Clean Energy Research

 
Research:
www.trnmag.com
Technology Research News is an independent publisher and news service dedicated to covering technology research developments in university, corporate and government labs.
web.mit.edu
MIT Energy Initiative, Research Archives...
www.nrel.gov
National Renewable Energy Laboratory is the nation's primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. See NYTimes article "Energy Research on a Shoestring" www.nytimes.com/2007/01/25/business/25lab.html
www.ornl.gov
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a multiprogram science and technology laboratory managed for the U.S. Department of Energy by UT-Battelle, LLC. Scientists and engineers at ORNL conduct basic and applied research and development to create scientific knowledge and technological solutions that strengthen the nation's leadership in key areas of science; increase the availability of clean, abundant energy; restore and protect the environment; and contribute to national security.
www.sandia.gov
Sandia National Laboratories developes science-based technologies that support our national security. Energy Resources and Nonproliferation, Fuel and Water Systems and
Nuclear Energy.
www.es.anl.gov
Argonne National Laboratory's Energy Systems Division conducts applied research to develop sustainable innovative technologies to improve the efficiency of resource and energy utilization; to minimize our dependence on imported energy; and to enhance our national security.
www.rmi.org
Rocky Mountain Institute is an independent, entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization. We foster the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining. Research & Consulting.
www.nas.edu
National Academies bring together committees of experts in all areas of scientific and technological endeavor. These experts serve pro bono to address critical national issues and give advice to the federal government and the public.
www.lbl.gov
Berkeley Lab is a member of the national laboratory system supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. It is managed by the University of California. Research areas include: solar transport, energy-efficient technologies, Cellulosic biomass, etc..
gcep.stanford.edu
Stanford University's Global Climate and Energy Project seeks new solutions to one of the grand challenges of this century: supplying energy to meet the changing needs of a growing world population in a way that protects the environment. Research Topics: Solar, Biomass, Storage, Sequestration, Advanced Coal.
www.energy.columbia.edu
Lenfest Center develops technologies and institutions to ensure a sufficient supply of environmentally sustainable energy. To meet this goal, the Center supports research programs across Columbia University on solar, nuclear, and fossil fuels combined with carbon capture and storage.
energy.sipa.columbia.edu
Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy, in Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, is a focal point for the study of economic, environmental, political, technological and other factors that affect the global production, transportation and consumption of energy.
www.gtri.gatech.edu
Georgia Tech Research Institute is a leading applied research and development center that develops energy and environmental solutions. Works with the U.S. Department of Energy, NASA, the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Industry.
www.wupperinst.org
Wuppertal Institute focuses its work on application-oriented sustainability research, addressing the major challenges related to sustainable development, such as climate change, resource shortages and clean energy.
www.ccser.caltech.edu
Caltech Center for Sustainable Energy Research (CCSER) has as its ambitious goal to transform the industrialized world from one powered by fossil fuels to one that is powered by sunlight.
www.energy.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University, Institute of Energy and the Environment, EMS Energy Institute. Research in Carbon Materials, Clean Fuels & Catalysis, Electrochemical Laboratory, Sustainable Energy, Transportation.
environment.harvard.edu
Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE) Listing of Energy Research.
www.princeton.edu
Energy Group, Princeton Environmental Institute
Engineering and policy analysis for long-term solutions to major environmental and other societal problems associated with energy production and use.
 

World Electricity Generation in 2004

Non-Renewables: Gwh %
Coal 6,944,328 39.61
Gas 3,418,676 19.50
Nuclear 2,738,012 15.62
Oil 1,170,152 6.67
Non-renewable total: 14,271,200 81.42
Renewables:
Hydro power 2,889,094 16.48
Biomass 149,811 .85
Waste 77,471 .44
Wind 82,259 .47
Geothermal   .32
Solar thermal 1,608 .01
Solar PV 840  
Tide, Wave, Ocean 551  
Renewables Total 3,257,530 18.58
Total World Generation 17,530,990 100.
International Energy Agency- www.iea.org

 

 
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