Stories indexed under: Energy

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• Innovative solar cell structure stores and supplies energy simultaneously June 6, 2013 The potential energy available via solar power might seem limitless on a sunny summer day, but all that energy has to be stored for it to be truly useful. If you see a solar panel on a rooftop, in a large-scale array, or even on a parking meter, a bulky battery or supercapacitor is hidden just out of sight, receiving energy from the panel through power lines.
• New ‘green’ method to help upgrade biomass waste into valuable chemicals April 23, 2013 University of Wisconsin-Madison chemists have identified an approach to use oxygen gas to convert lignin, a byproduct of biofuel production, into a form that could allow it to replace fossil fuels as a source of chemical feedstocks.
• Campus energy conservation, recycling efforts show measureable gains April 22, 2013 As the nation recognizes Earth Day on April 22, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is celebrating ongoing strides toward improving campus sustainability.
• With 400th Ph.D. grad, UW-Madison celebrates a half century of fusion energy March 25, 2013 In the 1930s and '40s, many researchers studied ways to use fusion, the reaction in which atomic nuclei collide, fuse and release energy, to develop atomic weapons. Later, those same brilliant minds began to focus on beneficial applications of fusion, including developing plants that would produce electrical energy for society.
• Energy institute fueling innovation in new facility March 19, 2013 Gazing out at the roughly 60,000 cars that cross the intersection at the Wisconsin Energy Institute’s (WEI’s) doorstep, the reason the building exists is clear — energy consumption and dependence on fossil fuels — and WEI’s research is poised to address the problem.
• Donohue elected president of American Society for Microbiology Feb. 15, 2013 University of Wisconsin-Madison bacteriology professor Timothy J. Donohue has been elected president of the American Society for Microbiology.
• New biofuel conversion process cuts costly separating step Nov. 12, 2012 Using a biomass-derived solvent, University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical and biological engineers have streamlined the process for converting lignocellulosic biomass into high-demand chemicals or energy-dense liquid transportation fuel.
• Community forum to focus on fracking and sand mining Oct. 24, 2012 Fracking, the controversial technology for opening natural gas deposits, will be the focus of a three-part Community Environmental Forum series beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 5:30 p.m. in room 1106 of the Mechanical Engineering Building.
• NSF funds UW sustainability project studying the human component of green buildings Sept. 27, 2012 Designing a "green" building involves considering a multitude of variables - everything from electrical efficiency to airflow controls to natural sources of light, heat and energy. But engineering more efficient building control systems is only part of the picture; for a building to be truly green, the occupants living and working within it need to know how to behave in a sustainable way as well.
• Sunflowers inspire more efficient solar power system Aug. 15, 2012 A field of young sunflowers will slowly rotate from east to west during the course of a sunny day, each leaf seeking out as much sunlight as possible as the sun moves across the sky through an adaptation called heliotropism.
• International Law Symposium to examine renewable energies March 15, 2012 The opportunities and challenges encountered in the development of renewable energies will be discussed at the Wisconsin International Law Journal 2012 Symposium from 8:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Friday, March 23, at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
• 59 businesses show an interest in providing biomass for Charter Street Heating Plant May 24, 2010
• Engineering students win Climate Challenge at UW-Madison April 22, 2010 A device that would help provide electricity efficiently and at low cost in rural areas of developing countries took the top prize - $50,000 - this week in a student competition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for innovative ideas to counteract climate change.
• TIP/Energy policy expert Jan. 29, 2010 Jan. 29, 2010
• Survey shows high interest in biofuels April 1, 2009 Most Americans want to know more about biofuels, according to a new survey fielded by researchers in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Wind-energy leader Vestas forges partnership with College of Engineering April 1, 2009 Vestas, the world's leading producer of wind power technology, has entered into a long-term partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering that promises to propel wind-energy research, provide student learning opportunities and give the company a long-term presence in Madison.
• We Conserve accomplishments marked in a campuswide celebration Sept. 25, 2008 We Conserve - the campuswide program aimed at slashing energy consumption by 20 percent by 2010 and building an environmental ethic - will celebrate its achievements in a series of events beginning with a concert on Friday, Sept. 26.
• Curiosities: What will be the most likely fuel to replace gasoline? July 31, 2008
• UW-Madison part of DOE-funded ‘microgrid’ collaboration April 23, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers will collaborate with industrial and government partners on a $14 million project to implement a microgrid power backup system at the nation's fifth-largest incarceration facility-the Santa Rita Jail.
• We Conserve energy conservation initiative yields results April 22, 2008 An energy-saving campaign launched at the University of Wisconsin-Madison two years ago has identified annual energy savings of $3.7 million and reductions of carbon dioxide emissions by an estimated 28,000 tons a year.