Nowhere is investor interest in energy solutions more apparent than at the grid edge. 2014 saw a dramatic increase in venture capital and private equity investment in companies developing innovative solutions, particularly energy storage, demand
-side management and energy data analytics technologies. Though the amount of investment hasn returned quite to the peak reached in 2011,
Stem and Green Charge Networks are competing over C&i customers looking to manage their energy bills,
which requires project financing to allow the two companies to offer energy storage systems at no upfront cost.
Demand-side management As the demand response market consolidates, there a high level of investment activity among home and building energy management providers.
Here the next tier among the nearly 50 energy management providers receiving funding over the past five years.
Top-Funded Home and Building Energy management Startups, 2010-2014 Source: GTM Research Grid Edge 100:
The C&i energy management company has disclosed well over $200 million in investment since its founding in 2003.
Enlighted has raised also significant capital as it has broadened its solution from lighting controls to a more comprehensive set of building energy management applications.
On the residential side, Greenwave Systems and Alertme have made energy management a central component of their connected home platforms.
Ecofactor has focused exclusively on residential demand response and energy efficiency. Soft grid It cheaper to commercialize software than hardware.
Opower raised a $50 million C round in 2010 for its consumer energy use data analytics and reporting.
which has shifted its focus from energy management hardware to software, has continued to bring in new funding. SCIENERGY recently reemerged from stealth with new funding for software to streamline financing for commercial energy efficiency projects.
C3 has raised at least $38 million since 2010 for data analytics covering both sides of the meter.
a state with similar energy requirements to the U k. But there's a push for much more. toring energy will become increasingly important in the move toward a low-carbon economy
and has the potential to save the energy system over £4 billion $6 billion by 2050,
and to improve energy efficiency across the grid. If you look at energy storage, it can help meet all three of those requirements.
And Isentropic is building a demonstration project for its cryogenic energy storage technology. Domestic solar-plus-storage is also taking off in the U k. Last September,
These car batteries could offer good potential for small-scale energy storage applications, "said Gordon. In the meantime, storage supporters like Gordon are looking for clearer support signals from the government. s solar storage is still a developing technology,
"We have attracted a lot of interest from two or three very big European companies in the energy market."
allowing for energy densities that are orders of magnitude higher than lead-acid, lithium-ion, and vanadium redox flow chemistries.
that by 2020 renewables can be 20 percent of U s. energy, said Vice president Joe Biden. nd that the floor, not the ceiling.
high-risk and high-impact cleantech investments. nly with the private sector can we even mostly realize the possibility of this energy transformation,
said Biden. ur energy future is in cleaner, cheaper renewable energy. A new organization, PRIME Coalition, is committed to helping foundations manage the complex pipeline process of vetting candidates and helping to lower transaction costs for foundations,
energy and climate impact. or the folks who already are active for doing deals in this area,
multi-hour energy storage solutions at utility scale. Given the novelty of what 24m is promising, it likely to be met with a skeptical eye by the industry until it starts delivering a testable product at scale.
Chiang said last week. urthermore, it stores a ton of energy. The startup received early funding from the Department of energy ARPA-E program to explore the potential uses for this material. e originally conceived of using this type of electrode in a flow battery,
Chiang identified two main problems in today lithium-ion battery design. ne is that the current lithium-ion battery itself contains a great deal of material that doesn store any energy
according to the request, such that dedicated exascale funding at the four DOE crosscuts Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR), Basic energy Sciences (BES), Biological and Environmental Research (BER),
and the energy technology offices in the development of advanced computing technologies to provide better understanding complex physical systems, notes Dehmer.
Other pieces of the ASCR roadmap include the mandate to maintain operations with>90 percent availability, deployment of a 10-40 petaflop upgrade at National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC),
and scientists may have taken just a significant stride in the field with the development of two novel high-capacity energy storage devices made from a cheap and renewable material:
allowing the researchers to ultimately produce their two 3d energy storage devices: a hybrid battery and a supercapacitor,
Led by nanoscientist Ani Sumant of Argonne Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) and Argonne Distinguished Fellow Ali Erdemir of Argonne Energy systems Division, the Argonne team combined diamond
and therefore the energy demands of different mechanical systems superlubricity has proved elusive. veryone would dream of being able to achieve superlubricity in a wide range of mechanical systems,
so that less energy is needed to attain temperatures needed for visible light emission, Myung-Ho Bae, a senior researcher at KRISS and co-lead author,
and NV Energy, is a network of charging stations planned along U s. Route 95 that would finally make it far easier to drive sparsely populated, mostly desert route between Reno and Las vegas with an electric vehicle.
