The United States and Europe: Current Issues (open access)

The United States and Europe: Current Issues

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Date: February 28, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The United States as a Net Debtor Nation: Overview of the International Investment Position (open access)

The United States as a Net Debtor Nation: Overview of the International Investment Position

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Date: November 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using effective communication to showcase program success (open access)

Using effective communication to showcase program success

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Date: December 18, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Utility-Scale Solar Power Converter: Agile Direct Grid Connect Medium Voltage 4.7-13.8 kV Power Converter for PV Applications Utilizing Wide Band Gap Devices (open access)

Utility-Scale Solar Power Converter: Agile Direct Grid Connect Medium Voltage 4.7-13.8 kV Power Converter for PV Applications Utilizing Wide Band Gap Devices

Solar ADEPT Project: Satcon is developing a compact, lightweight power conversion device that is capable of taking utility-scale solar power and outputting it directly into the electric utility grid at distribution voltage levels—eliminating the need for large transformers. Transformers “step up” the voltage of the power that is generated by a solar power system so it can be efficiently transported through transmission lines and eventually “stepped down” to usable voltages before it enters homes and businesses. Power companies step up the voltage because less electricity is lost along transmission lines when the voltage is high and current is low. Satcon’s new power conversion devices will eliminate these heavy transformers and connect a utility-scale solar power system directly to the grid. Satcon’s modular devices are designed to ensure reliability—if one device fails it can be bypassed and the system can continue to run.
Date: January 25, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uzbekistan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests (open access)

Uzbekistan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests

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Date: August 3, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Value-Added Modeling for Teacher Effectiveness (open access)

Value-Added Modeling for Teacher Effectiveness

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Date: December 11, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vegetable Oil from Leaves and Stems: Vegetative Production of Oil in a C4 Crop (open access)

Vegetable Oil from Leaves and Stems: Vegetative Production of Oil in a C4 Crop

PETRO Project: Arcadia Biosciences, in collaboration with the University of California-Davis, is developing plants that produce vegetable oil in their leaves and stems. Ordinarily, these oils are produced in seeds, but Arcadia Biosciences is turning parts of the plant that are not usually harvested into a source of concentrated energy. Vegetable oil is a concentrated source of energy that plants naturally produce and is easily separated after harvest. Arcadia Biosciences will isolate traits that control oil production in seeds and transfer them into leaves and stems so that all parts of the plants are oil-rich at harvest time. After demonstrating these traits in a fast-growing model plant, Arcadia Biosciences will incorporate them into a variety of dedicated biofuel crops that can be grown on land not typically suited for food production
Date: January 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Venezuela: Issues for Congress (open access)

Venezuela: Issues for Congress

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Date: March 29, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vertical Pretreatment Reactor System (Poster) (open access)

Vertical Pretreatment Reactor System (Poster)

IBRF poster developed for the IBRF showcase. Describes the two-vessel system for primary and secondary pretreatment of biomass solids at different temperatures.
Date: September 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans Affairs: A Preliminary Analysis of the FY2013 Budget Proposal (open access)

Veterans Affairs: A Preliminary Analysis of the FY2013 Budget Proposal

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Date: March 14, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Power for a Clean Energy Future (Fact Sheet) (open access)

Water Power for a Clean Energy Future (Fact Sheet)

This fact sheet provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind and Water Power Program's water power research activities. Water power is the nation's largest source of clean, domestic, renewable energy. Harnessing energy from rivers, manmade waterways, and oceans to generate electricity for the nation's homes and businesses can help secure America's energy future. Water power technologies fall into two broad categories: conventional hydropower and marine and hydrokinetic technologies. Conventional hydropower facilities include run-of-the-river, storage, and pumped storage. Most conventional hydropower plants use a diversion structure, such as a dam, to capture water's potential energy via a turbine for electricity generation. Marine and hydrokinetic technologies obtain energy from waves, tides, ocean currents, free-flowing rivers, streams and ocean thermal gradients to generate electricity. The United States has abundant water power resources, enough to meet a large portion of the nation's electricity demand. Conventional hydropower generated 257 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity in 2010 and provides 6-7% of all electricity in the United States. According to preliminary estimates from the Electric Power Resource Institute (EPRI), the United States has additional water power resource potential of more than 85,000 megawatts (MW). This resource potential includes making efficiency upgrades to existing hydroelectric …
Date: March 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Weatherization Innovation Pilot Program: Program Overview and Philadelphia Project Highlight (Fact Sheet) (open access)

Weatherization Innovation Pilot Program: Program Overview and Philadelphia Project Highlight (Fact Sheet)

Case Study with WIPP program overview, information regarding eligibility, and successes from Pennsylvania's Commission on Economic Opportunity (CEO) that demonstrate innovative approaches that maximize the benefit of the program. The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) recently launched the Weatherization Innovation Pilot Program (WIPP) to accelerate innovations in whole-house weatherization and advance DOE's goal of increasing the energy efficiency and health and safety of homes of low-income families. Since 2010, WIPP has helped weatherization service providers as well as new and nontraditional partners leverage non-federal financial resources to supplement federal grants, saving taxpayer money. WIPP complements the Weatherization Assistance program (WAP), which operates nation-wide, in U.S. territories and in three Native American tribes. 16 grantees are implementing weatherization innovation projects using experimental approaches to find new and better ways to weatherize homes. They are using approaches such as: (1) Financial tools - by understanding a diverse range of financing mechanisms, grantees can maximize the impact of the federal grant dollars while providing high-quality work and benefits to eligible low-income clients; (2) Green and healthy homes - in addition to helping families reduce their energy costs, grantees can protect their health and safety. Two WIPP …
Date: January 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Western Wind and Solar Integration Study (Fact Sheet) (open access)

