renewable energy

Horiba Group commits $9 million to UCI for new institute

Written on August 29, 2018.

Research to focus on better connectivity between transportation and energy sectors Irvine, Calif., Aug. 29, 2018 – Horiba Group, a leading global provider of analytical and measurement systems, has committed $9 million to the Advanced Power and Energy Program at the University of California, Irvine to establish the Horiba Institute for Mobility and Connectivity. HIMAC will focus research and education efforts on combining formerly disparate energy and transportation sectors into an integrated...

India’s outsized coal plans would wipe out Paris climate goals

Written on April 12, 2017.

UCI, CoalSwarm: Hundreds of new dirty power plants aren’t needed Irvine, Calif., April 25, 2017 – India will not be able to meet its Paris climate agreement commitments in the coming years if it carries through with plans to construct nearly 370 coal-fired power plants, according to University of California, Irvine and CoalSwarm researchers. “India is facing a dilemma of its own making,” said UCI associate professor of Earth system science Steven Davis, co-author of a study published today...

Greening the grid

Written on January 3, 2017.

UCI tests integration of renewable hydrogen into existing natural gas systems Brian Bell / UCI There are lots of different kinds of laboratories at the University of California, Irvine, but a unique one being used by Advanced Power & Energy Program researchers also happens to generate partly renewable electricity and heat for the campus. UCI’s power plant has been made available to APEP engineers so they can study the safety and effectiveness of power-to-gas, a process in which excess...

U.S., Iranian solar energy scientists convene at UCI

Written on December 7, 2010.

Meeting provides a collegial counterpoint to stormy political environment. Janet Wilson, University Communications Weeks before an Iranian nuclear scientist was killed by a car bomb and WikiLeaks detailed neighboring nations’ fear of Iran’s warhead capabilities, a more peaceful event took place at UC Irvine. A dozen Iranian solar energy scientists met with their American counterparts for a two-day mid-November workshop at the Arnold & Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies...

UCI to become living renewable energy lab

Written on September 16, 2009.

The UC Irvine campus will become a living renewable energy laboratory under a statewide program designed to make electricity generation and transportation safer, cleaner and more affordable for Californians. Kathy Haq, Advanced Power & Energy Program The UC Irvine campus will become a living renewable energy laboratory under a statewide program designed to make electricity generation and transportation safer, cleaner and more affordable for Californians. The Advanced Power &...

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Horiba Group commits $9 million to UCI for new institute

India’s outsized coal plans would wipe out Paris climate goals

Greening the grid

U.S., Iranian solar energy scientists convene at UCI

UCI to become living renewable energy lab