- Number 321 |
- September 27, 2010
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Corn cob storage study could lead to more efficient biofuel production
Corn cobs that once had limited uses are becoming a valuable precursor to renewable fuels, and researchers at DOE's Idaho National Laboratory are helping develop the logistical know-how to get cobs from fields to the biorefinery.
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Testing the wind off the South Carolina coast
On a U.S. Coast Guard platform off the coast of Georgetown, S.C., DOE's Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), the Clemson University Restoration Institute (CURI), and their partners have begun testing technology to provide insight into how much energy potential South Carolina’s offshore winds offer. The ultimate goal is the deployment of offshore wind energy technology to diversify the region’s energy resources and significantly increase its energy independence.
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Keeping cool with honeycombs in the sky
Over the world’s oceans, vast areas are blanketed with interconnected honeycomb-like clouds. Atmospheric aerosol particles help determine whether these honeycomb cells take on highly reflective closed pattern or an open shape, which allows more of the sun’s warming rays through.
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SLAC launches energy initiative
A DOE's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has launched a new initiative, the Center for Sustainable Energy through Catalysis, or SUN-CAT, to benefit alternative energy technologies ranging from batteries to biofuels.
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Wallflowers become extroverts in a crowd
While it's long been said that two's company and three's a crowd, that's just how mesons like it. A recent experiment at DOE's Jefferson Lab demonstrates that these subatomic particles engage more with other particles when in a crowd.
