Welcome to Powerfuture. I am interested in advanced energy systems and alternative energy sources. I am also very concerned with future energy development.
(wiki) Energy development
Alternative Propulsion
NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics - http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/bpp/
NASA - Warp Drive, When? - http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/research/warp/warp.html
Advanced Energy Research Organization - http://www.aero2012.com/
(wiki) Zero-point energy
(wiki) United States gravity control propulsion initiative
(wiki) Alternative propulsion
(wiki) Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program
Masdar
The Masdar Initiative - http://www.masdaruae.com/
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (ADFEC)
World Future Energy Summit
Biofuels
Clean Combustion
CO2 Capture and Storage
Concentrating PV
Concentrating Solar Power
Energy Efficiency in Buildings
Energy Efficiency in Industry
Green Construction
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
Marine: Wave and Tidal
Photo-voltaic
Sustainable Desalination
Waste to Energy
Wind: Onshore and Offshore
WFES 2008 - Abu Dhabi, January 21-23 - http://www.wfes08.com/
The Department of Energy's National Energy Policy goals include diversifying the country's energy mix and reducing dependence on foreign petroleum; reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts; creating a more flexible, more reliable, and higher-capacity U.S. energy infrastructure; and improving efficiency and productivity.
A good resource if your interested in energy is the United States Department of Energy's Energy Sources page.
Also at the Department of Energy, check out what's going on at all the national laboratories.
International Energy Agency - iea.org
Energy Information Administration - http://www.eia.doe.gov/
Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) - http://www.secureenergy.org/
California Center for Sustainable Energy - http://www.sdreo.org/
Startech Environmental Corporation
Startech's plasma gasification technology converts solid waste (aka trash) into energy. Their $250 million dollar plasma converters use a 650-volt current to create an arc of 30,000 degrees F, which disintegrates the trash into its building block elements. The by-products are obsidian-like glass and a hydrocarbon syngas that can be converted into fuels.
Read this article about Startech plasma technology on http://www.popsci.com/
Also see the Startech website - http://www.startech.net/
Applied Power Electronics Conference - http://www.apec-conf.org/
Power Sources Manufacturers Association - http://www.psma.com/
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - http://www.ieee.org/
IEEE Power Electronic Society - http://www.pels.org/
IEEE - Industry Applications Society - http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/ias/
CERAWeek - http://www.cera.com/ceraweek/
DistribuTECH 2007 - http://dt07.events.pennnet.com/fl/index.cfm - Innovative Energy, T&D, and Water Solutions
If you are interested in wireless energy transfer, check out Wardenclyffe Tower, Nikola Tesla's wireless energy project.
GE Energy - http://www.gepower.com/
Nuclear
For a list of my nuclear energy resources, visit Powerfusion.
California Public Utilities Commission - http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/
California Independent System Operator - http://www.caiso.com/
Sempra Energy - http://www.sempra.com/ - parent company of San Diego Gas & Electric
Wind Power
I think wind is one of the most exciting opportunities for renewable energy, even though it seems most of the hype is given to photovoltaics. Check out my WindFarmer page for more information.
Tidal Power
Lumkara - Check out the Russian project that used the ocean's movement to generate electricity.
