1366 Technologies , a photovoltaics start-up company based in Massachusetts, won four million dollars in federal funding from the the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) . The first ARPA-E solicitation was extremely competitive with over 3,600 applications from across the country.  Evaluations were based on the potential for high impact on ARPA-E’s goals and scientific and technical merit. 1366 Technologies was the only photovoltaics (PV) company sele

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Department of Energy : Speaking at Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, President Barack Obama today announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history, funding a broad range of technologies that will spur the nation’s transition to a smarter, stronger, more efficient and reliable electric system. The end result will promote energy-saving choices for consumers, increase efficiency, and foster the growth of renewable energy

Photovoltaics, or PV technology is the conversion of solar energy (including ultraviolet light) into electricity. The technology is particularly appealing in parts of the world where there is plenty of sunny weather. Recent studies have yielded some new insights  into actual usable applications of PV performance in the country of Cyprus.  Read more about Nanotechnology

The Department of Energy requests $165 million for climate science and more than $1 billion for climate change technology R&D intended to increase renewable energy generation, advance energy efficiency, and modernize the electricity grid. DOE seeks to further three new initiatives: Energy Innovation Hubs, Energy Frontier Research Centers, and the Advance Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The U.S. Global Change Research Program, which coordinates and integrates research over 1

The only thing burning is tax dollars. Finally some good news regarding “global warming” comes out of Washington: President Obama will almost certainly not travel to the Copenhagen climate change summit in December and may instead use his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to set out US environmental goals, The Times has learnt. With healthcare reform clogging his domestic agenda and no prospect of a comprehensive climate treaty in Copenhagen, Mr Obama may disappoint campaigners and

China is attempting to rein in overcapacity in the country’s solar energy sector despite the government’s ambitious goal to increase solar capacity from 50 megawatts in 2008 to between 10 and 20 gigawatts by 2020. Enterprises flocking to boost markets in industries such as steel and cement have been common in recent years, with the government then stepping in to correct potential overcapacity. The central government last week announced plans to curb the expansion of six industry sectors by

Are the nation’s fiscal, economic, military, political and social challenges setting us up for a Military Coup? Will the U.S. Military Industrial Complex, acting through our Joint Chiefs of Staff or some other high-level corps of U.S. Military officers, and supported by a variety of angry business leaders and extreme conservatives be so resentful of any changes to our national priorities that they would encourage a complete removal of our elected civilian federal government, save the Department

American energy experts have expressed concerns over high operational losses in Pakistan’s electricity distribution networks. During a two-day dialogue that ended on Saturday, a visiting US delegation advised government functionaries to stop subsidising electricity in an effort to promote stability and sustain growth in the power sector. During the interaction, Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf led the government team and US Secretary of State’s Coordinator for International En

Rather eventful week with many things to distract from what ought to be priority and the fighting going on from the White House. It appears the White House are a bunch of thin skinned yellow lilly cry babies. If find that looking at this list knowing that we have serious issues in this country that the issues before Congress and the White House are not the priorities they should be concentrating on. Nature, Climate, Global Warming or Cooling or whatever you want to call is all those bil