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‘Greening’ Your Flat Screen TV: Engineers Develop an Organic LED Light Source for Home Electronics, Medicine and Clean Energy

In the U.S. alone, an estimated 70% of heavy metals in landfill come from discarded electronics. With flat screen TVs getting bigger and cheaper every year, environmental costs continue to mount…

Americans Using Less Energy, More Renewables

Americans are using less energy overall and making more use of renewable energy resources…

LEDs Promise Brighter Future, Not Necessarily Greener

But, in a paper published in the Journal of Physics D, leading LED researchers from Sandia National Laboratories argue for a shift in that view…

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Learn More About Conserving Energy

Energy Conservation Basics:  a look at fossil fuels and their impact on global warming.  An examination of renewable energy technologies, grid parity, the need for a smart grid, and the carbon trading market.
 
The Main Renewable Energy technologies:  climate change concerns coupled with high oil prices, peak oil and increasing government support are driving increasing renewable energy legislation, incentives and commercialization.
 
What to Consider When Purchasing an Appliance:   The major appliances in your home — refrigerators, clothes washers, dishwashers — account for a big chunk of your monthly utility bill.  In fact, 50% of home energy cost come from your appliances.
  
Facts on Energy Recent facts and figures on energy use and the consequences resulting in global warming.

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DOE National Laboratory Releases Annual Accomplishments Report

NETL Highlights Research Successes of the Past Year and Century…

Secretary Chu Announces U.S. Centers for U.S.-China Clean Energy Research

The U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center will help accelerate the development and deployment of clean vehicle and clean coal technologies here at home…

Projects To Develop Novel Monitoring Networks for Advanced Power Systems Selected

Five projects that will develop technologically sophisticated monitoring networks for advanced fossil energy power systems…

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Research Files

Utility Solar Assessment Study (pdf)

American utilities can reach 10% solar by 2025 (June 2008)

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