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Utility-scale Battery Research UnderwayThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:32PMWhat happens when the U.S. government awards DuPont, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Bosch, and 3M $1.6 million to develop a longer-lasting, less expensive way to store clean energy? We will soon find out.

Energy From the Sun Even after Dark?Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 10:00AMNew Research in Clean Energy Storage Could Light the Way

Novomer Awarded $18.4M in Federal Stimulus Funds by U.S. Department of EnergyThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:18AMAchieves Phase Two of $25M Project to Develop Products/Manufacturing Processes to Produce Millions of Pounds of Sustainable Polymers per Year

Novomer Awarded $18.4M in Federal Stimulus Funds by U.S. Department of EnergyThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:00AMBOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - 07/29/10) - Novomer Inc., a sustainable materials company pioneering a family of high-performance plastics, polymers and other chemicals from renewable feedstocks such as carbon dioxide (CO2), today announced it has been awarded $18.4M in federal funding from the Department of Energy. The objective of the project is to convert waste CO2 into a number of polymers for use ...

Letters to the editor: July 29, 2010Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 2:20PMHere are the letters to the editor from the Daily News editions of July 29, 2010

iGo Boosts Efficiency of Department of Energy's New BuildingWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:23AMSCOTTSDALE, Ariz.----iGo , a leading provider of smart, energy-efficient power management solutions, announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory purchased more than 800 units of the iGo Power Smart Tower with iGo Green Technology for the DOE’s new Research Support Facility .

Research and Markets: High Temperature SuperconductorsWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:20AMDUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "High Temperature Superconductors" to their offering.

Green car passes test at NSSWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 12:41AMThe last time we heard from automotive researcher Forrest Jehlik, he was battling the heat and gathering data at New Smyrna Speedway two weeks ago.

Entenza boosts renewables at MSUTuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 9:08PMMinnesota State University was the location Tuesday for a visit by Democratic candidate for governor Matt Entenza, who wanted to talk about renewable energy.