which will be installed for free by NV Energy. Host sites must agree to let consumers use the stations at no charge for at least five years
costing $6, 000 for a basic version and even more for those that feature fast charging, according to NV Energy. t close to a 7 1/2-hour drive and one day,
said NV Energy CEO Paul Caudill
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saving up to 95 per cent of energy costs compared to conventional electronic methods, the company claims. in addition,
Optalysys hopes optical processing will accelerate computation by performing processor-intensive tasks at much faster rates and with a significant reduction in energy consumption.
the breakthrough results suggest new ways to optimize solar resources as they are integrated increasingly into the nation energy systems.
That can increase the use of renewable energy sources as a more accepted energy generation option, said Dr. Bri-Mathias Hodge,
and wind forecasts has required electric utilities to hold higher amounts of energy reserves as compared to conventional energy sources.
The U s. Department of energy Sunshot Initiative is a collaborative national effort that aggressively drives innovation to make solar energy fully cost-competitive with traditional energy sources before the end of the decade.
that transmit airborne gases enough energy to heat the electrons and force them to leave their orbit ionize the air
the energy-making process will be activated immediately in the fuel cell stack. The green credentials in this process are connected,
even in the most efficient gas turbine-driven power station, any large-scale process means an initial loss in energy of 40,
with an additional 20%of energy lost along the way. By the time the electricity reaches the home,
only 40%of the original energy remains. eat is wasted always if you have centralised power generation,
When a laser hits one of the nanostars most of the light scatters with the same amount of energy.
But a small number of photons about 1 in 10 million--scatter with less energy
Light technology is now an active area of research in energy, health and agriculture. First lighting the way In the late 1800s
In recognition of this energy saving invention, they received the Nobel prize in Physics last year. Light was recognized also in the Nobel prize category of Chemistry last year for light-based microscopy tools that use a few tricks to sense the presence of a single molecule.
requiring a concerted effort and unconventional collaboration between automakers, government regulators, academia and energy providers,
For instance, Samsung introduced a computer monitor made of 30 percent recycled plastic that runs on less energy
Electronics company LG announced a whole line of"greener"home appliances that use less energy and water than the company's previous models
sustainable options for generating energy, he said
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giving them energy. Those electrons return to their former energy levels and emit photons (light) in the process.
Crank up the current and voltage enough and the filament in the light bulb hits temperatures of about 5, 400 degrees Fahrenheit (3, 000 degrees Celsius) for an incandescent.
an Indian origin scientist along with colleagues at the University of Washington in Seattle have asserted that Wi-fi radio broadcasts are a form of energy
and a simple antenna with the receivers can pick up this energy. Talla demonstrated his claim by connecting an antenna to a temperature sensor
with the researches at the University of Columbia devising the world's first evaporation-driven engine that runs by harvesting energy from the evaporating water.
The study published in the journal Nature Communications today employed the bacterial spores to harness this energy.
"This is not the first time that evaporation energy has been captured, but it is the first time that it has been done a scale where objects could be moved.
their movement was used to create energy that powered an engine which could run LED LIGHTS and even drive a miniature car!
Fratzl further asserted that this is a very impressive breakthrough as the engine is essentially harvesting useful amounts of energy from the infinitely small
The energy-damping bellow is extruded using a Dupont Hytrel TPC-ET polyester thermoplastic elastomer with a tensile elastomer element made of a soft material with lower stiffness to deliver a low force response to the system.
The energy-dampening bellow is 1. 2m long 250mm in diameter and weighs 20kg. It is engaged as the tether reaches its maximum extension
if ever, use evaporation as a source of energy, despite myriad examples of such adaptations in the biological world, wrote lead author Xi Chen
Instead of capturing energy via the circular motion of a propeller, the Vortex takes advantage of what known as vorticity,
hy don we try to use this energy, not avoid it,?Suriol says. The team started Vortex Bladeless in 2010 as a way to turn this vibrating energy into something productive.
The Vortex shape was developed computationally to ensure the spinning wind (vortices) occurs synchronously along the entirety of the mast. he swirls have to work together to achieve good performance,
This kinetic energy is converted then into electricity via an alternator that multiplies the frequency of the mast oscillation to improve the energy-gathering efficiency.
The current 3. 5-inch lab prototype, for example, has a force threshold level of 200 newtons--capable of absorbing the energy of a 100 mph fastball in 0. 03 seconds.
they exhibit electronic energy levels that are called"Hofstadter's butterfly, "because when they are plotted on a graph it resembles a butterfly.
