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March 2010
February 2010
- New Transmission Investment Would Reduce Costs of Meeting Hypothetical 33% Renewable Energy Target in the West
- Study Reveals Dangers of Nicotine in Third-Hand Smoke
- Black Carbon a Significant Factor in Melting of Himalayan Glaciers
January 2010
- Berkeley Lab Scientist Receives Sustainability Pioneer Award
- Dr. Rosenfeld, the 'Art' of Energy Efficiency
- Incentives Included in Recovery Act May Stimulate Community-Scale Wind Projects, According to Berkeley Lab Analysis
March 2010
This Week in Batteries
EETD scientist Venkat Srinivasan has been writing a blog about batteries, advanced battery research and electric vehicles.
"The Rosenfeld" Named After California's Godfather of Energy Efficiency
Pioneering French physicists Marie and Pierre Curie have the curie, a unit of radioactivity, named after them. Renowned inventor Nikola Tesla is honored with the tesla, which measures a magnetic field. And now, the Rosenfeld, proposed as a unit for electricity savings, will be named after the man seen by many people as the godfather of energy efficiency, Arthur Rosenfeld.
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February 2010
New Transmission Investment Would Reduce Costs of Meeting Hypothetical 33% Renewable Energy Target in the West
A new analysis by scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) for the Western Governor's Association explores renewable resource decisions in the West. The report's "sensitivity analysis" examines how decisions about which renewable sources are chosen, and how transmission lines are expanded, are affected by changes in policies and other uncertainties.
Study Reveals Dangers of Nicotine in Third-Hand Smoke
Nicotine in third-hand smoke, the residue from tobacco smoke that clings to virtually all surfaces long after a cigarette has been extinguished, reacts with the common indoor air pollutant nitrous acid to produce dangerous carcinogens. This new potential health hazard was revealed in a multi-institutional study led by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
Black Carbon a Significant Factor in Melting of Himalayan Glaciers
The fact that glaciers in the Himalayan mountains are thinning is not disputed. However, few researchers have attempted to rigorously examine and quantify the causes. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientist Surabi Menon set out to isolate the impacts of the most commonly blamed culprit—greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide—from other particles in the air that may be causing the melting. Menon and her collaborators found that airborne black carbon aerosols, or soot, from India is a major contributor to the decline in snow and ice cover on the glaciers.
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January 2010
Berkeley Lab Scientist Receives Sustainability Pioneer Award
Ashok Gadgil, a scientist at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) known for his work developing energy-efficient water purification systems for the developing world, has received the Sustainability Pioneer Award at a ceremony near Zurich, Switzerland.
Dr. Rosenfeld, the 'Art' of Energy Efficiency
The world owes Dr. Art Rosenfeld more than just a "Job well done!" as he concludes his ten-year tenure as a member of the California Energy Commission. Known as the "father of energy efficiency", Rosenfeld has been at the forefront of the energy efficiency movement since 1973, a movement which is currently saving Americans more than $700 billion dollars each year on their energy bills.
Incentives Included in Recovery Act May Stimulate Community-Scale Wind Projects, According to Berkeley Lab Analysis
The stimulus package passed in 2009 by Congress may help shovel-ready community wind projects move ahead, according to a new report by Mark Bolinger, a scientist in the Environmental Energy Technologies Division of the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Bolinger analyzed the impact of two new incentives for wind power that were included in the Recovery Act.
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