Sentences with phrase «of alternative energy research»

In front of Joseph Beuys's Lightning With Stag in Its Glare, 1958 - 85, the artist's membership of the German Green party, and his interest in alternative forms of energy leads to mention of Azerbaijan, to BP's oil drainage of the country's natural resources and the impossibility of alternative energy research being undertaken under a present dictatorial rule that the corporation tacitly supports.
As a professor at M.I.T., Ely Sachs was a strong supporter of alternative energy research.

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Raskin also reported that not one story coming out of the six - week conference dealt with UNESCO's battle against illiteracy, its development of alternative energy sources, its educational programs for scientists and engineers, its basic research into food production, and scores of other accomplishments during 1980.
Which wise government spending (see: investment in technology and other productivity - enhancing measures) can help that last bit, which is one reason I'm all in favor of spending on alternative energy research (I'm a little sick of sending hundreds of billions of dollars per year overseas for hydrocarbons; I'd rather employ Americans to maintain windfarms, solar plants, not - on - the - table - now - but - maybe - soon thorium reactors, etc.).
It calls for banning hydrofracking at both the state and federal levels and also urges further research in, and economic support for, alternative forms of «non-polluting» energy sources like wind, solar and hydropower.
«However, what we are sure of is that Iran will soon add to the oil glut once the sanctions on it are lifted and increasing research and innovations in alternative energy sources will continue to reduce demand for oil and push further down the price.
Farron's move in a letter to a constituent released at the weekend came as the IPPR thinktank published new research showing the proposed decarbonisation target need not increase energy prices, and the government's alternative of relying on gas will boost bills by as much as # 15.
From 1987 until he launched his 1998 congressional campaign, Holt was assistant director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), a Department of Energy national lab, which is the largest research facility of Princeton University and one of the largest alternative energy research facilities in the coEnergy national lab, which is the largest research facility of Princeton University and one of the largest alternative energy research facilities in the coenergy research facilities in the country.
The Office of Science has a continuing open solicitation for energy - related research that includes the basic energy sciences covering alternative and renewable technologies.
And it continues to pursue research into alternative fuels and technologies that can further reduce the carbon intensity of energy applications across a variety of sectors, including electricity production and transportation.
These findings have been published by Matthew Lasich and Deresh Ramjugernath from the University of KwaZulu - Natal, Durban, South Africa, in EPJ B. Alternative applications for such findings are relevant for future energy research, such as energy storage and the development of natural gas extraction methods.
USC professor Sri Narayan's research focuses on the fundamental and applied aspects of electrochemical energy conversion and storage to reduce the carbon footprint of energy use and by providing energy alternatives to fossil fuel, Wednesday, June 10, 2014 in Los Angeles.
In his address to a joint session of Congress on February 24th, Pres. Obama outlined an ambitious plan for the country to develop alternative energy and to engage in basic research.
The study tracked alternative fuel vehicle media attention from the New York Times, research and development funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, and prototype development by the world's 15 largest auto manufacturers between 1980 and 2013.
In addition to JGU, also involved in the project are the Technical University of Madrid and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center in Spain, the French National Institute for Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (Inria), the Foundation for Research and Technology in Greece, Seagate Systems in the UK, the German Climate Computing Center, CA Technologies Development in Spain, the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), and Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH.
Knowing Earth's core temperature is key to understanding the planet's internal processes, particularly its magnetic field and geothermal activity, explains research team leader Simone Anzellini of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.
More research is needed to see if this novel use of atmospheric gases as an alternative energy source is more widespread in Antarctica and elsewhere, the scientists say.
The research collaboration that carried out the study saw the participation of SISSA, CNR - IOM Democritos, ICTP, the University of Trieste, the University of Technology of Dresden and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA).
Romney is explicitly in favor of the by - all - accounts - successful Advanced Research Projects Agency — Energy's program for advanced energy research but, unsurprisingly, he is not in favor of support for alternative energy beyond the R&Research Projects Agency — Energy's program for advanced energy research but, unsurprisingly, he is not in favor of support for alternative energy beyond the R&D Energy's program for advanced energy research but, unsurprisingly, he is not in favor of support for alternative energy beyond the R&D energy research but, unsurprisingly, he is not in favor of support for alternative energy beyond the R&research but, unsurprisingly, he is not in favor of support for alternative energy beyond the R&D energy beyond the R&D phase.
