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The Energy Supercomputer
A new water-cooled 155 teraflop supercomputer dubbed “BlueM” will allow scientists at the Colorado School of Mines to run large simulations in support of the university’s core research areas while operating at the forefront of algorithm development using a powerful hybrid system. The system will be housed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) [...]
Ernie Moniz To Lead the U.S. DOE
It’s hard to know what to make of this week’s unanimous Senate vote, confirming Ernie Moniz as the new U.S. Energy Secretary, replacing the outgoing Steven Chu. If you’re a fan of a sustainable energy policy, it’s certainly not a good sign when 100% of Senate Republicans like the way a certain person thinks. Of [...]
New Project Will Forecast Solar Generation
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded $1.7 million to a partnership between Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Cool Earth Solar Inc. (CES) to conduct a community-scale renewable energy integration demonstration project at the Livermore Valley Open Campus. The central idea of the project is to use solar forecasting to make photovoltaic power generation more [...]
New Battery Can Store Solar and Wind Energy
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have developed a relatively cheap, long-life “flow” battery that can be used to mitigate power fluctuations from solar and wind energy plants, therefore enabling them to become major suppliers to the electrical grid. The research, led by Yi Cui, a [...]
Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative Launched by DOE
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced an initiative to boost US manufacturing of clean energy products, the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI). The goal is to accelerate US-based manufacturing of cost-competitive clean energy technologies, such as wind, solar, geothermal, batteries and biofuels. Another goal is to increase competitiveness in US manufacturing generally by helping the sector adopt greater energy efficiency, combined heat and power [...]
Energy Security Trust Gameplan Announced
During his State of the Union address earlier this year President Barak Obama called on Congress to create an Energy Security Trust Fund to fund research into biofuels, batteries and more, to help wean the U.S. from its oil habit. On Friday the Administration elaborated on how such a system would work. “The Energy Security [...]
DOE Treasury Throws $150M at Clean Energy Manufacturing
In an effort to spur more U.S.-based solar, wind and other clean energy manufacturing, the Department of Energy and the Treasury Department teamed up to offer $150 million in tax credits. Under the offer, announced today, Feb. 7, the Treasury Department is allocating credits to the Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits program that weren’t previously [...]
Energy Science, Innovation and the Future of America
What does it really mean to change the game in energy technologies? Not to change a single game – as with a last-second shot at the buzzer, a Hail Mary pass, or a diving catch to close out the inning – but to transform the entire game, with new rules, new technologies, and often-unexpected new [...]
It’s Official: Steven Chu Officially Leaving DOE
Last month we reported on the likely departure of Dr. Steven Chu as head of the DOE and we listed some potential replacements. But there have been conflicting statements as to Chu’s current status. Bloomberg reports that Chu’s resignation announcement is imminent. In response two weeks ago, the DOE issued a statement saying that, “Dr. [...]