May 7th, 2010
10 Books on Energy &; Environment IfEnergy
Independent from any publisher or author, SEAL introduces its overview of 10 books that all have merit to broaden and deepen the energy debate: 3 books on the role of carbon energy (1-3), 3 books on nuclear (4-6), 3 books on other aspects (7-9) and concluding with last year's book on the ethical dimension of Kyoto. – In 'Sustainable Fossil Fuels' Mark Jaccard doubts our prospects for moving away quickly from [...] Read More
Russian Energy Firms Consolidates the Energy Market IfEnergy
Two energy giants in the former Soviet Union have joined forces to gain massive control over the Russian energy market. According to this article the heads of state-controlled Gazprom and Rosneft have signed an agreement on strategic cooperation which will control the energy market of Russia. That includes oil, gas, and even energy bids and contracts. Critics and industry experts see the cooperation between the two giants as a super energy [...] Read More
Highest Sunlight-to-Energy Photovoltaic Device Unveiled IfEnergy
According to an article from Information Week, Boeing-Spectrolab has successfully developed a high-efficiency solar cell with a conversion ratio of 40.7% (sunlight to energy), the highest level ever achieved by any photovoltaic device. Currently, photovoltaic devices achieve anywhere from 12 to 18 percent sunlight-to-energy conversion efficiency and this breakthrough by the US Department of Energy sponsored activity has been verified by the United States National Energy Laboratory. With the continued rise [...] Read More
Controversial books Let’sGoLiterature
Banned books invoke strange emotions in people. As humans we often want to experience anything specifically denied to us, so many people automatically want to read any banned book. Others heed the warning and try to stay out of the same room with a banned book. Books get banned for many reasons. Some schools ban books with language or racial slurs or for non-PG 13 content. A number [...] Read More
WAshington University Invests $55M on International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) The Biotech Weblog
The International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) has been spearheaded by the Washington University in St. Louis to encourage and coordinate university-wide and external collaborative research in the areas of renewable energy and sustainability including biofuels, CO2 mitigation and coal-related issues. A key goal of I-CARES is to foster institutional, regional and international research on the development and production of biofuels from plant and microbial systems and the [...] Read More