ARPA-E, the Department of Energy's version of DARPA, is spending heavily on research across that country that is being done to find cost efficient alternative energy. 

Have you ever dreamt of slipping on a pair of jeans that could power your ipod?  How about plugging your PDA into the frames of your Ray-Ban’s?  You may soon have the opportunity to do either, as scientists are finding new ways to convert solar radiation directly into electrical energy.  Traditionally solar panels, or more specifically photovoltaic cells, are made of rigid silicon wafers.  It has recently been discovered that photovoltaic cells can also be created from organic compounds, allowing them to spread across flexible substrates.  This finding is setting the solar energy industry ablaze, and products such as light-harvesting clothes and energy generating glass tinting may not be too far in the future.

Continuing on Kevin's blog earlier this week the ACS has announced a green roof project.  Below is the complete announcement.  What do you think?

 

A: Maybe.  Eventually.  Probably not for a long time.

 

ABC News has coverage on a very cool breakthrough in alternative fuels research.  Full story ...

Senate Majority Leader harry Reid (D-NV) announced yesterday that the Senate's version of the energy bill will not be considered this week.  Instead the bill will be considered after the August congressional recess, which makes the new energy law unlikely.  A good summary of this news can be found ...

The American Chemical Society, through its ...

I haven't talked about TSCA since April (TSCA primer here).  Movement on the Hill has come in fits and starts and things are still creeping along.

I first mentioned media coverage of our Dispersants briefing ...

In the big R&D fight for the next, best renewable energy source, each option has its own set of converts and detractors.  As the ...