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Advanced Energy Research Technology Center Being Built At Stony Brook University
Stony Brook NY (SPX) Oct 16, 2007 Ground will be broken Tuesday for a $35 million energy center that will work to make alternative energy available to everyone and establish Long Island as a leader in the growing alternative energy sector. The Advanced Energy Research Technology Center being built on the campus of SUNY Stony Brook will research and promote every area of alternative energy, including solar, wind, hydrogen fuel cells, geothermal, biomass and nano-technology. "All these energy sources are being used on Long Island and other places on the planet in a small way and we are going to see how they can be brought to the masses," said Robert Catell, Vice President National Grid USA Energy Corp., and a co-chair of the tech center. New York State is paying to build the state of the art building, which itself, will be the most energy efficient building in the state, and only one of 26 in the nation to get the top Platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council in Washington, D.C. The AERTC will establish Long Island as an area for alternative energy research and create exciting career opportunities, said Senate Deputy Majority Leader Dean Skelos, Rockville Centre, before the 11 a.m. groundbreaking and ceremony at the Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook. Long Island and the entire state are in dire need of new energy sources, said Dr. Yacov Shamash, AERTC Vice Chairman. "We are scratching the surface with a few solar panels here and a few windmills there, and a smattering of buildings using hydrogen fuel cells or geo-thermal technology," said Shamash. "We have the technology to produce enough alternative energy to power a nation, but we need the will and industrial structure to develop it," he said. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico that threaten oil fineries and natural gas producers, show how vulnerable our energy supply is, said Catell. "This instability has a disastrous effect on the economy, as well as national security," he said. "Our country has gone through oil shortages in the 1970s, when foreign countries embargoed oil shipments and yet we still import a majority of our energy needs from these same countries," he said. "The argument for a secure, efficient energy supply we control within our borders is obvious," Catell said. "It is my hope that the center's research will unlock the mystery to alternative sources of energy and help reduce our dependence on foreign fuels, create new jobs and enhance our economic growth," said Sen. Kenneth P. LaValle of R-Selden. The Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center building is preparing to conform to the highest level of energy sustainability administered by the U.S. Green Building Council, a Washington D.C.-based, nonprofit coalition of building industry leaders. The building will have a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) platinum rating, which means it has achieved maximum energy efficiency in five distinct categories: sustainable site, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, material and resources and indoor environmental quality.
- Sustainable Site -- Parking for low emission vehicles and use of vegetation that eliminates storm water runoff, while providing shade to keep blacktop from generating heat will be used. The energy center will also seek to improve the efficiencies of existing fuels and improve the conservation of fuels-including oil and natural gas-that are in decreasing supply. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links All About Solar Energy at SolarDaily.com
Leading Experts In Organic Solar Cells Say The Field Is Being Damaged By Questionable Reports
Oxford, UK (SPX) Oct 16, 2007In the latest issue of Elsevier's Materials Dr. Gilles Dennler of Konarka Austria GmbH and twenty other experts warn that an unseemly race to report organic solar cells (OSCs) with world record efficiencies is leading to a significant number of published papers claiming unrealistic and scientifically questionable results and performances. |
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