Electrons that are driven toward the center absorb enough energy so that some of them emit blue light at double the frequency of the incoming infrared light. his is similar to
and energy to move around until it found its preferred spot in the metal crystalline structure.
the amount of energy necessary to jumpstart the nucleation of the first defect, was relatively low.
while cutting energy consumption by 92 percent. Nanofibers-polymer filaments only a couple of hundred nanometers in diameter have a huge range of potential applications, from solar cells to water filtration to fuel cells.
while reducing energy consumption by more than 90 percent, holding out the prospect of cheap, efficient nanofiber production. e have demonstrated a systematic way to produce nanofibers through electrospinning that surpasses the state of the art,
that actuate, that exchange energy between different domains, like solar to electrical or mechanical. We have something that naturally fits into that picture.
while cutting energy consumption by 92 percent. Nanofibers-polymer filaments only a couple of hundred nanometers in diameter have a huge range of potential applications, from solar cells to water filtration to fuel cells.
while reducing energy consumption by more than 90 percent, holding out the prospect of cheap, efficient nanofiber production. e have demonstrated a systematic way to produce nanofibers through electrospinning that surpasses the state of the art,
that actuate, that exchange energy between different domains, like solar to electrical or mechanical. We have something that naturally fits into that picture.
so that less energy is needed to attain temperatures needed for visible light emission, Myung-Ho Bae, a senior researcher at KRISS and co-lead author,
#Chemists devise technology that could transform solar energy storage The materials in most of today's residential rooftop solar panels can store energy from the sun for only a few microseconds at a time.
The new design is inspired by the way that plants generate energy through photosynthesis. iology does a very good job of creating energy from sunlight
you can vastly improve the retention of energy. The two components that make the UCLA-developed system work are a polymer donor and a nanoscale fullerene acceptor.
#Chemists devise technology that could transform solar energy storage The materials in most of today's residential rooftop solar panels can store energy from the sun for only a few microseconds at a time.
The new design is inspired by the way that plants generate energy through photosynthesis. iology does a very good job of creating energy from sunlight
you can vastly improve the retention of energy. The two components that make the UCLA-developed system work are a polymer donor and a nanoscale fullerene acceptor.
This method demands less energy and is cheaper, and the synthesized materials have some incredible new properties.
and other major energy technologies.""We tracked the dynamic transformations of a working catalyst, including single atoms and larger structures,
and deposits energy as it passes through the micro-reactor. The sample then emits secondary x-rays,
In the near future, this same micro-reactor approach will be used to explore other crucial energy frontiers,
who was named recently Special Assistant for Operando Experimentation for Brookhaven's Energy Sciences Directorate.""This approach complements the many facilities being developed at Brookhaven Lab for operando energy research.
Our goal is to be world leaders in operando science.""Image: Series of scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) images of platinum nanoparticles, tracking their changes under different atmospheric pressure reaction conditions.
this represents an important advance towards economical solar-to-fuel energy conversion
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and would also lead to a considerable reduction in energy usage. According to an American study, approximately half the energy required to run computer servers,
is used for cooling purposes alone. A couple of years ago, a research team led by Johan Liu, professor at Chalmers University of Technology, were the first to show that graphene can have a cooling effect on silicon-based electronics.
and energy engineering at University of Colorado Boulder.""We tried to engineer the implant to meet some of neurosciences greatest unmet needs."
they are too energy-hungry and unwieldy to integrate into computer chips. Duke university researchers are now one step closer to such a light source.
Energy trapped on the surface of the nanocube in this fashion is called a plasmon. The plasmon creates an intense electromagnetic field between the silver nanocube
they are too energy-hungry and unwieldy to integrate into computer chips. Duke university researchers are now one step closer to such a light source.
Energy trapped on the surface of the nanocube in this fashion is called a plasmon. The plasmon creates an intense electromagnetic field between the silver nanocube
an assistant professor of chemistry. his is lost energy, no matter how good your solar cell. The hybrid material we have come up with first captures two infrared photons that would normally pass right through a solar cell without being converted to electricity,
then adds their energies together to make one higher energy photon. This upconverted photon is absorbed readily by photovoltaic cells,
almost doubling the energy of the incoming photons. The researchers were able to boost the upconversion process by up to three orders of magnitude by coating the cadmium selenide nanocrystals with organic ligands,
the inorganic component absorbs two photons and passes their energy on to the organic component for combination.
