EMERGING TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
VOLUME 2 – ISSUE INDEX, 2008
Volume 2(1) January 2008
Keidanren Climate Change Proposal
CBO Climate Change Conference
The Incomplete Cooperation Scenario
Economist Critiques IPCC Report
Trade and Climate Change
ETC Web Site – A Resource Tool
Managing Climate Change Costs
Economist Addresses Priorities
RFF Climate Adaptation Initiative
Congressional Research Service
International Atomic Energy Agency
International Energy Agency
Climate Change Science Program
Energy Information Administration
In the Federal Register
GHG Biofuel Impacts
Carbon Sequestration Projects
Kyoto Carbon Offsets
Coal Plants: Replace or Retrofit?
Carbon Capture Technology
Storing Syngas
Biofueling Water Problems
From Oilfields to Energy Farms
Tiny Solar Cells
Oil From Wood
New Way to Make Hydrogen
Superefficient Solar Cells
Volume 2(2) February 2008
Clean Technology Trade Issues
Congressional Research Service:
DOE/EIA: Climate Legislation Analysis
DOE/EIA: 2008 Energy Outlook
DOE/PNNL: Eye On Smart Grids
CBO: Spent Nuclear Fuel
The Climate–Security Nexus
The GCEP Program
Green Building Technology
Renewable Energy Investment
Energy Efficiency in China
Gadgets to Spur Energy Conservation
Expandable Silicon
Improving Fuel Cells for Cars
Super-Charging Lithium Batteries
Transport Sector Climate Forcing
Socioclimatic Exposure Indices
Wind Turbine Baseload Power
Expanding Biofuels Use
Another Take on Biofuels
How Green are Biofuels?
Feasibility of Ethanol from Switchgrass
Will Biofuels Kill the Gulf of Mexico?
The Costs of Biofuels
Geoengineering: Pulling CO2 From the Air
Geoengineering: Science Assessment
Volume 2(3) March 2008
Climate Treaty Proposal
Wall Street Technology Guidelines
Trade Issues Still a Hot Topic
USCIB on WTO, Trade, and Climate
Embodied Carbon
EU Emissions Trading Scheme
Congressional Research Service:
DOE – Bodman on Energy Budget
DOE: Wind Power
Government Accounting Office
Senate: Carbon Capture and Storage
EPA: Carbon Capture and Storage
EPA: Legislative Analysis
United Nations: Bali
World Food Prize
Business Risk Management
Energy Efficiency Award
Russia and The Kyoto Protocol
IPIECA: Carbon Capture and Storage
EPRI: Ocean, Wave and Current Energy
Ultracapacitor-Based Energy Storage
Cheaper Battery for Hybrids
Café and Technology Innovation
A Take on Hybrid Cars
Future of Clean Coal
Waste Heat Into Power
Energy Audits
Climate and Water Management
NSR Changes
Ethanol from Wood
Bacteria and Butanol
Nano-Prospecting
Nanomaterial Regulation
Nanowire Solar Cells
Statistical Abstract
Climate Stabilization Estimates
Units of Measurement
UK Royal Society on Biofuels
Climate Legislation Update
Volume 2(4) April 2008
CBO Weigh-In on Carbon Policy
Breakthrough on Carbon Capture
Air Capture of CO2
Transitioning to Stabilization
Climate and Trade Policy
Solar Power: Silicon Alternatives
Financing Technology Development
Carbon Sequestration Assessment
Inducing Technology Innovation
Biofuels and Land Use Change
RFF On Cap, Trade, and Auction
Climate Change Torts
Asia Pacific Partnership
EIA –Energy Profiles
EIA – 2008 Energy Conference
GAO - Hydrogen
IEA – U.S. Energy Policy Critique
World Bank – Trade
ECOFIN on Climate Policy Instruments
Congress: Air Capture
Solar Costs and New Photovoltaics
Update on Nanotech Risks
New Enzymes for Cellulosic Biofuels
Academy Names Grand Challenges
Plug-Ins and Water Demand
Fuel from Algae
Heard on the Street
Volume 2(5) May 2008
Climate Policy: States vs. Feds
Japan-U.S. Climate Change Dialogue
Congress: Climate Change and Trade
USTR: Trade, Climate and WTO
Executive Authority: Climate Change
