Berkeley Lab technologies enabling energy-saving roofs, next generation Li-S batteries, faster development of disease-fighting therapeutics, safer drinking water, and risk assessment for proposed carbon capture technologies each received 2016 R&D 100 Awards last week at a recognition event in Washington, D.C. Since 1984, Berkeley Lab has won 85 R&D 100 … [Read more...] about Five 2016 R&D100 Awards for Berkeley Lab Technologies
Fast, Accurate Estimation of Renewable Energy Generation on the Distribution Grid 2016-077
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Monitoring and control of distribution grid ADVANTAGES: Estimates real-time generation of behind the meter distributed PV Designed to become more accurate over time ABSTRACT: As the penetration of distributed generation on the grid from resources such as wind and solar increases, so does the complexity of operating a power … [Read more...] about Fast, Accurate Estimation of Renewable Energy Generation on the Distribution Grid 2016-077
Dub-seq: Double Barcoded Shotgun Expression Library Sequencing 2015-160
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Drug discovery and screening Functional genomics Synthetic biology Enzyme discovery ADVANTAGES: High throughput Scalable Less labor intensive and expensive than current approaches Enables gene function annotation ABSTRACT: Though current functional genomics technologies coupled with next generation sequencing have … [Read more...] about Dub-seq: Double Barcoded Shotgun Expression Library Sequencing 2015-160
Bio-Based Innovation Award Goes To Lygos
Berkeley Lab startup Lygos won the Bio-Based Chemical Innovation of the Year award at the Bio-Based Live conference in San Francisco for its technology to produce malonic acid from sugars derived from non-food biomass. The Lygos process, demonstrated in 2015 at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Biofuels Demonstration Unit (ABPDU), offers a cleaner alternative to the current approach of … [Read more...] about Bio-Based Innovation Award Goes To Lygos
Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP) Training IB-3007
ABSTRACT The DCEP training program certifies that energy practitioners are qualified to evaluate the energy status and efficiency opportunities in energy-intensive data centers. DCEPS benefit property management companies, engineering consulting firms, service companies, data center operators, state energy agencies and utilities, among others, by supporting reduced energy … [Read more...] about Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP) Training IB-3007