Northwestern Energy Technology Group Blog

Spring 2013 NESC Energy Seminars

2013-03-12T13:02:00.004-05:00

Technology of Energy Seminar Series
Spring 2013 Application
Business of Energy Seminar Series
Spring 2013 Application:

NESC/NETG Technology of Energy Seminar Series

2012-12-01T00:44:00.000-06:00

Apply now for Winter 2013, application deadline is end of Fall Quarter: http://tinyurl.com/TOE-app

Hot Copy! Journalism in the Greenhouse

2012-10-02T21:27:00.003-05:00

Hey Northwestern,

NETG is very excited to announce an awesome event, in partnership with NESC, ISEN, Medill, and The New York Times.

Justin Gillis is a reporter covering environmental science and policy for The New York Times. At Northwestern, he will talk about what is happening to the climate, why much of the public is oblivious, and how well American journalism is–or is not–bridging the gap.

Justin Gillis joined The Times in 2007, after a 25-year career as a reporter and editor at The Miami Herald and The Washington Post. For The Post, he wrote about the race to sequence the human genome, the resulting revolution in medical research, and the global crisis in public health. Earlier this year, his Times series on climate science, Temperature Rising, won the Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism from Columbia University.

Tuesday, October 16, 5:15pm, McCormick Tribune Center Forum. RSVP

Please do invite your friends from across Chicagoland. Looking forward to a big cross-campus discourse on Climate Change!

Best,
David Snydacker

President, NETG

2012 NETG Kickoff Meeting

2012-09-24T11:16:00.002-05:00

NETG is excited to kick off our 2012-2013 season! Please join us in Ryan Hall (Nano) room 4003 on Monday, October 1 at noon for pizza and a presentation by NETG leadership. We will be recruiting students for leadership positions and announcing exciting new projects, including the "Business of Energy" and "Technology of Energy" seminar series. RSVP

Upcoming Events:

Das Haus University Day - Saturday, Sept 29, 10am - 4:30pm

NETG Kickoff Meeting - Monday, October 1, Noon, Ryan Hall (Nano) 4003

Clean Energy Trust Tech Showcase - Wednesday, October 3, 12-6pm

Hot Copy! Journalism in the Greenhouse - Justin Gillis of the NY Times - Tuesday, Oct 16, 5:15pm, McCormick Tribune Center Forum

Earth and Energy: Arctic Update

2012-08-27T14:59:00.002-05:00

Dear Friends,

In 2007, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reached a consensus that carbon emissions were warming our planet, posing serious risks to human prosperity. The Arctic Ocean could be ice-free as soon as the year 2100, the panel warned.

The world took note and continued building new coal plants.

Fast forward five years and two-hundred trillion pounds of carbon dioxide. 2012 was a stunning year of bizarre weather and climate extremes. In Chicago, we enjoyed a week of 80-degree temperatures in March. In the Rocky Mountains, massive wildfires swept through hot, dry, and beetle-killed forests. Across the Great Plains, crops were devastated by record heat and drought. We are now in the midst of the worst West Nile Virus outbreak in U.S. history.

Last week, Arctic sea ice fell to a new record low. Just five years ago, the IPCC told us we had a century to save our northern ice cap. Now, reasonable people are talking about a decade or two.

Our canary is in its final throes.

As you may know, open water absorbs considerably more solar energy than sea ice. Warm water in the Arctic can accelerate further melting and activate other positive feedback mechanisms. If warming continues unchecked, large amounts of carbon could be released from permafrost and methane clathrates. Global temperatures, sea levels, and extreme weather could spike dramatically. For example, the Greenland Ice Sheet contains enough water to raise global sea levels by 24 feet, and this ice experienced a record melt this summer, driven by warm conditions in the Arctic. Life could get very uncomfortable for a very large number of people.

Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil, has reassured us that humans will adapt to climate change. While certain adaptation will be necessary and possible, humans will always require food and water. Heat waves kill crops and strain water resources. To feed 9 billion people by 2050, we need to stabilize our climate.

