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Green Energy’s Big Challenge: The Daunting Task of Scaling Up

By Yale Environment 360 on March 9, 2011 2 Comments 60-Second Earth, ACEEE, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, biofuels, carbon capture and storage, carbon sequestration, Climate Change, coal, combustion, David Biello, David MacKay, electric cars, electricity generation, Energy at the Crossroads, energy efficiency, energy security, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, fossil fuel extraction, fossil fuels, Geothermal, geothermal power plants, green jobs, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, hydropower, International Energy Agency, Jon Laitner, Jon Wellinghoff, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, natural gas, nuclear, nuclear power plants, oil, onshore wind turbines, Other Lab, Photovoltaics, renewable energy, renewables, Saul Griffith, Scientific American, smart grid, solar installations, solar-thermal power plants, solar;, transportation, United Nations Environment Program, University of Cambridge, University of Manitoba, Vaclav Smil, Water, wind, wind farms, wind turbines, Yale Environment 360

To shift the global economy from fossil fuels to renewable energy will require the construction of wind, solar, nuclear, and other installations on a vast scale, significantly altering the face of the planet. Can these new forms of energy approach the scale needed to meet the world’s energy demands?

Finding a Clean Tech Job

By Frank_Marquardt on November 16, 2009 4 Comments Ambassadors, Clean tech, clean-energy grants, concentrating solar power, CSP, Eco-Tuesday, energy efficienc, Green Drinks, job seekers, loan guarantees, Photovoltaics, renewable energy, smart grid, solar;, venture capital investment, weatherize homes, wind

The clean tech sector has become one of the most exciting areas of opportunities for job seekers. While venture capital investment was down in clean tech during the first half of 09, over the past couple of months that trend has reversed, and this year’s stimulus plan is designed to make up for it. To jump start your career, get clear on your focus, learn about the industry, concentrate your networking efforts and get involved.

Passivhaus: The Top 5 Barriers to Growth In The US

By Jessalyn Dingwell on October 27, 2009 4 Comments active heating system, America, building orientation, California, carbon footprint, Darmstadt, energy efficiency, energy saving, Europe, Geothermal, geothermal heat pump, Germany, GHP, green building, ground sourced heat pump, heat exchanger, heat load, heat loss, heating energy consumption, indoor air quality, insulation, Internal heat gain, ISO 7730, LEED certification, Pacific Northwest, passive cooling, passive heating, Passive House, Passive House Institute US, Passive House Planning Package, passive solar, passive solar gain, passive solar landscaping, Passivhaus, Passivhaus Institut Darmstadt, Passivhaus movement, PHIUS, Photovoltaics, PHPP, post-cooling, post-heating, primary energy usage, R-values, sustainable building, thermal hot water system, triple-glazed windows, US, US building market, ventilation system

Are most homebuyers interested in purchasing a home that saves 90% over a traditional home on heating and cooling costs and requires only a small active heating system the size of a hairdryer? The Passivhaus movement is an exciting building design concept that offers tremendous energy savings due to reliance on passive heating systems. Europe is embracing the concept with between ten and fifteen thousand houses already built and governmental support of mandating the standard. The Passivhaus Institut in Darmstadt was formed in 1996 to promote and control passive house design and the group only recently formed the Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) to reach out directly to the US building market. It is slow to gain momentum, but holds promise for the US market in the future.

Who are The Most Promising Clean Technology Companies on The Planet

By Tracey de Morsella on September 15, 2009 6 Comments Achates Power, Albeo Technologies, AltaRock Energy, Altira Group, Amyris Biotechnologies, biofuels, Bloom Energy, CA, California, China, clean diesel engines, clean technology, cleantech, Cleantech Group, CO, Cobalt, Colorado, Coskata, CPower, Crossover Advisors, Deloitte, EMEA, Emerald Technology Ventures, energy efficiency, energy generation, energy sectors, energy storage, Enphase, environmental, Geothermal, Global Cleantech 100, Google, GreenVolts, IL, Illinois, India, Infinia, infrastructure, innovation, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, LED lighting, MBA Polymers, New Enterprise Associates, New York, New York Stock Exchange, NGEN Partners, North America, Nth Power, NY, Photovoltaics, plastic recycling, recycling, SolarCity, Sterling Communications, syngas-to-ethanol, Tidal, transportation Company, Tsing Capital, Vantage Point Venture Partners, venture capital, WA, Washington, Waste Management, Wave, wind

The Guardian and Cleantech Group recently announced the Global Cleantech 100. This is the first ever list of this scale highlighting the most promising private clean technology companies around the world. The Global Cleantech 100 recognizes companies at the forefront of cleantech innovation offering solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. The final list represents the collective opinion of hundreds of leading experts from cleantech innovation and venture capital companies in EMEA, North America, India and China.

