Energy Innovation Hub

Energy Department To Provide $75 Million For ‘Fuels from Sunlight’ Hub

By U.S. Department of Energy

Government Report Cites Solar Industry Supports More Jobs Than Coal Industry

  CENTER AIMS TO PRODUCE LIQUID TRANSPORTATION FUELS FROM SUNLIGHT WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $75 million in funding to renew the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), a DOE Energy Innovation Hub originally established in 2010 with the goal of harnessing solar energy for the production of fuel.  JCAP researchers… Keep reading →

 /  Published April 30, 2015 at 5:00 PM

Energy News Roundup: Oil Rig Plunge, Dark Energy Telescope & Battery Technology Potential

By Conor O'Sullivan

Fracking In California Under Spotlight As Some Local Municipalities Issue Bans

Oil Rig Count Continues To Plunge, with a Baker Hughes rig survey reporting the number of rigs is down 30% from November. “America’s oil and gas drillers laid down 98 rigs last week, 84 oil rigs and 14 gas rigs. The number of rigs drilling horizontal wells into shale formations topped out at 1,372 in… Keep reading →

 /  Published February 16, 2015 at 6:00 AM