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$10 bet leads to new synthetic graphene
Penn State professor Thomas E. Mallouk is $10 richer and the world is one step closer to realizing the dream of mass-producing high grade synthetic grapheme
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Sep 10, 2014

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Saudi Arabia chooses solar to jump on diesel-killer bandwagon
Saudi Arabia accelerates efforts to deploy solar and reduce its reliance on expensive diesel – another sign of global push to renewables.
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Sep 5, 2014

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Australian breakthrough could be boost for hydrogen fuel cells
A research team from Australia has developed a new way to use solar energy for producing hydrogen, potentially leading to lower costs.
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Aug 25, 2014

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Sodium-β batteries could transform wind and solar into baseload generators
Sodium-β batteries are widely perceived to be the key to advanced energy storage for utility scale wind and solar energy power.
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Aug 6, 2014

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Stanford foresees $25,000, 300-mile EV battery range with new honeycomb battery
Students have figured out how to stabilize the lithium in a lithium-ion battery, and that could help bring the typical EV down to mainstream affordability.
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Jul 29, 2014

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The “hidden cost” of wind power – less than conventional power plants
The “hidden cost” for conventional power plants in Texas is 17 times more than wind. So…what does the fossil fuel industry have to say about that?
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Jul 28, 2014

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Google’s $1m little box challenge: invent a smaller thingy
Google has launched a $1m competition that could help push the cost of rooftop solar panels down through the floor.
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Jul 25, 2014

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New energy storage demo rides on pacific northwest winds
Three Washington State utilities with big investments in wind power have signed on to a new $14.m energy storage and smart grid demonstration project.
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Jul 10, 2014

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Solar can provide grid reliability – at less cost than gas
New study says network of utility scale concentrating solar power plants could provide same grid reliability as conventional power plants, at less cost.
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Jun 24, 2014

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Solar showdown looms as Barclays downgrades electric utility industry
Barclays credit strategy team has warned that the solar market is likely to “disrupt the status quo” for the electric utility industry sooner than later.
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May 27, 2014

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Floodgates open for vanadium flow batteries
Imergy Power Systems has come up with an interesting solution of its own to tackle the challenges facing vanadium flow batteries.
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May 1, 2014

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New solar power fuel cell runs on wood chips
How’s this: a fuel cell that uses solar thermal energy, woody biomass, algae, and even chicken waste for energy, instead of relying on hydrogen.
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Feb 20, 2014

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