In South Dakota, Referred Law 14 would tap a portion of the taxes collected from contractors to provide grants for in - state projects costing more than $ 5 million, including research on alternative energy technologies and improving agricultural practices.
The research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's ARPA - E REACT program (Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy — Rare Earth Alternatives in Critical Technologies) which develops cost - effective alternatives to rare earths, the naturally occurring minerals with unique magnetic properties that are used in electric vehicle (EV) motors, and wind genresearch was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's ARPA - E REACT program (Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy — Rare Earth Alternatives in Critical Technologies) which develops cost - effective alternatives to rare earths, the naturally occurring minerals with unique magnetic properties that are used in electric vehicle (EV) motors, and wind genResearch Projects Agency - Energy — Rare Earth Alternatives in Critical Technologies) which develops cost - effective alternatives to rare earths, the naturally occurring minerals with unique magnetic properties that are used in electric vehicle (EV) motors, and wind generators.
A research team led by Basudeb Saha (above right) at UD's Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center, has invented a new process that could make forest and farm waste a cheaper, sustainable alternative to the petroleum used in manufacturing thousands of presearch team led by Basudeb Saha (above right) at UD's Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center, has invented a new process that could make forest and farm waste a cheaper, sustainable alternative to the petroleum used in manufacturing thousands of pResearch Center, has invented a new process that could make forest and farm waste a cheaper, sustainable alternative to the petroleum used in manufacturing thousands of products.
This makes it difficult to interpret many upcoming data and understand the underlying molecular processes — and this is the case in diverse fields such as medical research, plant research or the development of alternative energy sources.
The Basic Research Needs report, published by the Department of Energy September 2012, describes the state of the science and the research needed to overcome current roadblocks to widespread use of alternative energy technResearch Needs report, published by the Department of Energy September 2012, describes the state of the science and the research needed to overcome current roadblocks to widespread use of alternative energy technolEnergy September 2012, describes the state of the science and the research needed to overcome current roadblocks to widespread use of alternative energy technresearch needed to overcome current roadblocks to widespread use of alternative energy technolenergy technologies.
PPPL is the only USDOE laboratory fully dedicated to the research and development of fusion as a safe and virtually inexhaustible energy alternative.
Btw, how much of the current and emerging (European) energy taxes is / will be used for alternatives research or subsidies for installations?
Promoting (if you wish, crash) research into all alternatives for generation (solar, geothermal,...) and cost effective storage of energy and subsidies for (private) installations will have far more effect.
The problem boils down to the fact that platinum isn't cheap and so US Dept. of Energy research laboratories are looking for alternatives to or ways of making more efficient use of platinum according to a June 16, 2015 news item on Nanowerk,
CEA Tech is the technology research branch of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), a key player in innovative R&D, defence & security, nuclear energy, technological research for industry and fundamental science, identified by Thomson Reuters as the second most innovative research organization in the Energy Commission (CEA), a key player in innovative R&D, defence & security, nuclear energy, technological research for industry and fundamental science, identified by Thomson Reuters as the second most innovative research organization in the energy, technological research for industry and fundamental science, identified by Thomson Reuters as the second most innovative research organization in the world.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 17 — To help the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reduce dependence on foreign oil and accelerate discoveries to preserve the environment, the Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory (EMSL), a national scientific user facility located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), has implemented DataDirect Networks (DDN) high performance block and file storage solutions to provide a storage foundation for ongoing alternative energy research proEnergy (DOE) reduce dependence on foreign oil and accelerate discoveries to preserve the environment, the Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory (EMSL), a national scientific user facility located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), has implemented DataDirect Networks (DDN) high performance block and file storage solutions to provide a storage foundation for ongoing alternative energy research proenergy research projects.
His professional career in alternative energy research has spanned more than 25 years, centering on development of solar energy conversion devices and on hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.
In Benin, a pan-African rice research group are using an alternative form of energy to burn rice husks.
«Despite research into microalgae as a next - generation energy source, the land - sparing consequences of alternative sources of livestock feed have been overlooked,» the report says.
Specific focus areas include: behavioral response studies, laboratory research on hearing and noise impacts; field research on pinniped vocal communication; noise exposure criteria and research recommendations; work with both conventional and alternative energy industries to understand and minimize environmental impacts of resource acquisition.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists were also encouraged that the Mills cell seemed to be producing energy, but they couldn't rule out alternatives to the hydrino effect as the cause, says Dr. Janis Niedra of NASA's Glenn Research Center.
