Next Energy gets $2.5 million grant to commercialize solar panel windows
Solar panel window maker Next Energy Technologies received a $2.5 million grant from the SunShot Initiative by the U.S. Department of Energy, the company announced July 14. The project aims to develop and commercialize Next’s prototypes and begin pilot manufacturing to help meet a target Levelized Cost of Energy of 3 cents per kilowatt-hour by Read More →
UCSB gets $4.4 million for program to reduce energy usage in data centers
The Department of Energy awarded UC Santa Barbara $4.4 million for a program that reduces energy consumption in data centers by making communications technology faster and more efficient. U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, announced the award, part of the department’s Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy program. UCSB’s Intelligent Reduction of Energy through Photonic Integration for Read More →
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo team takes third at solar decathlon
A team from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo placed third at the U.S. Department of Energy’s biennial solar decathlon in Irvine on Oct. 17. For the competition, about 100 Cal Poly students designed and built a house that was powered only by solar energy. The Department of Energy held the competition to accelerate the adoption Read More →
