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Energy

Grant supports study of dairy/energy/water links

Posted on February 28, 2017

A new grant from the USDA will support UW research on the relationships among dairy farm operations, water use and quality, and energy use.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Economy, Energy, Faculty, Food, Research, Water

Clean energy for sustainable manufacturing

Posted on January 6, 2017

Researchers in the new REMADE institute will focus on improving sustainable manufacturing and on an education and workforce development program to fill identified gaps.

Posted in NewsTagged Economy, Energy, Research, Waste

Harnessing foot power

Posted on December 13, 2016

Researchers at UW–Madison and the USFS Forest Products Lab are perfecting a way to turn tiny cellulose fibers in wood pulp into a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) that can harvest electricity from the environment.

Posted in NewsTagged Energy, Research, Technology

Greener plastic production

Posted on December 6, 2016

UW–Madison chemists have enabled a new way to make a common plastic ingredient that uses less energy, reduces waste carbon dioxide, and creates more useful byproducts.

Posted in NewsTagged Energy, Research, Waste

Wisconsin Energy and Sustainability Challenge winners

Posted on November 21, 2016

Transforma, winners of the Global Stewards Sustainability Prize, devised a strategy to engage unemployed women in Costa Rica in transforming plastic waste into sellable products. Pathogenomica, winners of the Dvorak Energy Prize, are applying DNA …

Posted in NewsTagged Energy, Events, Students

“Super yeast” may improve biofuel economics

Posted on October 14, 2016

Scientists at UW–Madison and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) have found a way to nearly double the efficiency with which a common yeast converts plant sugars to biofuel. The newly engineered “super yeast” …

Posted in NewsTagged Energy, Research

Grad student research recognized in Japan

Posted on December 15, 2015

December 15, 2015 | by Sarah Olson University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate student Eleanor Bloom presented her research on sustainable systems for residential heating and cooling at a conference last month in Kashiwa, Japan, where she earned second …

Posted in NewsTagged Academics, Energy, Engineering, Research, Students

Unplug to save money

Posted on December 14, 2015

  Unplug your TV when not in use Your television draws energy even when you aren’t using it because it must always ready to receive a signal. Turned off and plugged in, an average TV draws 5 watts per …

Posted in NewsTagged Campus Life, Energy, Office of Sustainability, What You Can Do

Combining biomass and solar energy conversion

Posted on March 11, 2015

In a study published March 9 in Nature Chemistry, UW–Madison chemistry professor Kyoung-Shin Choi presents a new approach to combine solar energy conversion and biomass conversion, two important research areas for renewable energy.

Posted in NewsTagged Energy, Faculty, L&S, Research

Bioenergy research leads to 100th patent

Posted on March 2, 2015
Posted in NewsTagged Biosciences, Energy, Government, Research, Technology, The Wisconsin Idea
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