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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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Montana State University. Murray State University. University of Southern Mississippi. Assessing and managing sustainable resource utilization in the Gulf Coast requires rapidly deployable, highly sensitive, specific sensors. University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. Jackson State University.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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In September 2017 , Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. The winds had barely died down when electric-power specialists and others began calling for a radical overhaul of Puerto Rico’s electricity networks, one that would emphasize renewable energy, distributed generation, and, critically, microgrids.

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NSF Awards Rutgers $7.6M for Sustainable Energy Development, Graduate Education

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Rutgers University two grants worth $6.4 million to fund graduate research in clean and sustainable energy resources using biotechnology and nanotechnology. The foundation also has awarded the university up to $1.25 The grant is valued at up to $3.2 million over five years. “

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Researchers Identify Conditions for Increased Atlantic Hurricane Activity

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Reconstructions of past hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean indicate that the most active hurricane period in the past was during the Medieval Climate Anomaly about a thousand years ago when climate conditions created a “perfect storm” of La Niña-like conditions combined with warm tropical Atlantic waters. Michael Mann.

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ARPA-E to award $22M to 18 projects to accelerate production of macroalgae for energy and other uses; MARINER

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The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will award $22 million in funding to 18 projects as part of the Macroalgae Research Inspiring Novel Energy Resources (MARINER) program. University of Southern Mississippi – Hattiesburg, MS. University of Southern Mississippi – Hattiesburg, MS. 500,000.

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