Sentences with phrase «energy research breakthroughs»

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«Private companies will ultimately develop these energy breakthroughs, but their work will rely on the kind of basic research that only governments can fund,» Gates said in a statement.

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And many of them have received extensive coverage — the new initiative by Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg to boost clean energy research in the new «Breakthrough Energy Coalition» predictably hit the headlines beyond the business energy research in the new «Breakthrough Energy Coalition» predictably hit the headlines beyond the business Energy Coalition» predictably hit the headlines beyond the business press.

Public science is basic scientific research funded by governments, and just in America alone it's led to breakthroughs in everything from medicine to clean energy.

«The research performed at NSLS - II will probe the fundamental structure of novel materials and help drive the development of low - cost, low - carbon energy technologies, spark advances in environmental science, and spur medical breakthroughs,» Moniz said.

Has the Advanced Research Projects Agency — Energy failed in its mission to create alternative energy breakthrEnergy failed in its mission to create alternative energy breakthrenergy breakthroughs?

He added, «We will not just meet, but we will exceed the level achieved at the height of the space race, through policies that invest in basic and applied research, create new incentives for private innovation, promote breakthroughs in energy and medicine, and improve education in math and science.»

ARPA - E is a new Department of Energy organization modeled after the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the defense agency that gave us the Internet, stealth aircraft, and many other technological breakthroughs.

Modeled on the legendary Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which spearheaded many important technological advances, ARPA - E was established under the America COMPETES Act and given $ 400 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as the stimulus package, to, in DOE's words, «pursue breakthroughs that could fundamentally change the way we use and produce energy.»

(According to the TTSA Web site, a minimum investment of $ 200 buys you membership in the organization and finances research into «exotic technologies» associated with UFOs that could lead to «revolutionary breakthroughs in propulsion, energy and communication.»)

To accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to support the Department of Energy's cleanup mission, four new Energy Frontier Research Centers have been formed.

Our newest consortium, CaloriCoolTM, also puts together the best minds from research institutions and industry with the goal of another valuable breakthrough — a cleaner and more energy efficient refrigeration technology.

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Rosen asserted that putting too much focus on research aimed at energy breakthroughs was «dangerous» because it might encourage people «to put off investment in the many good renewable technologies that we have today, in the hope that something dramatically better will come along in the future.»

But every billion - dollar carbon - capture project, in the meantime, is raiding money that might otherwise go into basic research and development aimed at advancing solar technology or large - scale energy storage or other fields where breakthroughs could help lay the groundwork for a post-fossil global energy system — instead of providing a dicey Band - Aid to keep societies stuck on the coal rung of the heat ladder a while longer.

In a packed room, Chu gave his trademark illustrated tutorial, leading from basic climate science through the disturbing implications of global energy trends and efforts by the Obama administration to stimulate energy innovation with research hubs and dozens of grants for work on the frontiers of energy sciences that might produce breakthroughs.

One is better integrating the ministers» work with the research - focused agenda of the Mission Innovation initiative, as well as with Bill Gates's private investment pool aimed at long - odds energy breakthroughs.

Gates hammered on points reported here for many years: that without a big, and sustained, boost in spending on basic research and development on energy frontiers, the chances of triggering an energy revolution are nil; that while the private sector and venture capital investors are vital for transforming breakthroughs into marketable products or services, they will not invest in the long - haul inquiry that's required to generate game - changing breakthroughs; that a 1 or 2 percent tax on carbon - emitting fuels could generate a large, steady stream of money for invigorating the innovation pipeline; that a declining emissions cap and credit trading system --- if it could survive America's polarized politics --- would have to raise energy costs far beyond what would be politically tenable to generate a similar scale of transformational activity.

We will not just meet, but we will exceed the level achieved at the height of the space race, through policies that invest in basic and applied research, create new incentives for private innovation, promote breakthroughs in energy and medicine, and improve education in math and science.

[Jan. 15, 8:33 a.m. Updated Obama alludes indirectly to research by the Breakthrough Institute showing that the techniques used to extract gas from shale were developed through federal investments in energy research.]

Second, if divestment were to reduce the financial resources of coal, oil, and gas companies (which it would NOT do), this would only reduce research and development at those same companies of: carbon capture and storage technologies; other key technological breakthroughs; and renewable sources of energy (the fossil fuel companies are carrying out much of the R&D on renewables).

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So tonight, I announce the Advanced Energy Initiative — a 22 - percent increase in clean - energy research — at the Department of Energy, to push for breakthroughs in two vital Energy Initiative — a 22 - percent increase in clean - energy research — at the Department of Energy, to push for breakthroughs in two vital energy research — at the Department of Energy, to push for breakthroughs in two vital Energy, to push for breakthroughs in two vital areas.