I am confident that we can stop global warming. If humans can land a one-ton rover on Mars with a rocket-powered skycrane, sinking wind turbines into the sea floor or running HVDC transmission lines across the desert should be relatively easy. But to save the Arctic ice cap, we need to get renewables to scale fast. Here’s how:

Support basic science and materials research. Wind and solar power are improving rapidly, but direct competition with natural gas requires further improvements. Advanced materials will enable more powerful devices and bring down levelized costs for renewables.
Support R&D for grid energy storage. If we want to integrate large amounts of renewables into our electric grid, we need affordable large-scale energy storage technologies.
Support R&D for zero-carbon transportation. Consider breakthrough technologies such as electrofuels, sustainable biofuels, advanced batteries, fuel cells, and lightweight materials. Gasoline is a great fuel because of high energy density and easy refueling. We need alternative technologies to compete on both cost and convenience. Natural gas is a fossil fuel and is not a solution for our climate.
Support infrastructure projects. Efficient buildings, rail transport, bike paths, walkable cities, recycling projects, and local farms can conserve energy and improve quality of life.
End fossil fuel subsidies. Globally, fossil fuels still receive 15 times more subsidies than renewables. Return the extra revenue to taxpayers.
Extend tax credits for renewables. The fossil fuel industry has enjoyed permanent tax subsidies for a century, but the wind industry faces constant uncertainty and repeated expiration of the production tax credit.
Don’t count on nuclear. It’s expensive, slow to deploy, and proliferation risk means its not a global solution.
Leave the coal in the hole. Leave the oil in the soil. And please leave the gas, as best as possible, where the sun doesn’t shine.

Since 1987, the year I was born, the Arctic Ocean has lost two-thirds of its summer sea ice volume. For most people, myself included, climate change is both intellectually and emotionally challenging. It is fascinating and terrifying, but most importantly, it can be inspiring. At Northwestern, we have all the talent and resources to shape our planet’s future. I hope this year’s Arctic milestone will serve as a call to action, to unite and inspire our generation, and to spark a new tradition of sustainable innovation so that we can protect for our children a world full of opportunity and beauty.

I hope everyone is having an excellent summer. I look forward to seeing many of you back on campus in the Fall for another exciting year of technical innovation, entrepreneurship, and coalition building.

Best regards,

David Snydacker
Co-Director, Northwestern Energy & Sustainability Consortium (NESC)
President, Northwestern Energy Technology Group (NETG)
2011-2012 Hierarchical Materials Fellow, 2012-2013 ISEN Fellow
Woverton Research Group, Materials Science & Engineering

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Movie Night: The Island President

2012-06-25T16:26:00.001-05:00

On Wednesday, June 27th, at 5:30pm, please join NETG in the Graduate Student Commons for the screening of the documentary The Island President and learn about the serious ramifications of rising sea levels on the Maldives Islands.

Lou Malnati's pizza will be served at 5:30. RSVP via this link or below for pizza! The movie will run from 6 to 7:30. Grads, undergrad, faculty, staff, and community are all welcome to attend!

"Jon Shenk’s The Island President is the story of President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, a man confronting a problem greater than any other world leader has ever faced—the literal survival of his country and everyone in it. After bringing democracy to the Maldives after thirty years of despotic rule, Nasheed is now faced with an even greater challenge: as one of the most low-lying countries in the world, a rise of three feet in sea level would submerge the 1200 islands of the Maldives enough to make them uninhabitable.

The Island President captures Nasheed’s first year of office, culminating in his trip to the Copenhagen Climate Summit in 2009, where the film provides a rare glimpse of the political horse-trading that goes on at such a top-level global assembly. Nasheed is unusually candid about revealing his strategies—leveraging the Maldives’ underdog position as a tiny country, harnessing the power of media, and overcoming deadlocks through an appeal to unity with other developing nations. When hope fades for a written accord to be signed, Nasheed makes a stirring speech which salvages an agreement. Despite the modest size of his country, Mohamed Nasheed has become one of the leading international voices for urgent action on climate change."

The Graduate Student Commons is located at 2122 Sheridan Road, Room 250 (2nd floor).

