Renewable Energy Laboratory

FISHERMAN’S ENERGY TAKES STEPS TOWARD OFFSHORE WIND FARMS ATLANTIC CITY–A group hoping to build a wind farm off Atlantic City has taken the first step toward making it a reality. Fishermen’s Energy launched an environmental monitoring buoy from a dock in Atlantic City on Thursday.

Renewable energy. In one hour we get enough sunlight on the earth to power the planet for a year. The molecular design of new materials for efficient harvesting of photons from the sun is promising. But storing that energy requires the next generation of batteries: sustainable, safe, and high-energy. Alan Heeger, Lon Bell and Jean-Marie [...]