American small businesses got nearly a $22 million boost from the Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Small businesses are receiving Phase I Release 2 grants that demonstrate technical feasibility for innovations during the first phase of their research. Most Phase I awards are for $200,000 for less...Read More

Chemists at the University of Illinois have successfully produced fuels using water, carbon dioxide and visible light through artificial photosynthesis. By converting carbon dioxide into more complex molecules like propane, green energy technology is now one step closer to using excess CO2 to store solar energy — in the form of chemical bonds — for use...Read More

Gas-guzzling sports cars are getting a re-brand as luxury car manufacturers look to an electrified and application-enabled future One of Lagonda’s concept cars at the Geneva Motor Show (Credit: Aston Martin Lagonda)   Luxury sports car companies are looking to an electric future as they pursue a new customer base that’s young, affluent and environmentally-conscious. Aston...Read More