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- Laser Spark Ignition for Advanced Reciprocating Engines
- The ARES Program provides greater energy efficiency, cleaner air and economic advantage. Developing scientific and engineering foundation for commercial laser spark ignition in reciprocating engines. A durable high performance spark ignition system is a barrier technology for development of engines with low emissions and simple-cycle efficiency exceeding approximately 45%.
- White papers 2003-12-03
- Distributed Generation Case Studies for Permit Streamlining and the Impact Upon Transmission and Distribution Services
- This report characterizes the market barriers and implications of Distributed Generation's (DG's) wide spread implementation in California. In 1999 the California Energy Commission chose to analyze the market barriers and implications to widespread implementation of Distributed Generation. The first part of the report deals with DG case studies for permit...
- White papers 2002-11-01
- Making Connections: Case Studies of Interconnection Barriers and Their Impact on Distributed Power Projects
- Today there is growing interest in distributed electricity generation, particularly onsite generation. This interest is stimulated by the reliability, power quality, and environmental needs of business and homeowners, as well as the availability of more efficient, environmentally friendly, modular electric generation technologies, such as microturbines, fuel cells, photovoltaics, and small...
- White papers 2000-08-01
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- We Energies builds barrier reef at Oak Creek power plant project
- As part of its Oak Creek power plant project, We Energies is building a barrier reef that, it hopes, will serve as a buffet and love nest for Lake Michigan's yellow perch. But most simply, it'll be a 31,500-ton distraction that will attract fish away from the...
- Articles 2007-05-03
- New solar cell breaks 40-percent barrier.(EYE ON EARTH)(Brief article)
- Scientists have produced a photovoltaic PV cell with an energy conversion efficiency of 40.7 percent, the U.S. Department of Energy DOE reported in December. The collaboration of DOE and Spectrolab, Inc. a subsidiary of Boeing led to the achievement of a decades-old goal: to break the...
- Articles 2007-03-01
- Draft Cap stops attic drafts cold, reduces energy costs
- ACTON, Mass. -- As the temperature drops and winter sets in, homeowners may notice a frigid breeze wafting through their homes. The U.S. Department of Energy DOE cites air leaks like these as a significant cause of energy loss. One source of these air leaks, the pull-down attic stairs, can...
- Articles 2007-02-07
- Dept. of Energy funds 25 hydrogen development projects.(BUSINESS TRENDS)
- U.S. Department of Energy DOE Secretary Samuel W. Bodman has announced $100 million to fund 25 hydrogen research and development projects that can help reduce dependence on foreign sources of energy through the research, development, and deployment of transformational new clean energy technologies. ...
- Articles 2007-01-01
- Popular Mechanics Awards 2006 Breakthrough Award to GE Global Research for Its Advanced Hydrogen Electrolyzer
- ENERGY RESOURCE-5 October 2006-Popular Mechanics Awards 2006 Breakthrough Award to GE Global Research for Its Advanced Hydrogen ElectrolyzerC2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of the General Electric Company, has been awarded Popular Mechanics magazine's 2006 Breakthrough Award for its development of an advanced...
- Articles 2006-10-05
- EETD develops new daylighting technology.(Environmental Energy Technologies Division)(Dust Networks)(Brief article)
- The second generation of daylighting technology is just around the corner. Under a Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Department of Energy DOE grant, the Environmental Energy Technologies Division EETD at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA, is developing wireless-networking technology that can reduce electric lighting in ...
- Articles 2006-10-01
- Beam barricade protects sensitive sites against attacking vehicles.(PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT / TRAFFIC SAFETY AND SIGNAGE)
- In its crash test, the DSC 7000 vertical lift barricade's 725-lb. beam stopped a 15,000-lb. vehicle traveling 50 m.p.h. (equivalent to 1.2 million ft.-lbs. of kinetic energy) to meet the K12 certification standard set by the U.S. Department of State. Twelve- to 30-ft. wide barrier protects...
- Articles 2006-10-01
- DOE presents plans for cleaner fuels
- The U.S. Department of Energy DOE released on July 7 an ambitious new research agenda for the development of cellulosic ethanol as an alternative to gasoline petrol. The 200-page scientific road map cites recent advances in biotechnology that have made cost-effective production of ethanol from cellulose, or inedible plant fiber,...
- Articles 2006-09-01
- DOE address barriers to commercialization.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(fuel cell research)
- The U.S. Department of Energy has selected six R&D projects expected to further enhance SOFC technology, moving it one step closer to commercialization. According to Jeffrey Jarrett, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, these projects, part of DOE's Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance SECA, build upon earlier...
- Articles 2006-09-01
- Breaking barriers: GML and WFS enhance sensor data.(Geography Markup Language, Web Feature Service)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL, a leading U.S. Department of Energy organization, has been developing wide-area sensor networks in the SensorNet project for a variety of purposes, including applications to enhance military installation security as well as transportation security at U.S. ports and highway systems. Such...
- Articles 2006-08-01
- Geneticists Mapping Switchgrass With Eye Toward Cellulosic Ethanol
- Genetic researchers are bringing their DNA sequencers to bear in search of a more efficient conversion ratio for ethanol, and perhaps overcoming one of the toughest barriers to lignocellulosic production - literally. Though cellulose itself is easy to break down into sugars that can be fermented into fuel, the type...
- Articles 2006-07-17
- Nana Wall Systems Receives Coveted ENERGY STAR Qualification from the U.S. Department of Energy; It's an ENERGY STAR® for the NanaWall®
- MILL VALLEY, Calif. -- When home and business owners think of products that can decrease energy costs, typically they think of anything that uses power. The NanaWallR opening glass wall system from NANA WALL SYSTEMS may not use power, but it can save money on energy bills. The U.S. Department...
- Articles 2006-05-31
- Rep. Blunt Celebrates Strong Job Gains
- WASHINGTON, March 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Majority Whip RoyBlunt (Mo.) today celebrated sustained job growth, as the Departmentof Labor announced that a strong U.S. economy created 243,000 newjobs in February, bringing the total of new jobs for American workersto nearly 5 million since May 2003. Blunt attributed the...
- Articles 2006-03-10
- NEXTENERGY PROVIDES DETROIT SITE FOR BP HYDROGEN REFUELING.
- NextEnergy, Michigan's non-profit alternative energy accelerator, has signed an agreement with BP to establish a hydrogen refueling station at NextEnergy's new facility located in TechTown in Detroit. The station, expected to be completed in the summer of 2006, will be BP's third in Southeast Michigan and...
- Articles 2006-03-01
- GEC ASKING FOR STUDY ON EXPANDING RFS PAST 2012
- Dear Executive, With U.S. ethanol production likely to reach 7.5 billion gallons sooner than called for in the renewable fuels standard RFS,xv the 32-member Governors' Ethanol Coalition GEC is calling for the U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture to join the coalition in conducting a study "regarding the barriers, opportunities...
- Articles 2006-01-09
- st looks back
- November Issue 25 Years Ago 1980. The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Dr. John B. Slaughter to be the director of the National Science Foundation....Mini-OTEC, the non-federal-funded Ocean Thermal Energy Conversation demonstration project, received an award on behalf of the National Society of Professional Engineers for the...
- Articles 2005-11-01
- System monitors blades in operating gas turbines.(TESTING/ANALYSIS)
- An innovative system that continuously monitors operating blades in gas turbines has surpassed 5000 hours of operation, confirming that the technology is ready for commercialization, reports the U.S. Department of Energy and Siemens Power Generation, Alpharetta, Ga. The online monitor makes it possible for operators to...
- Articles 2005-09-01
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