As Exxon says there, «This pioneering research program is focused on identifying breakthrough energy technologies that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.»

Further research into breakthrough energy technologies is also required.

MIT over the next five years will dedicate more than US$ 300 million to the creation of eight low - carbon energy research centers, where faculty and students will partner with industry on developing breakthrough technologies.

«Private companies will ultimately develop these energy breakthroughs,» added Bill Gates in an interview, «but their work will rely on the kind of basic research that only governments can fund.»

The Breakthrough Institute recently highlighted some startling — and important — research findings along these lines, published in August in the Journal of Physics by energy economist Harry Saunders and four colleagues from the U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratenergy economist Harry Saunders and four colleagues from the U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National LaboratEnergy's Sandia National Laboratories.

Google said it expects to «spend tens of millions on research and development and related investments in renewable energy» and invest «hundreds of millions of dollars in breakthrough renewable energy projects which generate positive returns.»

«Private companies will ultimately develop these energy breakthroughs, but their work will rely on the kind of basic research that only governments can fund.»

Usual investment criteria may not deliver the super low - cost, clean, renewable energy soon enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change,» said Dr. Larry Brilliant, Executive Director of Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm, «Google.org's hope is that by funding research on promising technologies, investing in promising new companies, and doing a lot of R&D ourselves, we may help spark a green electricity revolution that will deliver breakthrough technologies priced lower than coal.»

The Breakthrough Energy Coalition is backing research on low - and zero - carbon technologies; however, their guidelines show a lack of understanding of solar technology and market development.

The massive disruption will occur with breakthroughs in energy storage, hence the huge amounts of money pouring into research in that area.

We also need to substantially increase our research and development for potential technological breakthroughs in terms of energy.

Next, he was hired to run the summer fellows program at the Breakthrough Institute, where he eventually spent four years, leading research into energy, climate change, and innovation policy.

The research and investments have led to sharply higher electric generating capacity and reduced cost to a point where renewable energy is nearly competitive with natural gas, said Jesse Jenkins, director of energy and climate policy at the Breakthrough Institute.

Rising energy consumption has long been synonymous with the destruction of nature, but according to Linus Blomqvist, Director of Research at Breakthrough Institute, a world with cheaper, cleaner, and more abundant energy might improve human wellbeing and, at the same time, leave more land for habitats and wildlife.

Citing respected literature reviews by the UK Energy Research Center (UKERC), the European Commission, and the Breakthrough Institute, IEA observe that direct rebounds in rich countries can range from 0 % to 65 %, and «tend to converge between 10 % and 35 %.»

But according to Linus Blomqvist, Director of Research at the Breakthrough Institute, just the opposite may be true: a world with cheaper, cleaner, and more abundant energy might improve the wellbeing of the growing human population and, at the same time, leave more land for natural habitats and wildlife.

Prior to Breakthrough's report much of this literature on rebound remained unknown to policy makers and other energy research organizations in the United States.

He is the lead or coauthor of several Breakthrough publications, including Coal Killer: How Natural Gas Fuels the Clean Energy Revolution, Beyond Boom and Bust: Putting Clean Tech on a Path to Subsidy Independence and Our High - Energy Planet He is also co-director of Breakthrough Generation, the Breakthrough Institute's annual summer policy fellowship, which brings together some of the brightest young thinkers in the world to work together researching policy, politics, and technology.

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Previous research out of MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science has lead to computer and wireless communications chips that could run off of ambient heat, light or vibrations, but through a breakthrough energy - combining circuit design, this new chip can run off all three at once.

Finally, the Breakthrough Institute has produced excellent evidence that government subsidies for speculative technologies and research over at least 35 years have played a role in the development of the energy boom's key technology enablers: 3 - D seismology, diamond drill bits, horizontal drilling, and others.

Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have made a breakthrough in battery energy density that could lighten the load of soldiers in the field and eventually lead to better batteries in our electronics.

Ahead of the opening of the Paris climate change conference in December 2015, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, and other high - tech entrepreneurs announced the formation of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, which will fund a worldwide public - private partnership among governments, research institutions, and investors to finance clean energy innovation and low - carbon development around the Energy Coalition, which will fund a worldwide public - private partnership among governments, research institutions, and investors to finance clean energy innovation and low - carbon development around the energy innovation and low - carbon development around the globe.

Emphasizing the looming collapse of federal clean energy policy, Senator Murkowski cited Breakthrough's recent research directly.

No matter whether they're pursuing medical breakthroughs, refashioning energy technologies, making computers more useful, or engineering cooler electronic devices — and regardless of whether they are heading startups, working in big companies, or doing research in academic labs — they all are poised to be leaders in their fields.