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A long-abandoned fermentation process is being resurrected by UC Berkeley chemists and chemical engineers to produce compounds to feed a catalytic reaction that produces a fuel that looks and acts just like diesel. The fuel has a higher energy content than ethanol, and could help replace nonrenewable transportation fuels.
Tag: renewable energy
Poolla, Cairns awarded Bosch energy grants
July 17, 2012:
The Bosch Energy Research Network has awarded chemical engineering professor Elton Cairns and mechanical engineering professor Kameshwar Poolla up to $150,000 over two years for research to reduce energy consumption and environmental impact. The awards are among seven announced July 17 after BERN reviewed 121 applications from five U.S. research universities.
Students make their energy expertise felt in Washington
June 28, 2012:
Fifteen Berkeley Law and other UC Berkeley graduate students traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and present renewable energy portfolios that they’d designed for a class project. Afterward, observers said the students’ ideas could inform the national debate on renewable energy development.
Cal Energy Corps offers summer internships
February 23, 2012:
The Cal Energy Corps is offering summer 2012 internships in hands-on energy and climate research around the world — from Brazil to Germany to Ghana to China. Undergraduates have until March 18 to apply.
Will California lead the world in renewable energy?
June 28, 2011:
A post from UCLA and Berkeley Law’s Legal Planet recaps a recent joint conference that examined Gov. Jerry Brown’s ambitious agenda for renewable energy over the next decade.