The Blueprint: facing the challenges of the advanced biofuels industry

2012-04-26T21:52:00.001-05:00

Please join NETG for an interactive lecture with NU alum Doug Williams:

Friday, May 4 @ 4-5pm in Tech LR2 (enter main doors on Sheridan and turn left) RSVP

The current “first generation” biofuels industry has proven to be robust and competitive on a global scale. While finding new sources of petroleum has proved challenging, biofuels have provided a meaningful alternative. The emerging advanced and cellulosic biofuels are leveraging the policies and practices of this industry to provide a more sustainable solution. There are, however, some very clear technical, political, and economic hurdles that this industry must face. I will highlight some of these key challenges and the resultant opportunities.

Doug Williams is the Sr. Business Development Associate at Coskata, a biofuels technology start-up located in Warrenville, IL. At Coskata, Doug identifies opportunities for licensing Coskata’s unique biofuels production process and maintains relationships through the emerging biofuels industry. Prior to Coskata, he was Operational Excellence Manager at Genentech, a leading biotechnology firm in South San Francisco, CA. Early in his career, Doug held a number of engineering and operations management roles at Nalco Chemical and Colgate-Palmolive. He has also worked with a number of start-up companies including SuccessFactors, a cloud application company recently acquired by SAP, and CleanSource Power, a solar PPA provider in Mill Valley, CA. Doug has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University and a MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Doug currently serves on the Advisory Board for NUvention Energy.

*For this event: NU students and faculty only, NO PRESS!!*

April Events

2012-04-02T20:51:00.003-05:00

Delivering Development: Globalization and the Road to a Sustainable Future

Thursday, April 5, 6-7:30pm

Buffet Center, 1902 Sheridan Rd Evanston

Over his 13 years of working along what he calls "globalization's shoreline," a world region buffeted by the economic, political, and environmental decisions of those living in wealthier places, Edward Carr has concluded that most experts misunderstand what they are trying to fix, and cannot tell if they are fixing it. Carr's recent book, "Delivering Development," is an eye opening, you-are-there book that compels the reader to question conventional wisdom and redefine what assistance to the developing world really means. http://www.facebook.com/events/193111940803842/

NESC Brown Bag Lunch: The Scientific Evidence for Global Warming: A Geologist's Perspective

Tuesday, April 10, 12:15-1:00 pm, Norris Center: Lake Room (rm 203)

Brad Sageman, Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences, will distill the key lines of evidence concerning the question "Are anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions causing global warming?" The more open-ended questions that stem from such a presentation ("How soon will it happen?" "How bad will it get?") are perhaps best addressed by reference to the geological record.

Young Professionals in Energy: Chicago Speaker Series

Thursday, Apr 12 2012 6:15 PM to 9:00 PM 357 West Erie Street Chicago

Deregulation of Electricity and the Innovation of Smart Grid Technology: What does this mean to the future of Energy?

http://www.ypenergy.org/en/cev/1108

NETG Lecture: “Grid 20/20”

Friday, April 13, 4:15-5:30pm, Ford Building, ITW Room (rm 1350)

Refreshments will be provided. Scott Baker from PJM Interconnection will share his insight:

The 100+ year old electric system is changing due to policy, new technology, more sophisticated market structures, and regulations. This talk will focus on PJM’s efforts to integrate variable, non-dispatchable generation, accommodate new and valuable technologies such as energy storage and dynamic load control, re-think existing market structures to increase competitive supply and demand options, and plan the electric system in the face of new environmental and transmission planning regulations.

NUTC Electrification Workshop: The Electrification of Transportation

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 1:00-5:00 pm

Registration is required: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3110602897

NESC Brown Bag Lunch: Evolution of the Wind Industry

Tuesday, April 24, 12:15-1:00 pm, Norris Center: Big Ten Room (rm 104)

NETG Movie Night – Earth: An Operator’s Manual

Wednesday, April 25 Pizza @ 5:30pm, Movie @6pm

ANSER Keynote - Dan Nocera: The Artificial Leaf

Thursday, April 26, 4pm

ANSER Seminar - Solar Fuels: Challenges and Opportunities

Friday, April 27

http://isen.northwestern.edu/events/anser2012/

February 8

2012-02-08T22:23:00.000-06:00

NESC Green Drinks Tomorrow!
Thursday, Feb 9, 9:30pm @ Celtic Knot. Chat with students from NETG, Kellogg Energy Club, ESW, SEED, etc.

