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(Physorg.com) Climate scientists use ice sheet models to better understand how ice loss affects sea levels...The goal is to address a lack of understanding by reducing uncertainties about climate and sea-level predictions through high-fidelity simulations that resolve important ice sheet features..."Right now we don't know enough to predict the dynamics of the ice sheets," said ORNL computational Earth scientist Kate Evans, who leads the SEACISM project...2/28
(Allcarselectric.com)
While the majority of its vehicles will be gasoline powered for the foreseeable future, Nissan North America has taken more steps towards zero emissions motoring for its headquarters in Franklin, TN with an 18 vehicle solar charging station to supplement the already existing electric vehicle charging facilities there...If approved, Nissan North America will be collecting data from the charging facility and sharing it with research partners at the Tennessee Valley Authority, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Electric Power Research Institute in Knoxville...2/28 |
(China Glass Network) Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries has received a $3.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop the materials, coating designs and manufacturing processes necessary to commercialize a new glass article for the cadmium telluride (CdTe) module manufacturing industry...PPG says technology and process development will be coordinated through the Solar Technologies Group at PPG and project partnerships with the Center for Next Generation Photovoltaics at Colorado State University and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which is located in Tennessee and managed by UT-Battelle for the Department of Energy...3/1 |
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DOE
(Knoxville News Sentinel) The National Nuclear Security Admistration has released online the Final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for Y-12, which outlines the strategy for modernizing the plant's capabilities with a new Uranium Processing Facility...2/28
(DOE Press Release)
The U.S. Department of Energy and Masdar, Abu Dhabi's multifaceted renewable energy initiative, announced that they will collaborate to test the performance of specially coated solar photovoltaic modules designed to avoid the moisture and cementation problems currently faced by PV module producers worldwide and prevent dry dust adhesion...2/28 |
National
(Wall Street Journal) ...A report from the nonpartisan GAO, to be released Tuesday, compiles a list of redundant and potentially ineffective federal programs, and it could serve as a template for lawmakers in both parties as they move to cut federal spending and consolidate programs to reduce the deficit...3/1
(NY Times)
In late 2009 the Obama administration was leaning on Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and his son, Seif, to allow the removal from Libya of the remnants of the country’s nuclear weapons program: casks of highly enriched uranium...2/1
East Tennessee
(Knoxville News Sentinel)
Several East Tennessee lawmakers are pushing a plan for the state and private investors to bankroll two pilot plants to demonstrate how coal reportedly can be converted into a cleaner fuel while also harvesting oil as a byproduct...3/1 |