Carbon Trading: $1 Trillion by 2020
CO2: Transport and Storage Costs
Duke: Lieberman-Warner Legislation
Wanted: More Solar Innovation
Economics: CO2 Capture from Air
OECD: Environmental Outlook
CRS: Reports of Interest
NETL: Carbon Sequestration Roadmap
Solar Without the Panels
Wind: A Whale of a Tale
Stabilizing Climate
Nanotube Capture of Greenhouse Gas
Innovation: Food for Thought
Volume 2(6) June 2008
World Food Prize
China: CO2 Emissions Growth
Japan: Climate Change Issues
IPCC Underestimates Tech Demand
Regulating CO2 Sequestration
More re CO2 Capture from Air
Presidential Power on Climate Change
Carbon Fiber Venue
GHG Emissions Trading Costs
Energy Security and Electricity Markets
International Gas Markets
Green Building
EPA: S. 2191 Legislation Analysis
CBO: S. 2191 Legislation Analysis
MIT: S. 2191 Legislation Analysis
LBL: RPS Status Report
LBL: Managing Carbon Risk
ORNL: Plug-In Hybrid Impacts
Congressional Research Service
EPA: Water Program Strategy
GAO: Advanced Energy Technology
National Academies Energy Summit
Taxing CO2 Emissions
Managing Carbon
Hurricane Damage Assessment
Efficiency, Sustainability and Growth
Understanding Exergy
Power System Optimization
CO-Firing Switchgrass with Coal
Improving CO2 Capture
Carbon Sequestration in Saline Aquifers
New Process for Making Ethanol
Data Centers and Energy Consumption
Cheaper, Hardier Solar Cells
ISO 14001 and Capacity Building
Clean Vehicle Research Initiative
Cutting Silicon Solar Demand
World’s Smartest Grid?
Nanomaterials Applications
Novel Method for Hydrogen Production
What Role for Methane Hydrates?
Plug-In Cars and Power Plants
Expanding Wind Power Range
Solar Cell Power Boost
Soot and Climate Change
Climate Report from Sweden
Volume 2(7) July 2008
G8 Business Summit Outcome
CBO: Nuclear Industry Analysis
U.S. Energy Market Subsidies
CBO: Cap-and-Trade Programs
Models: Climate Change Legislation
IPCC: Climate Change and Water
Mapping CO2 Emissions
RFF: Commentary on Project Siting
AEI: Environmental Indicators
RFF: Transmission and Renewables
RFF: Climate Change Policy
Greenland Ice Melt
EDF: Climate Models
CAP: Maximizing CCS
DOE: Wind Energy
EIA: Climate Change Legislation
DOC: China and India
USDA: Food Prices
Census Bureau: Pollution
GAO: Fuel Switching
CRS: Food Price Issues
CRS: Science and Technology
GHGs and Food Production
A Twist on Corn Ethanol
Scheduling Wind Power
Making Synfuels Cleaner
Ethanol-Food Controversy
Climate Change Water Quality Strategy
New Lithium Ion Battery
One Step Cellulose Production?
Startup Cuts Solar Costs
Solar Panel Price Drop
Water Desalination
Solar Thin Film Technology
Volume 2(8) August 2008
UNFCCC Business Activities
Brookings on Trade Issues
Expert Opinion on Climate Change
Mckinsey Climate Report Review
Analysis of Sectoral Approaches
Mapping Out Climate Policy
RFF: Natural Economy Accounting
ACEEE on Energy Efficiency Markets
Biofuels and Gasoline
AAAS: Encourage Young Researchers
AEI: Geoengineering Approaches
Nuclear Fuel Recycling
Transatlantic Climate Dialogue
Energy Prices and Crop Production
NETL: Gas and Electricity Cost Impacts
IEA: U.S. CCS Program
CBO: Role of Nuclear Power
CBO: Legislation Cost Estimate
CBO: Climate Change Testimony
EIA: Renewable Energy Stats
EIA: ANWR Analysis
CCSP: Climate Change Assessment
CCSP: Climate Change Effects
CRS: Reports Of Interest
Hydrogen for Fuel Cells
Cooling Solar Cells
End Life Impact of Buildings
More Powerful Fuel Cells
Plant Construction Costs Are Up
Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Opens
Deep Water Wind Power
Will Biofuel Crops Be Invasive Species?