Wind Power Engineer Needed!
Someone related to Kellogg is developing a wind project and is seeking engineering expertise. If you have knowledge and experience related to wind power infrastructure and are interested in getting involved with an early-stage venture, please respond to this email. Include a brief description of your knowledge/experience/interests or resume.

NESC Brown Bag Lunch!
Thursday, Feb 16, 12:15-1pm.
Anuj will talk about the Department of Energy Loan Programs Office. He'll speak a bit about the Solyndra case as well.

NESC Brown Bag: Li-ion Batteries for EVs

2012-02-01T11:25:00.000-06:00

Bring your lunch and meet new people from across campus!

Thursday, Feb 2, 12:15-1:00 pm, Norris Center, Wildcat Room (101)

Li-ion batteries are enabling a new era of electric vehicles. Drivers can now choose between hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and all-electric vehicles. Soon, drivers may be able to choose between on-the-go charging, battery-swap stations, and 200 mile battery range.

The session will highlight the differences between high-energy and high-power batteries, and illustrate relationships between automotive design and battery design. We will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of leading Li-ion manufacturers.

NETG Movie Night: The Last Mountain

2012-01-23T20:54:00.000-06:00

Wednesday, Jan 25
Graduate Student Commons
Seabury, 2122 Sheridan Road, Room 250

Pizza at 5:30, Movie at 6:00. RSVP.

The mining and burning of coal is at the epicenter of America’s struggle to balance its energy needs with environmental concerns. Nowhere is that concern greater than in Coal River Valley, West Virginia, where a small but passionate group of ordinary citizens are trying to stop Big Coal corporations, like Massey Energy, from continuing the devastating practice of Mountain Top Removal.

2012-01-17T20:00:00.002-06:00

Hey Guys and Gals,

NETG has teamed up with the Northwestern Energy & Sustainability Consortium for a cross-discplinary Brown Bag Lunch series. This will be an opportunity to chat with students from every corner of campus and learn about cleantech research, business, and policy.

Also, please join NETG for a screening of The Last Mountain on Jan 25.

NESC Brown Bag: Solar Development 101

Thursday, Jan 19, 12:15-1:00 pm, Norris Center Arch Room (206)

This session will take a very simple idea – the notion that we really ought to have more clean renewable power in the US – and demonstrate how to create a real life project. The session will cover the basics of identifying the opportunity as well as spotting and working through technical, political, legal, social, environmental, and financial issues.

Nick Haschka co-founded 532 Solar, a California industrial and utility scale solar PV power plant development company acquired by concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) technology company, Amonix in 2010. At Amonix, one of his roles involved leading development of 14 utility scale solar power plants. He’s currently a 1 year MBA student at Kellogg.

NETG Movie Night: The Last Mountain

Wednesday, Jan 25, 5:30-7:40 pm, 2122 Sheridan Road, Seabury Room 250 (Graduate Student Commons)

Pizza at 5:30, Movie at 6:00. RSVP.

The mining and burning of coal is at the epicenter of America’s struggle to balance its energy needs with environmental concerns. Nowhere is that concern greater than in Coal River Valley, West Virginia, where a small but passionate group of ordinary citizens are trying to stop Big Coal corporations, like Massey Energy, from continuing the devastating practice of Mountain Top Removal.

NESC Brown Bag: Li-ion Batteries

Thursday, Feb 2, 12:15-1:00 pm, Norris Center, Room TBA

Li-ion batteries are enabling a new era of electric vehicles. Drivers can now choose between hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and all-electric vehicles. Soon, drivers may be able to choose between on-the-go charging, battery-swap stations, and 200 mile battery range.

The session will highlight the differences between high-energy and high-power batteries, and illustrate relationships between automotive design and battery design. We will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of leading Li-ion manufacturers.

