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