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$2 Million in Federal Funding Devoted to Energy Innovation Projects Throughout the US

July 29, 2019October 7, 2019 by Emily Holbrook

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded $2 million in federal funding for seven new high-performance computing projects, as part of the High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) Initiative, a DOE-wide effort comprising EERE, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE), the Office of Science and the National Laboratories.

New Supercomputer a ‘Scientific Time Machine’ for Developing Endless Energy

June 11, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

Oak Ridge National Laboratory unveiled what it calls the world’s most powerful and smartest scientific supercomputer. Built for the US Department of Energy, Summit will be eight times more powerful than the lab’s previous top-ranked system Titan, ORNL says. “Summit will provide unprecedented computing power for research in energy, advanced ... Read more »

DOE Awards $3.9M to Ford, GE, Others, to Research Energy Efficiency in Supercomputing

May 16, 2017 by Jennifer Nastu

The US Department of Energy has announced nearly $3.9 million for 13 projects designed to stimulate the use of high performance supercomputing in US manufacturing. The program (confusingly acronymed HPC4Mfg) hopes to spur innovation in US manufacturing through the adoption of high performance computing to advance applied science and technology in order to increase the energy efficiency of ... Read more »

Turning Beer Wastewater into Energy Storage Benefits Breweries, Battery Manufacturers

October 13, 2016November 22, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Beer wastewater can be converted to materials needed to make energy storage cells — a development that researchers say could be a “win-win” for breweries and battery manufacturers.

IECA Asks U.S. Congress to Renew Tax Incentives

November 11, 2015 by Cheryl Kaften

Last month, the Industrial Energy Consumers of America (IECA) – an organization that advocates on behalf of U.S. manufacturers – sent a letter to the U.S. Congress, asking legislators to renew tax provisions that expired nearly a year ago, at the end of 2014. The letter was signed by 218 IECA ... Read more »

Governments Investigate Recycling Rare Earths

April 14, 2014April 14, 2014 by Kirsten Korosec

Governments are funding research to find cost effective and efficient ways to recycle rare earth metals from used products. For instance, the U.S. Department of Energy-funded Innovation Hub is looking for ways to secure the supply of five rare earth metals identified by the government as critical, reported Ensia. Rare earth ... Read more »

SINTEF Coordinating EU Rare Earth Metal Recycling Project

February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 by Leon Walker

The EU has tapped 7 major European research institutes including Fraunhofer, CEA, TNO and SINTEF for Value from Waste, a program aimed increasing the recovery rate of rare earth metals from scrap. Rare metals such as neodymium and dysprosium are key materials in many green technologies such as generators that ... Read more »

Scientists Develop Way to Recycle REEs from Wastewater

October 30, 2013October 30, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Researchers may have found a way to recycle rare earth elements from wastewater, a method that could alleviate economic and environmental pressures facing the REE industry. Scientists describe the process in the Oct. 9 issue of the journal ACSApplied Materials & Interfaces. Rare earth metals are used in many modern-day ... Read more »

Environmental Executive Moves: Joule, Climate Trust, Applied Materials, EBI

August 21, 2013 by Leon Walker

Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Joule: The developer of CO2-to-fuels solar conversion technology announced changes in its executive leadership. CEO William J. Sims will step down after four years but will remain a member of the company’s board. Noubar Afeyan, co-founder and chairman, ... Read more »

FTSE Launches Environmental Technologies Index

May 1, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

FTSE Group has launched an environmental technologies index, FTSE ET100, designed to measure the performance of companies whose core business is in the development and operation of environmental technologies. To qualify, companies must derive at least 50 percent of their business from environmental markets. These include renewable and alternative energy, ... Read more »

Mitsubishi, Applied Materials Dropped From FTSE4Good; Salesforce.com Added

March 11, 2013March 11, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Mitsubishi Corp., Swiss-based healthcare equipment provider Nobel Biocare and US semiconductor makers Applied Materials and Micron Technology have been dropped from the FTSE4Good Index for failing to meet environment or social criteria required to remain on the series of ethical investment stock market indices. The FTSE4Good, which was launched in ... Read more »

How Applied Materials Turns Energy Data into Efficiency Achievements – and Business Results

January 9, 2013 by Jennifer Hermes

Applied Materials, like many other public companies, established enterprise-wide goals for energy and resource efficiency in 2007. The five-year path to achievement of the stated goals was grounded in a significant amount of data collection and analysis that revealed key areas for improvement. Bruce Klafter, managing director of corporate responsibility ... Read more »

$2 Million in Federal Funding Devoted to Energy Innovation Projects Throughout the US

New Supercomputer a ‘Scientific Time Machine’ for Developing Endless Energy

DOE Awards $3.9M to Ford, GE, Others, to Research Energy Efficiency in Supercomputing

Turning Beer Wastewater into Energy Storage Benefits Breweries, Battery Manufacturers

IECA Asks U.S. Congress to Renew Tax Incentives

Governments Investigate Recycling Rare Earths

SINTEF Coordinating EU Rare Earth Metal Recycling Project

Scientists Develop Way to Recycle REEs from Wastewater

Environmental Executive Moves: Joule, Climate Trust, Applied Materials, EBI

FTSE Launches Environmental Technologies Index

Mitsubishi, Applied Materials Dropped From FTSE4Good; Salesforce.com Added

How Applied Materials Turns Energy Data into Efficiency Achievements – and Business Results

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