Western Wind and Solar Integration Study (Fact Sheet)

Initiated in 2007 to examine the operational impact of up to 35% penetration of wind, photovoltaic (PV), and concentrating solar power (CSP) energy on the electric power system, the Western Wind and Solar Integration Study (WWSIS) is one of the largest regional wind and solar integration studies to date. The goal is to understand the effects of variability and uncertainty of wind, PV, and CSP on the grid. In the Western Wind and Solar Integration Study Phase 1, solar penetration was limited to 5%. Utility-scale PV was not included because of limited capability to model sub-hourly, utility-scale PV output . New techniques allow the Western Wind and Solar Integration Study Phase 2 to include high penetrations of solar - not only CSP and rooftop PV but also utility-scale PV plants.
Date: September 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
When Should Inverter-Duty Motors Be Specified? Motor Systems Tip Sheet #14 (Fact Sheet) (open access)

When Should Inverter-Duty Motors Be Specified? Motor Systems Tip Sheet #14 (Fact Sheet)

Motor tip sheet for the Advanced Manufacturing Office.
Date: November 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
When to Purchase Premium Efficiency Motors, Motor Systems Tip Sheet #1 (Fact Sheet) (open access)

When to Purchase Premium Efficiency Motors, Motor Systems Tip Sheet #1 (Fact Sheet)

Motor tip sheet for the Advanced Manufacturing Office.
Date: November 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Where Are We Now: The U.S. Department of Energy Makes Strides to Advance Offshore Wind in the United States, Wind Program Newsletter: October 2012 Edition (Newsletter) (open access)

Where Are We Now: The U.S. Department of Energy Makes Strides to Advance Offshore Wind in the United States, Wind Program Newsletter: October 2012 Edition (Newsletter)

This newsletter describes the U.S. Department of Energy Wind Program's recent wind energy research and development efforts.
Date: December 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wind Energy Education and Training Programs (Postcard) (open access)

Wind Energy Education and Training Programs (Postcard)

As the United States dramatically expands wind energy deployment, the industry is challenged with developing a skilled workforce to support it. The Wind Powering America website features a map of wind energy education and training program locations at community colleges, universities, and other institutions in the United States. The map includes links to contacts and program details. This postcard is a marketing piece that stakeholders can provide to interested parties; it will guide them to this online resource for wind energy education and training programs episodes.
Date: July 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wind Powering America Newsletter

Wind Powering America is a nationwide initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Program designed to educate, engage, and enable critical stakeholders to make informed decisions about how wind energy contributes to the U.S. electricity supply. As part of Wind Powering America's outreach efforts, the team publishes a biweekly e-newsletter. This postcard is a marketing piece that stakeholders can provide to interested parties; it will guide them to the a website page at which they can sign up for the e-newsletter.
Date: August 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wind Powering America Podcasts, Wind Powering America (WPA) (open access)

Wind Powering America Podcasts, Wind Powering America (WPA)

Wind Powering America and the National Association of Farm Broadcasters produce a series of radio interviews featuring experts discussing wind energy topics. The interviews are aimed at a rural stakeholder audience and are available as podcasts. On the Wind Powering America website, you can access past interviews on topics such as: Keys to Local Wind Energy Development Success, What to Know about Installing a Wind Energy System on Your Farm, and Wind Energy Development Can Revitalize Rural America. This postcard is a marketing piece that stakeholders can provide to interested parties; it will guide them to this online resource for podcast episodes.
Date: April 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wind Powering America Webinar Series (Postcard), Wind Powering America (WPA) (open access)

Wind Powering America Webinar Series (Postcard), Wind Powering America (WPA)

Wind Powering America offers a free monthly webinar series that provides expert information on today?s key wind energy topics. This postcard is an outreach tool that provides a brief description of the webinars as well as the URL.
Date: February 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Working with U.S. Manufacturers to Succeed in Global Markets (Poster) (open access)

Working with U.S. Manufacturers to Succeed in Global Markets (Poster)

Poster created for the Advanced Manufacturing Office to be used at meetings, presentations, and exhibits. The Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) fosters advanced manufacturing innovation, facilitates public and private partnerships, and drives rapid deployment of technologies to help manufacturers: Save energy and money, Reduce environmental impacts, Enhance workforce development, and Improve national energy security and competitiveness throughout the supply chain.
Date: June 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Your First Stop for Clean Energy Policy Support (Fact Sheet) (open access)

Your First Stop for Clean Energy Policy Support (Fact Sheet)

The Clean Energy Solutions Center, an initiative of the Clean Energy Ministerial and UN-Energy, helps governments design and adopt policies and programs that support the deployment of transformational low-carbon technologies. The Solutions Center serves as a first-stop clearinghouse of clean energy policy reports, data, and tools and provides expert assistance and peer-to-peer learning forums. This factsheet highlights key Solutions Center offerings, including 'ask an expert' assistance on clean energy policy matters, training and peer learning, and technical resources for policy makers worldwide.
Date: June 1, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library