Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Sempra Eyes 500MW of Solar: Sempra wants to build as much as 500 MW of solar plants that use either solar panels or solar-thermal technology on 4,000 acres near Phoenix, Arizona. But all of those megawatts won’t necessarily come from First Solar, Sempra CEO Michael Allman said — Wall Street Journal . DOE Getting Serious About Energy Storage: The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) could soon start new funding specifically for energy storage technologies, Imre Gyuk, progr
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Sunday, July 5th, 2009
Written on July 5, 2009 Machinery Lubrication reports that the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is exploring ways to convert french fry grease or plant-based “cellulosic and algae sources” into JP8 jet fuel. The goal, explained Barbara McQuiston, director of the Strategic Technology Office and program manager for biofuels, is to come up with non-petroleum sources to power military vehicles. Two side benefits, she said, will be lower fuel costs and fewer environmentall
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