U.S. Secretary of Energy visits Hillhouse laboratory
U.S. Secretary of Energy, Dr. Ernest J. Moniz, visited the Hillhouse laboratory to see their innovations on photovoltaic materials and solution processed solar cells in August. ...
CEI hosts national leaders at regional clean energy workshop
Clean energy leaders from across the Pacific Northwest joined U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest J. Moniz, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, and U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer to discuss the region’s challenges and opportunities for advancing clean energy. ...
A Tiny Tool with Great Potential
CEI Grad Fellows Esfahani, Eshghinejad, CEI Faculty Adler and Li, and collaborators describe a new nanoscale probe that could produce big improvements in batteries and fuels cells. ...
CEI researchers illuminate ways to heal defects in solar cells
In a paper out this week in Nature Communications, CEI Associate Director David Ginger, CEI Fellow Dane deQuilettes, and their collaborators show that light exposure can help heal defects in certain types of solar cells. How? It’s all about the ions. ...
Job Posting: CEI Education and Training Fellow Position
Part of the Clean Energy Institute’s mission is to create future innovators in clean energy by expanding the STEM workforce, increasing research capacity, and improving public understanding of clean energy science. The Institute is currently accepting applications for a new RA position to support its outreach and education programs in these areas. ...
Connected Campuses to Test Transactive Energy
A first-of-its-kind partnership in Washington state seeks to develop and demonstrate the technologies to cost effectively balance energy use among buildings, campuses, and cities in multiple regions of the state. ...
UW experts call Paris climate agreement ‘bold,’ ‘encouraging’
The Paris Climate Agreement — combined with the Mission Innovation and Breakthrough Energy Coalition pledges to invest billions of new dollars in clean energy — is a signal that the world is committed to accelerating the development of scalable clean energy innovations. ...
Faculty and Students Present Battery Research on Capitol Hill
A team of CEI graduate fellows and researchers from professor Venkat Subramanian's laboratory were one of six groups invited to exhibit at an ARPA-E sponsored Congressional Showcase attended by elected officials and staff members. ...