NEWS
UDEI announces the formation of the Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration. Further details can be found HERE
University of Delaware Energy Institute - Inaugural Event
The University of Delaware Energy Institute formally opened with a full-day conference on Friday, Sept. 19. Feature presentations by U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman and a host of other authorities in the fields of energy and public policy.
PROGRAM
Welcome/Overview of UDEI
Dr. Mark Barteau, Director, UDEI
 TALK
Format: Video (H.264/AAC)
Length: 13:13
Size: 27.2 MB
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Opening Remarks
Delaware Lt. Gov. John Carney
Format: Video (H.264/AAC)
Length: 07:44
Size: 18.3 MB
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Photovoltaics: Helping Power
Our Clean Energy Future
Dr. Richard Swanson, President and CTO,
SunPower Corp.
TALK
Format: Video (H.264/AAC)
Length: 37:40
Size: 78.8 MB
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The Future of Wind Power
Peter Mandelstam, President,
Bluewater Wind
TALK
Format: Video (H.264/AAC)
Length: 26:02
Size: 55.3 MB
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Electric Propulsion for Cars:
New Directions for Energy Research
Tom Gage, CEP, AC Propulsion
TALK
Format: Video (H.264/AAC)
Length: 34:10
Size: 72.5 MB
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DuPont Energy Innovations
Dr. Uma Chowdhry, Dupont Senior VP and CSTO
TALK
Format: Video (H.264/AAC)
Length: 27:32
Size: 56.6 MB
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A Collaborative Response to
Our Global Energy Challenges
Dr. Samuel Bodman, U.S. Secretary
of Energy
TALK
Format: Video (H.264/AAC)
Length: 22:34
Size: 55.2 MB
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The Initiative for the Planet and the University of Delaware Energy Institute
Dr. Patrick Harker, President,
University of Delaware
TALK
Format: Video (H.264/AAC)
Length: 14:39
Size: 34.6 MB
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Energy Challenges in Delaware
U.S. Rep. Mike Castle
Format: Video (H.264/AAC)
Length: 13:41
Size: 37.9 MB
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The Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative
Dr. Richard Roucheleau, Director,
Hawaii Natural Energy Institute
TALK
Format: Video (H.264/AAC)
Length: 41:54
Size: 96.4 MB
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Securing Our Nation's Energy Future - Delaware Leading
the Way
U.S. Sen. Thomas Carper
Format: Video (H.264/AAC)
Length: 22:53
Size: 57.3
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Closing Remarks
Dr. Mark Barteau, Director UDEI
Format: Video (H.264/AAC)
Length: 10:05
Size: 25.1
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SYMPOSIUM
The University of Delaware Energy Institute Symposium was held on March 17, 2008 at Clayton Hall. The primary purpose of the event was to bring together researchers at UD working in the field of energy, discuss current projects and foster the development of potential new initiatives for the future.
The Symposium was a great success, providing a comprehensive showcase of the University of Delaware's efforts in emerging and advanced energy science and policy through presentations from prominent researchers in the energy-related fields. The Symposium concluded with a lively Roundtable Discussion in which the presenters interacted with the audience on various aspects of energy issues. Posters highlighting research in the energy field were presented by over 30 students from many different UD departments and colleges.
The symposium generated a considerable amount of interest in the UD Energy Institute and its missions. The event was very well attended with over 200 registrations received for this day-long event. The attendees included representatives from the student body, UD researchers, government, and industry.
Invited Speakers and Topics Included:
Agenda
List of Posters Presented
UDaily Article
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UD Institute for Energy Conversion receives $3.0 million dollars over 3 years from DOE for advanced solar energy research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the University of Delaware's Institute for Energy Conversion (IEC) to receive $3 million over the next 3 years for 2 separate solar energy projects. The University of Delaware is one of 9 universities to be awarded these grants and one of only 2 universities to be selected for 2 separate research projects. These projects, with a total DOE investment of $13.7 million, are integral to President Bush's Solar America Initiative which involves making the cost of solar energy competitive with more conventional energy sources. One of the requirements of these grants is a minimum university and industry cost share of 20%.
The 2 IEC projects selected as part of this DOE's University Photovoltaic Process and Product Development Support program are:
1) Development of a Low-Cost Insulated Foil Substrate for CIGS Photovoltaics - to be carried out in collaboration with Dow Corning.
Currently, direct formation of flexible Copper Indium Gallium Selenium (CIGS) modules is limited by the lack of an inexpensive substrate capable of withstanding the high processing temperatures required to produce quality films. This project will address this limitation by targeting development of a low-cost stainless steel flexible substrate coated with silicone-based resin dielectric and module processes applicable across a variety of roll-to-roll CIGS manufacturing techniques. The project will target devices based on this substrate with efficiencies greater than 12%. DOE will provide up to $1,478,331 for this approximately $1.85 million project.
2) High-Efficiency Back Contact Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells - to be carried out in collaboration with SunPower Corporation
This project will deposit amorphous silicon (a-Si) films on crystalline cells to enhance the electrical properties and enable low-temperature processing. Metal contacts will be moved to the back of the cell to increase the amount of light entering the cell and increase conversion efficiencies beyond 26%. DOE will provide up to $1,494,736 for this approximately $1.9 million project.
Further information on this DOE initiative can be found at www.doe.gov/6071.htm.
For more information on IEC's involvement, click www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/mar/solar032408.html. More details on the IEC can be found at www.udel.edu/iec.
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UD Selected as an Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) by U.S. Department of Energy
On April 27, 2009, The White House announced the awarding of 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. The University of Delaware is the recipient of one of these prestigious EFRC awards. These awards are designed to accelerate the scientific and technological breakthroughs needed to build a new 21st-century energy economy.
The UD EFRC, which DOE plans to fund at a level of $17.5 million over five years, is titled the "Rational Design of Innovative Catalytic Technologies for Biomass Derivative Utilization". It involves the design and characterization of novel catalysts for the efficient conversion of the complex molecules comprising biomass into chemicals and fuels.
This EFRC will be led by Dionisios Vlachos, Elisabeth Inez Kelley Professor of Chemical Engineering and director of the Center for Catalytic Science & Technology (CCST). The program will also have two co-directors: Jingguang Chen, Claire D. LeClaire Professor of Chemical Engineering and interim director of the University of Delaware Energy Institute, and Raul Lobo, professor of chemical engineering.
Scientists in the UD EFRC will launch a first-principles attack on the key chemical and materials challenges associated with biomass conversion and will devise novel analytical techniques to acquire atomistic, molecular and dynamic level information from these systems. This research will emphasize multi-scale modeling to treat the natural material complexity, the discovery of processes designed to manipulate complex mixtures and their reactivity, and the development of new analytical methods for characterization of reacting media. The EFRC plans collaborations with scientists at Lehigh University, California Institute of Technology, and the Universities of Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Southern California, and Stony Brook. It will also utilize the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory and several Office of Science computational facilities.
For more details
see the UDaily article.
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