http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/ The latest Energy news from the Georgia Insititute of Technology in Atlanta, GA en-us Copyright 2009, Georgia Institute of Technology webmaster@gatech.edu (Georgia Tech Web Master) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:46:35 EST News Georgia Tech http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=47251Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 ESTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=47251&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46050A federally funded center dedicated to raising awareness and improving education of sustainable engineering practices now counts Georgia Tech among its members.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDTMichael Hageartyhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46050&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46208A new ceramic material described in this week’s issue of the journal Science could help expand the applications for solid oxide fuel cells – devices that generate electricity directly from a wide range of liquid or gaseous fuels without the need to separate hydrogen.Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46208&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46236Georgia Tech has helped reduce energy consumption in historic buildings operated by the city of Savannah. The effort involved energy audits and a series of recommendations.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46236&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=39636Georgia Tech ISyE Associate Professor Valerie Thomas research assists Minnesota artist Susan Armington with her Talking Suitcases art project. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDTRobert Nesmithhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=39636&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=39652Through its annual seed funding for innovation in energy research, Tech’s Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) has chosen four proposals in the Creating Energy Options (CEO) program. The Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Research and Innovation provides the funding.Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDTRobert Nesmithhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=39652&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46295Georgia Tech assistance helped an Athens manufacturer of electrical distribution transformers and solar water heaters reduce its energy and water consumption while streamlining production.Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46295&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46308Approximately a third of the electricity consumed by large data centers doesn’t power the computer servers that conduct online transactions or serve Web pages. Instead, that electricity must be used for cooling the servers, a demand that continues to grow.Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46308&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46334The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and its applied-research emphasis are vital to Georgia Tech's mission, and the current support and collaboration between GTRI and the university's academic units will continue to grow, President G.P. "Bud" Peterson said recently.Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 EDTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46334&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=39683Three years after breaking ground, Georgia Tech is set to dedicate the Marcus Nanotechnology Building, one of the most ambitious and expensive projects in the Institute’s history. The ceremony will be held on Friday, April 24, at 3 p.m. The 190,000-square-foot complex poises Georgia Tech to be a global hub for nanotechnology research and development while igniting an environment that could potentially transform both local and state economies. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDTDon Fernandezhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=39683&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46349Using technology developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Suniva Inc. has become the first solar cell manufacturer in the Southeast. The company is making high-efficiency crystalline-silicon photovoltaic cells at a 73,000-square-foot facility in Norcross, north of Atlanta. Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46349&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46353Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Tecnology have developed a surface treatment that could boost the light absorption of silicon photovoltaic cells in two complementary ways. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46353&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46381Could hamsters help solve the worldFri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 ESTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46381&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46393Firing bolts of lightning at expensive electrical equipment is all in a dayWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 ESTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46393&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46428Each year, coal-burning power plants, steel factories and similar facilities in the United States produce more than 125 million tons of waste, much of it fly ash and bottom ash left over from combustion. Mulalo Doyoyo has plans for that material. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46428&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=39788Philippe Van Cappellen, Ph. D., an internationally renowned environmental geochemist, has joined the Georgia Institute of Technology as a Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESTDavid Terrasohttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=39788&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46432Energy and sustainability experts at the Georgia Institute of Technology have taken a leadership role in the U.S. contribution to a 36-nation effort aimed at developing an international standard that would bring consistency to energy management systems worldwide.Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46432&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46437Researchers have developed a new type of small-scale electric power generator able to produce alternating current through the cyclical stretching and releasing of zinc oxide wires encapsulated in a flexible plastic substrate with two ends bonded. Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46437&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=39907U. S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters toured Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) labs and questioned researchers on the latest technology that addresses transportation issues.Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDTMatthew Nagelhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=39907&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46545Diesel fuel prices approaching $5 a gallon Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46545&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=39944The Georgia Institute of Technology has been selected as one of 17 teams chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy, General Motors and Natural Resources Canada to participate in EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, a collegiate vehicle engineering competition set to begin in the Fall of 2008.Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDTMegan McRaineyhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=39944&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46591Researchers have developed a new, low-cost material for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the smokestacks of coal-fired power plants and other generators of the greenhouse gas. Produced with a simple one-step chemical process, the new material has a high capacity for absorbing carbon dioxide Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 ESTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46591&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46607Nanotechnology researchers are developing the perfect complement to the power tie: a Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 ESTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46607&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=40025Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a strategy to capture, store and eventually recycle carbon from vehicles. Georgia Tech researchers envision a zero emission car, and a transportation system completely free of fossil fuels.Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 ESTMegan McRaineyhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=40025&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=40050Four Georgia Tech faculty members were named American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows for 2007. Honored for their outstanding social or scientific efforts were Judith Curry, Randall Engle, Cheryl Leggon and Rick Trebino.Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 ESTDavid Terrasohttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=40050&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=40074Georgia Tech researchers have discovered a method of predicting the behavior of light on the nanoscale during radiation heat transfer, opening the door to the design of a spectrum of new nanodevices and nanotechnologies, including solar thermal energy technologies. Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDTMegan McRaineyhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=40074&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46709Georgia Tech researchers are taking a comprehensive approach to producing bioethanol: selecting the best plant material, preparing the plants for conversion, breaking down the carbohydrates into simple sugars, fermenting the sugars into alcohol and separating the ethanol from water.Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46709&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=40129Southern Company said today that a thorough two-year study, conducted with the Georgia Institute of Technology, has identified conditions potentially favorable for wind power generation off the coast of Georgia, but costs and regulatory concerns remain to be resolved.Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDTMegan McRaineyhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=40129&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=41339XXXXXXXXXXThu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDTLisa Grovensteinhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=41339&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=40135While the pace may slow during the summer months on some college campuses, the competition is heating up for the members of Georgia TechMon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDTMatthew Nagelhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=40135&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=40138Georgia Tech is part of a new research team that has won a bid from the Department of Energy for a $125 million bioenergy research center that will seek new ways to produce biofuels.Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDTMegan McRaineyhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=40138&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46744The numbers tell the story: 25 Georgia counties, about 420,000 vehicles assessed for emissions each year at more than 60 monitoring sites, data gathered for at least 100 days a year in the field. Fifteen years of systematic data collection along the roadside.Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46744&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46754A research team composed of electrochemists and materials scientists has produced a new form of the industrially-important metal platinum: 24-facet nanocrystals whose catalytic activity per unit area can be as much as four times higher than existing commercial platinum catalysts. Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 EDTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46754&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46763Unique three-dimensional solar cells that capture nearly all of the light that strikes them could boost the efficiency of photovoltaic (PV) systems while reducing their size, weight and mechanical complexity. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46763&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46862Researchers are developing a new screening system that would allow the simultaneous evaluation of hundreds or thousands of possible material combinations as candidates for future PEM fuel cells. Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46862&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46865Biorefineries developed to produce ethanol from cellulose sources such as trees could get a significant economic boost from the sale of high-value chemicals Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46865&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46879Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have conducted successful test flights of a hydrogen-powered unmanned aircraft believed to be the largest to fly on a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell using compressed hydrogen. Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDTJohn Toonhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46879&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=41365Georgia Tech researchers have developed a simple and inexpensive device that can burn fuel in everything from home water heaters to jets with virtually no emissions.Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDTLisa Grovensteinhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=41365&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=41368Chevron will form a $12 million partnership with Georgia Tech's Strategic Energy Institute to develop renewable transportation fuels.Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDTMegan McRaineyhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=41368&source=1http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=41372Discovering ways to reduce fuel consumption, developing devices for people with mobility impairments and designing state-of-the-art rescue robots are just three of the goals of a new $21 million NSF engineering research center that will include Georgia Tech.Fri, 26 May 2006 00:00:00 EDTMegan McRaineyhttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=41372&source=1