November NETG Events:

2011-11-04T09:42:00.006-05:00

Revenge of the Electric Car: Chicago Premier: NETG Movie Night

Saturday, November 12, 8:00 – 10:00 pm

Meet us in Chicago’s theatre district to see the story of the GM Volt, the Tesla Roadster, and the Nissan Leaf. Siskel Film Center. 164 N State Street, Chicago, IL. Show at 8:30pm, meet near Box Office at 8:00 pm. Please RSVP. The first 20 students to RSVP will get free tickets. Others will owe $7 with student ID or $11 for general admission. Guests are welcome. Students must bring student IDs to the show.

Cleantech Brown Bag Lunch: Organic Photovoltaics

Monday, November 14, 12:15 – 1:15 pm

Bring your lunch, meet students from other disciplines, and chat about clean energy technologies. Learn from your peers in McCormick/Kellogg/Weinberg/Medill/etc. Stephen Loser, NETG President, will give a ten-minute presentation on organic photovoltaics and then take questions from the audience. RSVP. Norris Student Center, Wildcat Room 101.

Thoughts on Green Homes, Sustainable Communities and Offshore Wind Power

Thursday, November 17, 5 – 6 pm

LEED Architect Nathan Kipnis will present his work on energy efficient buildings. He will also talk about the proposed Evanston offshore wind farm. Ford Design Center. ITW Room (Room 1350). RSVP.

2011 NETG Kick-off

2011-10-14T21:08:00.007-05:00

Thanks to everyone who came to our kick-off meeting on Wednesday!

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, October 25 at 5pm in the Pancoe Einstein Café. Please join us to help with new NETG projects:

-Install energy monitoring systems in laboratories
-Build an EV charging station on campus
-Bring lecturers to campus from industry, government, etc
-Organize a symposium on next generation nuclear reactors
-Embark on field trips to energy sites
-Show movies and eat pizza
-Teach kids about energy issues
-Meet with Kellogg students, talk cleantech, build partnerships

NETG is always looking to expand. If you are interested in assisting with any of these projects, please join the NETG listserv.

NETG/Kellogg Cleantech Club:

NETG is recruiting technical advisers for a multidisciplinary cleantech entrepreneurship club. If you study a clean energy technology and you are interested in entrepreneurship, please sign up! Meetings will begin with brief peer presentations and continue with open discussion. We will encourage applications to the 2012 Clean Energy Challenge and other start-up competitions. To sign up, send us an email with a brief description of your cleantech interests and expertise: netg@u.northwestern.edu, subject "Cleantech Club"

Clean Energy Challenge 2012

2011-10-07T22:12:00.002-05:00

The Clean Energy Trust is soliciting application for their Clean Energy Challenge 2012. Early-stage companies and students will pitch business ideas to compete for $250,000 in total prizes.

Last year's finalists include S2E Solar, a Northwestern Start-up:

"S2E Solar manufactures and sells proprietary components for solar shingles used in rooftop electricity generation. The company’s product is S2E Solar Film, which enables customers to produce high efficiency, durable solar shingles that generate electricity below grid prices and at half the cost of existing solar cells. The company’s foundational IP was developed at Northwestern University.

Jon Servaites is the Founder and CEO of S2E Solar. Mr. Servaites has 13 years of experience in the emerging energy technology industry, including business development, regulatory, manufacturing, and product development roles. He is currently finishing a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering at Northwestern University, where he develops next generation solar energy technologies."

Mr. Servaites is an alumnus of the Tobin Marks group and of NETG.

Clean Energy Trust

Clean Air, Mortality, and Cost: A Thought Exercise

2011-07-07T20:02:00.003-05:00

Imagine if all US traffic deaths could be eliminated for a cost of $2.5 billion annually..

NY Times Green Blog

Impact of Limitations on Access to Oil and Natural Gas Resources in the Federal Outer Continental Shelf

2011-05-04T22:17:00.006-05:00

The US Energy Information Administration has modeled the impact of offshore drilling on gasoline prices. In 2009, the EIA concluded that lifting the 1990 moratorium on offshore drilling would have no measurable impact on gasoline prices by 2020 and would reduce the cost of gasoline by three cents in 2030. (See Table 9 of their report)

"Changes in domestic oil production tend to have only a modest impact on crude oil and petroleum product prices, because any change in domestic oil production is diluted in the world oil market." -EIA Annual Energy Outlook 2011

EIA 2009..

EIA 2011..

