron” Rogers - The Industry Standard
• Duke Energy’s James Rogers on board for GreenBeat 2009 - The Industry Standard

Duke Energy’s James Rogers on board for GreenBeat 2009

The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

We’re delighted to announce that Duke Energy CEO James Rogers will be speaking at our GreenBeat 2009 conference on Nov. 18-19 — the seminal executive event on the cleaner, more efficient electrical grid emerging around the globe. Providing electricity to customers in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, North Carolina and South Carolina since 1904, Duke is one of the oldest, largest...

Energy Star homes reach 1 million, EPA says

Greenspace (Free subscription) | yesterday

One million energy-efficient homes qualifying for the Energy Star rating have been built in the U.S. since the program was launched in 1995, the Environmental Protection Agency said. This year, Energy Star households will save $270 million -- or an...

Department of Energy awards $1.275 million grant to UF physicists

University of Florida News (Free subscription) | yesterday

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers in the Physics and the Quantum Theory Project have received a new $1.275 million research grant from the Department of Energy to predict the properties of “warm dense matter” by theory, modeling, and computer simulation. Over the next three years, the researchers will use the award [...]

First lady praises employees at Energy Department

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

First lady Michelle Obama asked middle-school children about science during a visit to the Energy Department.

The global energy storage market opportunity from several key perspectives

bharatbook | yesterday

Bharatbook.com added a new report on "Energy Storage Technology Markets" which gives a detailed examination of the strengths, weaknesses, technological capabilities, and economics of various energy storage technologies. Energy Storage Technology Markets Advanced Battery Technologies, Pumped Hydro, Compressed Air, Flow Batteries, and Frequency Regulation for Utility-Scale

First lady praises employees at Energy Department

Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

On a visit to the Energy Department on Thursday, first lady Michelle Obama quizzed middle-school students about red blood cells and nanotechnology during a practice science quiz competition.

First lady praises employees at Energy Department

USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

On a visit to the Energy Department on Thursday, first lady Michelle Obama quizzed middle-school students about red blood cells ...

First lady praises employees at Energy Department

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

WASHINGTON -- On a visit to the Energy Department on Thursday, first lady Michelle Obama quizzed middle-school students about red blood cells and nanotechnology during a practice science quiz competition.

First lady praises employees at Energy Department

Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

First lady Michelle Obama asked middle-school children about science during a visit to the Energy Department.

First lady praises employees at Energy Department

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

First lady Michelle Obama asked middle-school children about science during a visit to the Energy Department.