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Dr. Nocera’s Invention May be the Future of Alternative Energy. But it’s Not a Leaf!

April 7, 201113 years ago thetripforlife 3 Comments

A lab at MIT, led by Dr. Daniel Nocera, have invented a new and novel form of storing energy that may prove to be an important milestone in the development of alternative energy. In fact, the obvious utility of the process has engendered a bit of excitement, but this excitement has also generated some misconceptions about the process that I would like to clear up, now that I have a more complete understanding of how it works.

Building a New Foundation for Energy and the Environment (+Video)

April 15, 201014 years ago Derek Markham 0 Comments

In the last 15 months, President Obama and his Administration have made significant progress in changing the way America thinks about energy and the environment, making the vision of a 21st century clean energy economy a reality. From historic investments in clean energy infrastructure and technology; improved efficiency for buildings, … [continued]

Solar PV Firm Bets on Bioplastic

January 7, 201014 years ago Derek Markham 3 Comments

Shrink Nanotechnologies is one of several companies that is using bioplastics to find a new way of making devices that will minimize the use of increasingly-scarce rare metals. The company’s OptiSol Solar Concentrator is billed as a nanotechnology-based plastic solar concentrator and solar film. Traditional silicon solar cells absorb only … [continued]

Smart Grid Needs High-Level Policy Push

August 24, 200915 years ago Derek Markham 0 Comments

Some projects are just too big to let the private sector handle them alone. Updating our aging one-way system of centralized power production to a smart grid is one of those projects. Left mostly to its own initiative, the energy industry has done very little in technology innovation during the … [continued]

Smart Grid & Demand Response Hindered by Ill-equipped Buildings

August 12, 200915 years ago Derek Markham 0 Comments

It is understandable why some utilities might be hesitant to embrace smart grid technology. It’s expensive (Repower America says implementation will cost upwards of $400 billion) and at the same time will reduce their ability to sell their core product (energy). Getting the utilities and regulatory agencies on board requires … [continued]