The organic compounds then produce one high-energy photon. Put simply, the inorganics in the composite material take light in;
an assistant professor of chemistry. his is lost energy, no matter how good your solar cell. The hybrid material we have come up with first captures two infrared photons that would normally pass right through a solar cell without being converted to electricity,
then adds their energies together to make one higher energy photon. This upconverted photon is absorbed readily by photovoltaic cells,
almost doubling the energy of the incoming photons. The researchers were able to boost the upconversion process by up to three orders of magnitude by coating the cadmium selenide nanocrystals with organic ligands,
the inorganic component absorbs two photons and passes their energy on to the organic component for combination.
The organic compounds then produce one high-energy photon. Put simply, the inorganics in the composite material take light in;
Cun-Zheng Ning, professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, authored the paper, monolithic white laser, with his doctoral students Fan Fan, Sunay Turkdogan, Zhicheng Liu
green or redthat is determined by a unique atomic structure and energy bandgap. The attice constantrepresents the distance between the atoms.
and energy bandgaps. ur goal is to achieve a single semiconductor piece capable of laser operation in the three fundamental lasing colors.
Six years ago, under U s army Research Office funding, they demonstrated that one could indeed grow nanowire materials in a wide range of energy bandgaps
proved to be a greater challenge with its wide energy bandgap and very different material properties. e have struggled for almost two years to grow blue emitting materials in nanosheet form,
speed and energy efficiency that will make even our beefiest conventional machines seem like Stone age clunkers by comparison.
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and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) are used to follow the effects of the plasma treatments on a range of samples having different numbers of layers.
which is important for calculating the amount of energy a single particle of light, or photon, Boyd wondered
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Lithium-sulfur batteries have recently become one of the hottest topics in the field of energy storage devices due to their high energy density
such as electrical energy storage and catalysis."#This work was supported by the U s. Department of energy, Office of Basic energy Science e
Novel technologies take step towards the production of lighter but stronger alloys to save energy.
As a novel energy storage device, supercapacitors have attracted substantial attention in recent years due to their ultra-high charge
In energy storage devices, storing an electrical charge is called"energy density,"a distinction from"power density, "which refers to how quickly energy is delivered.
Conventional capacitors have high power density but low energy density, which means they can quickly charge
With its high electrical conductivity, ability to store energy, and ultra-strong and lightweight structure, graphene has potential for many applications in electronics, energy, the environment,
and even medicine. Now a team of Northwestern University researchers has found a way to print three-dimensional structures with graphene nanoflakes.
Simple design mimics pumping mechanism of life-sustaining proteins found in living cells The new machine mimics the pumping mechanism of life-sustaining proteins that move small molecules around living cells to metabolize and store energy
For its food, the artificial pump draws power from chemical reactions, driving molecules step-by-step from a low energy state to a high-energy state--far away from equilibrium.
"Our molecular pump is radical chemistry--an ingenious way of transferring energy from molecule to molecule,
The artificial pump is able to syphon off some of the energy that changes hands during a chemical reaction
but the researchers believe it won't be long before they can extend its operation to tens of rings and store more energy.
"This is non-equilibrium chemistry, moving molecules far away from their minimum energy state, which is essential to life,
"Ultimately, they intend to use the energy stored in their pump to power artificial muscles and other molecular machines.
Additionally, the emergence of green technology markets-such as hybrid and electric vehicles, direct drive wind turbine power systems and energy storage systems-have created an increased demand for permanent magnets.
because the unique quantum effects in superconductors are a great advantage in achieving the energy saving
Electrons that are driven toward the center absorb enough energy so that some of them emit blue light at double the frequency of the incoming infrared light."
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"Led by nanoscientist Ani Sumant of Argonne's Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) and Argonne Distinguished Fellow Ali Erdemir of Argonne's Energy systems Division, the five-person Argonne team
"which requires additional energy to overcome.""You can think of it as like trying to slide two egg cartons against each other bottom-to-bottom,
-and thus the energy demands of different mechanical systems-superlubricity has been treated as a tough proposition.""Everyone would dream of being able to achieve superlubricity in a wide range of mechanical systems,
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"Ionics, ion-based data processing and energy conversion, is the electronics of the future, "says Jennifer Rupp, a professor of Electrochemical Materials at ETH Zurich,
This supports the development of future gas sensors, ion-based data storage and micro energy converters, such as fuel cells-and potentially a range of other as yet unknown applications in the promising field of ionics.##
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