Plug-Ins and Water Demand
Food For Thought
Volume 2(9) September 2008
RFF Climate Change Workshop
Global CO2 Emissions Trends
Senate: Technology Challenges
LBL Director on Technology
Japan: Prime Minister on Climate
Abrupt Climate Change Research
Harvard: Assessment of DOE Budget
SD-Pam Backgrounder
Water Quality and Quantity
RAND: Renewables and Energy
EIA: International Energy Outlook
Intelligence: Climate vs Security
CCSP: Weather and Climate Extremes
CCSP: Weather and Climate Extremes
CBO: Offsetting Economic Impacts
DOE: Lighting Prize
CRS: Reports Of Interest
Congress: Energy Manhattan Project
Prospects for Ethanol
Yucca Mountain Revisited
Bioenergy and Unused Land Resources
Sea Ice and Permafrost
Overseas Technology Competition
Volume 2(10) October 2008
EPA Issues GHG ANPR
Kopp on Technology Challenges
Avoided Deforestation Options
Pielke on Climate Change
CARB Climate Change Plan
Energy Institute
Security and Climate: Gaffney
Security and Climate: Fingar
Energy Subsidies
Clean Energy Export Guides
India: Climate Action Plan
Biofuels Assessment
Federal Register: Ozone
Federal Register: Aerosols
Federal Register: Climate Syntheses
Federal Register: Energy
NOAA: Coral Reefs
EPA: Land Use
CRS: Reports of Interest
CBO: Infrastructure
GAO: Loan Guarantees
CCSP: Climate Effects
Simplifying Desalination
Update on Plug-In Cars
Addressing Freshwater Demand
Freshwater From Seawater
Solar Superstorm
Urban GHG Inventories
Vehicle Emissions
Boosting Cellulosic Biofuels
Climate Health Impacts
Carbon Sequestration
Wave Energy
Sequestration Study
Solar Improvements
Coral Reefs
Greenland Ice Sheet
Ocean Acidification
Solar Costs
Forest Carbon
Volume 2(11) November 2008
Advancing Coal Capture
The Evolving Energy Grid
MIT: Transportation’s Future
CBO Climate Change Testimony
Carbon Footprinting
Climate and Competitiveness
Hydrogen and Transportation
CCSP Climate Reports
CRS: Reports of Interest
DOE: Next Generation Nuclear Plants
A Power Grid Smartens Up
Managing Energy
Clean-Coal Debut in Germany
Is Gm's Volt Ready to Roll?
Better Batteries Charge Up
Sunny Forecast for Fuel Cells
A Cool Fuel Cell
Solar Roofing Materials
Intensifying the Sun
Solar-Power Breakthrough
More-Efficient Solar Cells
New Route to Hydrocarbon Biofuels
More Energy-Efficient Ethanol
Gas Hydrates on the Front Burner
Liquid Fuel Production Costs
Metals Usage
Natural Gas to Gasoline
Volume 2(12) December 2008
The Utility–Consumer Nexus
GAO: Offset Problems
Social Cost of Carbon
Carbon Sequestration:
The Case for a Carbon Tax
Google: Clean Energy 2030
APS: Energy Efficiency
RAND: Unconventional Fuels
GAO: Carbon Capture and Storage
NETL: Modern Grid Strategy
EIA: Accuracy of Forecasts
EIA: Hydrogen Economy Impacts
IMF: World Economic Outlook
FERC: Electricity Restructuring
Efficient, Cheap Solar Cells
Strategies for the Energy Crisis
Debating Science
High-Efficiency Generators for Hybrids
Mercury Emissions from Fluorescent Bulbs
Water Scarcity
Flexible Silicon Solar Cells
Better Solar for Big Buildings
Renault Bets on Electric Vehicles
Sun + Water = Fuel
Mass Production of Plastic Solar Cells