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Pat Brennan, The Orange County Register  A group of California universities that includes UC Irvine landed a $122 million grant Thursday to attempt a scientific breakthrough: converting sunlight directly into fuel. The five-year project, to be funded by the Department of Energy and led by Caltech, will seek to create an artificial way to perform a task that leaves perform naturally — combining sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to create an energy source. The...

UCI among California universities receiving up to $122 million to create fuels from sunlight By Janet Wilson, University Communications U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman today (July 22) awarded up to $122 million over five years to a team of top California scientists to establish an Energy Innovation Hub aimed at pioneering revolutionary methods to generate fuels directly from sunlight. “This is a major science win for California,” said John Hemminger, dean of UC Irvine’s...