Want to generate innovation? Build a hub to make it happen. The U.S.
Department of Energy is embarking on an ambitious plan to speed up
energy innovation with a $122 million cash injection for an Energy
Innovation Hub in California. Dubbed the Joint Center for
Artificial Photosynthesis, the research center will do exactly as its
name suggests--develop a solar energy fuel conversion system through
artificial photosynthesis and bring it to commercialization.
The DOE has selected an all-star team of researchers to get the hub going. Participants include researchers from Cal Tech, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and the University of California, Irvine. The project will probably take a long time to get going--solar fuels have lagged in research and development for years, and bringing them into widespread use will take a concerted effort.
To read the full, original article click on this link: DOE's Energy Innovation Hub Will Develop Fuel From Sunlight | Fast Company
Author: Ariel Schwartz