Finavera - http://www.finavera.com/ - AquaBuOY wave technology
Biofuels
Range Fuels - http://www.rangefuels.com/
Coskata - http://www.coskataenergy.com/
Gushan Environmental Energy - http://www.chinagushan.com/ - China biodiesel
Codexis Bioindustrials - http://www.codexis.com/
Mascoma - http://www.mascoma.com/
Genencor - http://www.genencor.com/
BlueFire Ethanol - http://bluefireethanol.com/
Verenium - http://www.verenium.com/
Renewable Fuels Association - http://www.ethanolrfa.org/
Iowa Renewable Fuels Association - http://www.iowarfa.org/
Canadian Renewable Fuels Association - http://www.greenfuels.org/
Fruit could make 'powerful fuel' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6224846.stm - An article about dimethylfuran
Electric
MIT's Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems
Electricite de France - http://www.edf.com/
National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
A123 Systems - http://www.a123systems.com/
American Power Conversion - http://www.apc.com/
Hydrogen
National Hydrogen Association - http://www.hydrogenassociation.org/
Hydrogen Student Design Contest - http://www.hydrogencontest.org/
Korea Electric Power
Japanese Electric Companies
Chubu Electric Power Co.,Inc - http://www.chuden.co.jp/
Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. - http://www.hepco.co.jp/
Hokuriku Electric Power Co.,Inc - http://www.rikuden.co.jp/
Kyushu Electric Power Co.,Inc - http://www.kyuden.co.jp/
Shikoku Electric Power Co.,Inc - http://www.yonden.co.jp/
The Chugoku Electric Power Co.,Inc - http://www.energia.co.jp/
The Kansai Electric Power Co.,Inc - http://www.kepco.co.jp/
The Okinawa Electric Power Co.,Inc - http://www.okiden.co.jp/
Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. - http://www.tohoku-epco.co.jp/
Tokyo Electric Power Co - http://www.tepco.co.jp/
China Energy
China National Petroleum - http://www.cnpc.com.cn/
Ethanol
A directory of distilleries and fuel-ethanol plants can be found http://www.distill.com/usa.html
Microbial Fuel Cells
Scientists have discovered a bacteria that converts sugar directly into electricity. The article can be found on sciscoop.com Check out the microbial fuel cell article on references subsection for a list of related publications.
A good resource is the U.S. Government's site for fuel economy, www.fueleconomy.gov
Ultracapacitors
Ultracapacitors store energy as an electrical field between conducting plates and can be charged in less than a second.
One of the leaders in ultracapacitor technology is Maxwell Technologies. Check out their ultracapacitor page on http://www.maxwell.com/ultracapacitors/index.html
Ultracapacitor is another name for supercapacitor. Check out this entry on supercapacitors on wiki
Custom Energy Solutions
Disenco Energy - http://www.disenco.com/
(wiki) Petroleum
American Petroleum Institute - http://www.api.org/
Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary - http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/default.cfm
John Hall Associates - http://www.jhal.com/
Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company - http://www.gnpoc.com/
Mexico - Petroleos Mexicanos - http://www.pemex.com.mx/
Venezuela - Petroleos de Venezuela - http://www.pdvsa.com/
Brazil - Petrobras - http://www.petrobras.com/
Paraguay - Petropar - Petroleos Paraguayos - http://www.petropar.gov.py/
Energy Africa - http://www.energy-africa.com/
Oilexco - http://www.oilexco.com/
Nexen - http://www.nexeninc.com/
Powerfuture News
2008-03-20 - (ft) - South Africa backs 60% electricity price hike
2008-02-26 - (bloomberg) - Millions of Floridians lose electricity after failure
2008-02-19 - (ft) - Oil reaches record above $100
2008-02-18 - (ft) - Power crisis overshadows S Africa budget
2008-02-18 - (ft) - Brazil's secrets of big oil discoveries stolen
2008-02-13 - (ft) - What power to the people?
National Laboratories
Argonne National Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Idaho National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
National Energy Technology Laboratory
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Sandia National Laboratories
Savannah River National Laboratory
Technology Centers
Ames Laboratory
New Brunswick Laboratory
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Radiological & Environmental Sciences Laboratory
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
List of scientific user facilities
Accelerator Test Facility
Advanced Light Source
Advanced Photon Source
Alcator C-Mod
Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement
B-Factory
Bates Linear Accelerator Center
Booster Neutrino
Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
Center for Microanalysis of Materials
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
Center for Nanoscale Materials
Combustion Research Facility
Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
DIII-D Tokamak Facility
Electron Microscopy Center for Materials Research
Energy Sciences Network
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Final Focus Test Beam
Free Air CO Experiment
High Flux Isotope Reactor Center for Neutron Scattering
Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility
Intense Pulsed Neutron Source
James R. Macdonald Laboratory
Joint Genome Institute
Linac Coherent Light Source
Main Injector
Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
Manuel Lujan Jr. Neutron Scattering Center
Materials Preparation Center
Molecular Foundry
National Center for Electron Microscopy
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
National Spherical Torus Experiment
National Synchrotron Light Source
Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator
Neutrinos at the Main Injector
Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory
Pulse Radiolysis Facility
Radiochemical Engineering Development Center
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
Shared Research Equipment Program
Spallation Neutron Source
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
Structural Biology Center
Tevatron Collider
Texas A&M Cyclotron Institute
Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory
University of Washington Tandem Van de Graaff
Yale University Tandem Van de Graaff