Solazyme Files for $100M IPO

2011-04-04T00:25:00.002-05:00

Solazyme is developing algae biofuels. Compared to traditional biofuels, which compete with food crops, algae can utilize marginal land and has a very high theoretical yield per acre. Solazyme has partnerships with Dow Chemical and Chevron. Last year, they delivered 150,000 gallons of jet fuel to the US Navy.

More from sustainablebusiness.com

Picking Green Tech's Winners and Losers

2011-04-04T00:18:00.003-05:00

Stanford Social Innovation Review.

"The challenge is not in changing consumer behavior, but in changing the job that consumers are trying to accomplish."

NETG Movie Night: Gasland

2011-01-31T22:26:00.005-06:00

This Thursday, February 3 at 5:30 pm in Cook Hall room 2058, NETG will be showing Gasland. Pizza will be served: RSVP

Gasland documents the watershed impacts of hydraulic fracturing. Natural gas is a clean-burning and low-carbon alternative to coal, but like any energy resource, it presents a unique set of environmental challenges. Please join us to learn one filmmaker's perspective on this important issue:

"The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of 'fracking' or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a 'Saudia Arabia of natural gas' just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called GASLAND. Part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown."

We hope you can come and share your expertise and opinions.

Beyond Carbon: Coal Waste

2010-12-23T15:10:00.002-06:00

Scientific American reports on toxic fly ash from coal-fired power plants. 'Clean coal' technologies remove pollutants from our atmosphere, but this may only shift the threat to our drinking water. Each year, the US produces more than 100 million tons of coal waste, laced with cadmium, arsenic, uranium, and other toxic elements. In December 2008, 1.1 billion gallons of coal ash spilled from a containment area in Kingston Tennessee. The cleanup cost nearly $1/gallon, but the area remains uninhabitable. Scientific American Video...

Better Place EV Battery Switching

2010-12-13T23:30:00.005-06:00

A Palo Alto company called Better Place is building networks of EV battery switching stations in Denmark, Israel, and Australia. This should help to alleviate range-anxiety, especially for the smaller countries. Better Place suggests that $8 billion could buy a switching network for the US and reminds us that we spend that much money on gas every week. NPR Audio...

Cancun Conclusions

2010-12-11T12:59:00.002-06:00

In Cancun, climate negotiators have agreed to some small and non-binding measures. A mitigation fund will begin providing aid to developing nations. Pacific Island nations will receive resources to battle erosion and salt-water intrusion into their drinking water (3 mm/yr adds up quickly when you live on a coral lagoon). The meeting also established a standard for reporting emissions, although there is no legal pact or enforcement for emissions cuts. Still, following the disaster of Copenhagen, any good news is welcome. The group will readjourn in Durban in December 2011.

NY Times Report

Global Temperatures and American Skepticism on the Rise

2010-12-10T17:42:00.005-06:00

American belief in global warming is declining. A recent poll by Pew Research shows that just 34% of Americans see solid evidence of anthropogenic warming, down from 50% in 2006. Opinions are largely divided along party lines. Only 16% of Republicans believe in anthropogenic warming.

Much of this skepticism reflects a belief that there is no scientific consensus on climate change. In fact, the IPCC, a panel of the world’s leading climate scientists, found warming to be unequivocal and declared that it was highly probable that humans were responsible. Furthermore, they demonstrated that warming poses a serious risk to standards of living around the world. The science is certainly complex, but error bars should not translate to “erroneous.”

Has scientific illiteracy and media controversy eroded our ability to think critically and act positively? Has the fossil fuel lobby succeeded in its PR campaign? Do these numbers correlate with religious dogma and place the argument outside of the scientific discourse?

Green Tech and our fellow human beings would benefit significantly from a system of inclusive environmental accounting, such as cap-and-trade. A basic prerequisite for climate legislation is public education. Please join the conversation on the new NETG facebook page and everywhere.

Pew Report...

Chu: Will America Miss Its “Sputnik Moment” on Energy?

2010-12-07T21:38:00.001-06:00

Interesting article on the U.S. and new energy technology: "America is at a “Sputnik moment”, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu said today, and the government’s next moves will determine whether the country leads the global cleantech race or loses it to China." More...