Prof. Scott - Mumby now writes and lectures internationally on the themes of he currently has on cutting - edge alternative medicine, energy medicine, cancer research alternatives, and anti-aging science.
Dr. Scott - Mumby now writes and lectures internationally on the themes of he currently has on cutting - edge alternative medicine, energy medicine, cancer research alternatives, and anti-aging science.
Founded in NYC in 1967 as an alternative forum for architectural research, education, and practice, the IAUS was a place of immense energy and effervescence, whose young founders and participants, while hardly known at the time, would shape architectural practice and theory for decades.
His final decades of artistic production paralleled a succession of publishing, nonprofit, and visionary enterprises: in addition to his lithography studio, Francis formed a wind harvesting and alternative energy company in 1975; helped organize the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, in 1980; formed the Lapis Press, which focused on eclectic scholarship, in 1984; created a naturopathy - based medical research center in 1987; and founded the Sam Francis Art Museum in 1990 to perpetuate his artistic legacy and support charitable donations.
I personally think that it would have been smarter in terms of the «big picture» if Kansas had done something like approve the plants with the stipulation that some X percentage of all profits would be plowed back into clean coal and alternative energy research — the results of which were to be applied in Kansas first.
Then we could be on a course toward a sensible national energy policy, with profits not going to the profiteers who have brought us to the brink of disaster, but to research and implementation of alternative, renewable fuels and energy efficiency.
Mindful of the important role of a range of alternative energy technologies, we recognize, in particular, the need for research, development, and large - scale demonstration of and cooperation on carbon capture and storage.
i don't see any lack of research for alternative forms of energy; i read about new innovations every day, especially in the solar field.
One alternative that's been under development at Michigan State University for years is picking up momentum, in large part because of $ 2.5 million in seed money as part of the stimulus spending from the Advanced Research Projects Agency, Energy, in 2009.
An impressive $ 60 billion dollars of the $ 790 billion will be spent on alternative and clean energy, scientific research, and various environmental projects.
I've know and worked with him for 35 years — the sad thing is we went through all of the same denials as part of the first big national «Study on Nuclear and Alternative energy Systems» run by the US National Academy of Sciences for the Energy Research and Development Administration (nowenergy Systems» run by the US National Academy of Sciences for the Energy Research and Development Administration (nowEnergy Research and Development Administration (now DOE).
Thomas Homer - Dixon Trudeau Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Toronto Feng Hsu Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Mark Jacobson Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University David Keith Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy, University of Calgary Geoffrey Landis Glenn Research Center, NASA Jane C. S. Long hydrogeologist and geotechnical engineer Michael MacCracken Climate Institute, Washington, DC John C. Mankins Sunsat Energy Council / Managed Energy Technologies Michael E. Mann Earth System Science Center, Pennsylvania State University Gregg Marland International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Mark Nelson Institute of Ecotechnics, Santa Fe, NM Darel Preble Space Solar Power Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology Gregory H. Rau Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz Steve Rayner Said Business School, Oxford, UK Kim Stanley Robinson Author, «Forty Signs of Rain» Gregory Dennis Sachs Alternative Power Program, US Merchant Marine Academy Thomas Schelling (Nobel laureate) Department of Economics, University of Maryland Michael Schlesinger Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign Steven E. Schwartz Brookhaven National Laboratory, Department of Energy John Turner National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of Energy Tyler Volk Department of Biology, New York University Tom M. L. Wigley National Center for Atmospheric Research Steven C. Wofsy School of Engineering and Applied Science / Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Harvard University Lowell Wood Hoover Institution / Stanford University
As an alternative to the mainline approaches to fusion energy, Dr. Hirsch puts forth his research idea from the 1970s of inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC).
The premise - at - a-glance makes perfect sense, considering not only will updating the grid produce jobs in many industries, from hardware to software to installation of grid tools, but also help consumers conserve energy and money, and boost alternative energy research, development, and installation that can finally be utilized in the grid.
The California Energy Commission's Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) and Federal Stimulus Program (Ad Hoc) Committees will conduct a joint workshop to discuss clean technology innovation efforts funded through U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) competitive solicitations with a focus on projects receiving cost - share funding from the Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research and Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Programs.
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