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MIT PHOTOSYNTHETIC KIT PROTOTYPE. "Within a few years a villager in a remote, off-grid location could “take that bag, mix it with anything green and paint it on the roof” to start producing power, which could then charge cellphones or lanterns." A kit the size of a door could power a home. " " http://lnkd.in/dc7Uggbhttp://lnkd.in/dRZAqQ6 View in LinkedIn

CLEAN TRILLION INITIATIVE. "Billionaire investors and climate-focused policy advocates like hedge-fund founder billionaire Tom Steyer and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin gathered at the United Nations this week to call for more investments in renewables and changes to financial markets that would boost investments, according to Bloomberg. The figure they had in mind? $1 trillion per year—dubbed a “Clean Trillion” by Ceres and others."" " http://lnkd.in/dSt8qyU View in LinkedIn

EUROPE BULLISH ON SUN POWER. "There is growing conviction in Europe and elsewhere that, by 2050, a large proportion of our fuels will come from such “artificial leaves”, and that there is no time to lose starting the crucial enabling research, in order to gain technology leadership in this important future key technology."" " http://lnkd.in/dBdXiU4 View in LinkedIn

PROMISING RESEARCH."By attaching incredibly fine nanotubules to plant cells and drawing the electrons from them, the team has been able to direct the electrons down a wire as electrical current. Testing the strength of the current, they found that it was twice as powerful as electricity gathered from traditional solar cells of the same size."" " http://lnkd.in/Eb-e3p View in LinkedIn

BERKLEY SOLAR FUEL PROGRAM."The Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) is the nation’s largest research program dedicated to the development of an artificial solar-fuel generation technology. Established in 2010 as a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Innovation Hub, JCAP aims to find a cost-effective method to produce fuels using only sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide as inputs."" " http://lnkd.in/dUYGhrb View in LinkedIn

RESEARCH ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS ON THE VERGE "of not only fully replicating photosynthesis, but actually improving it through nanotechnology work under way by large national projects such as Caltech and Berkeley’s Joint Center on Artificial Photosynthesis, the Solar H2 network based at Uppsala University, the Solar Fuels Initiative (SOFI) based at Northwestern University, and Dan Nocera’s work at MIT and Harvard."" " http://lnkd.in/dSiUFwU View in LinkedIn

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 2011 CHALLENGE. “This is our generation’s Sputnik moment.” In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama threw down the gauntlet: “We’re issuing a challenge,” he said “We’re telling America’s scientists and engineers that if they assemble teams of the best minds in their fields, and focus on the hardest problems in clean energy, we’ll fund the Apollo Projects of our time.” " " http://lnkd.in/dcUfZpz View in LinkedIn

INTERNATIONAL EFFORT FIZZLED."In 1978, Japan's then Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda proposed to his US counterpart, Jimmy Carter, that the two countries conduct joint research into photosynthesis with a view to biotically converting solar to chemical energy. The proposal was based on advice from RIKEN researchers, including plant physiologist Yorinao Inoue. RIKEN's photosynthesis project ended in 1999. Currently, photosynthesis is studied at only a few RIKEN laboratories."" " http://lnkd.in/FKDKfT View in LinkedIn

PROMISE OF ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS: "photosynthesis can provide a real contribution towards our sustainable, green fuel requirements in the future. However, it is argued that the focus on biofuels is misplaced and that, in the longer term, investment in artificial photosynthesis will prove much more beneficial."" " http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23816912/ View in LinkedIn

LONDON'S SMART PARKING SENSORS. "The sensors will detect whether a bay is vacant or not. Combined with an app that allows drivers to view a real-time map of parking spaces it will direct them to an empty space. On average, drivers spend 15 minutes looking for a parking space in the area, the council said."" " http://lnkd.in/dnGMy3f View in LinkedIn