Department of Energy Announces Grants To Establish 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

By Chris de Morsella on May 6, 2009 2 Comments Actinides, Adaptive Materials, advanced catalysis, advanced energy storage, advanced nuclear energy systems, advanced nuclear systems, Albuquerque, Alex Zunger, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Amherst, Ann Arbor, ANSER, Argonne IL, Argonne National Laboratory, Arizona, Arizona State University, Armstrong Neal, atomic scale, Atomic Scale Design, Atomic-Level Synthesis, Austin, Bartosz Grzybowski, Baton Rouge, Berend Smit, Berkeley, Berkeley CA, bio-polymers, biofuels, biomass, Brent Gunnoe, brookhaven National Laboratory, C3Bio, California, California Institute of Technology, Cambridge, carbon capture, carbon sequestration, carbon-neutral energy, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Chapel Hill, Charlottesville, Chas, Christopher Marshall, CIS:HSEM, CITFAM, Clare P. Grey, Clean Energy Technologies, coal, College Park, Colorado, Columbia, Columbia University, combustion Science, Computational Catalysis, Cornell University, Danforth Plant Science Center, Daniel Cosgrove, David Wesolowski, Deleware, Department of Energy, Dieter Wolf, Dionisios Vlachos, DOE, Donald DePaolo, Donald Morelli, East Lansing, efficient combustion, EFRC, Efree, electrical energy storage, electricity storage, electrode components, emergent Superconductivity, Emerging Materials, Energy Conversion, energy economy, energy efficiency, Energy Frontier Research Center, Evsnston, excitonics, fossil fuels, Fritz Prinz, Gang Chen, Gary A. Pope, Gary Rubloff, Gas Separations, General Electric Global Research, Geologic CO2, geological storage of carbon dioxide, Golden CO, greenhouse gases, Grigorii Soloveichik, Gust J. Devens, Harry Atwater, Hector Abruna, Ho-Kwang Mao, hung K. Law, hybrid inorganic-organic materials, Hybrid Solar-Electric Materials, hydrocarbon gases, hydrogen, IACT, Idaho, Idaho Falls ID, Idaho National Laboratory, Illanois, Indiana, Ithaca, J.C. Davis, James Spivey, James Yardley, Jerry Simmons, John Bowers, Kenneth Reifsnider, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Light-Material Interactions, lignocellulose Pennsylvania State University, Los Alamos, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Angeles, Louisiana State University, Malcolm Stocks, Marc Baldo, Maryland., Massachusets, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, materials sciences, Maureen McCann, Michael Nastasi, Michael Thackeray, Michael Wasielewski, Michigan, Michigan State University, Missouri, MIT, molecular catalysts, Molecularly Assembly, Morris Bullock, nanoparticles, Nanoscale, nanoscale architectures, nanoscale material architectures, Nanostructuring, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, natural photosynthesis, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newark DE, Niskayuna, NOCESC, North Carolina, Northwestern University Evanston IL, Nuclear Fuel, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Science, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Pasadena, Paul Barbara, Paul Daniel Dapkus, Peter C. Burns, Peter Green, Photovoltaics, plutonium, predictive combustion, predictive computational models, president obama, Princeton, Princeton University, Purdue University, renewable energy, Richard Sayre, Richland, Robert Blankenship, S3TEC CENTER, Sandia National Laboratories, Santa Barbara, Seamus, SECCM, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, self-assembled polymer materials, solar energy, Solar Fuel, solid state lighting, SOuth Carolina, St. Louis, Stanford CA, Stanford University, State University of New York, Steven Chu, Stony Brook, superconductivity, Tempe AZ, Tennessee, Texas, thin films, Thomas Meyer, Tuscon, UCLA, UCSB, United States, University of Arizona, University of California, University of Delaware, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina, University of Notre Dame, University of South Carolina, University of Southern California, University of Texas, University of Virginia, Upton NY, uranium, USC, Victor Klimov, Vidvuds Ozolins, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., Washington University, West Lafayette, White House

The White House announced that the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science will invest $777 million in Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) over the next five years. In a national effort to accelerate scientific advances in critical areas of the new energy economy the United States Department of Energy (DOE) will establish 46 new multi-million dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (or EFRCs) across the nation.