EMERGING TECHNOLOGY UPDATE VOLUME 2 – ISSUE INDEX, 2008 Volume 2(1) January 2008 Keidanren Climate Change Proposal CBO Climate Change Conference The Incomplete Cooperation Scenario Economist Critiques IPCC Report Trade and Climate Change ETC Web Site – A Resource Tool Managing Climate Change Costs Economist Addresses Priorities RFF Climate Adaptation Initiative Congressional Research Service International Atomic Energy Agency International Energy Agency Climate Change Science Program Energy Information Administration In the Federal Register GHG Biofuel Impacts Carbon Sequestration Projects Kyoto Carbon Offsets Coal Plants: Replace or Retrofit? Carbon Capture Technology Storing Syngas Biofueling Water Problems From Oilfields to Energy Farms Tiny Solar Cells Oil From Wood New Way to Make Hydrogen Superefficient Solar Cells Volume 2(2) February 2008 Clean Technology Trade Issues Congressional Research Service: DOE/EIA: Climate Legislation Analysis DOE/EIA: 2008 Energy Outlook DOE/PNNL: Eye On Smart Grids CBO: Spent Nuclear Fuel The Climate–Security Nexus The GCEP Program Green Building Technology Renewable Energy Investment Energy Efficiency in China Gadgets to Spur Energy Conservation Expandable Silicon Improving Fuel Cells for Cars Super-Charging Lithium Batteries Transport Sector Climate Forcing Socioclimatic Exposure Indices Wind Turbine Baseload Power Expanding Biofuels Use Another Take on Biofuels How Green are Biofuels? Feasibility of Ethanol from Switchgrass Will Biofuels Kill the Gulf of Mexico? The Costs of Biofuels Geoengineering: Pulling CO2 From the Air Geoengineering: Science Assessment Volume 2(3) March 2008 Climate Treaty Proposal Wall Street Technology Guidelines Trade Issues Still a Hot Topic USCIB on WTO, Trade, and Climate Embodied Carbon EU Emissions Trading Scheme Congressional Research Service: DOE – Bodman on Energy Budget DOE: Wind Power Government Accounting Office Senate: Carbon Capture and Storage EPA: Carbon Capture and Storage EPA: Legislative Analysis United Nations: Bali World Food Prize Business Risk Management Energy Efficiency Award Russia and The Kyoto Protocol IPIECA: Carbon Capture and Storage EPRI: Ocean, Wave and Current Energy Ultracapacitor-Based Energy Storage Cheaper Battery for Hybrids Café and Technology Innovation A Take on Hybrid Cars Future of Clean Coal Waste Heat Into Power Energy Audits Climate and Water Management NSR Changes Ethanol from Wood Bacteria and Butanol Nano-Prospecting Nanomaterial Regulation Nanowire Solar Cells Statistical Abstract Climate Stabilization Estimates Units of Measurement UK Royal Society on Biofuels Climate Legislation Update EMERGING TECHNOLOGY UPDATE VOLUME 2 – ISSUE INDEX, 2008 Volume 2(4) April 2008 CBO Weigh-In on Carbon Policy Breakthrough on Carbon Capture Air Capture of CO2 Transitioning to Stabilization Climate and Trade Policy Solar Power: Silicon Alternatives Financing Technology Development Carbon Sequestration Assessment Inducing Technology Innovation Biofuels and Land Use Change RFF On Cap, Trade, and Auction Climate Change Torts Asia Pacific Partnership EIA –Energy Profiles EIA – 2008 Energy Conference GAO - Hydrogen IEA – U.S. Energy Policy Critique World Bank – Trade ECOFIN on Climate Policy Instruments Congress: Air Capture Solar Costs and New Photovoltaics Update on Nanotech Risks New Enzymes for Cellulosic Biofuels Academy Names Grand Challenges Plug-Ins and Water Demand Fuel from Algae Heard on the Street Volume 2(5) May 2008 Climate Policy: States vs. Feds Japan-U.S. Climate Change Dialogue Congress: Climate Change and Trade USTR: Trade, Climate and WTO Executive Authority: Climate Change Carbon Trading: $1 Trillion by 2020 CO2: Transport and Storage Costs Duke: Lieberman-Warner Legislation Wanted: More Solar Innovation Economics: CO2 Capture from Air OECD: Environmental Outlook CRS: Reports of Interest NETL: Carbon Sequestration Roadmap Solar Without the Panels Wind: A Whale of a Tale Stabilizing Climate Nanotube Capture of Greenhouse Gas Innovation: Food for Thought Volume 2(6) June 2008 World Food Prize China: CO2 Emissions Growth Japan: Climate Change Issues IPCC Underestimates Tech Demand Regulating CO2 Sequestration More re CO2 Capture from Air Presidential Power on Climate Change Carbon Fiber Venue GHG Emissions Trading Costs Energy Security and Electricity Markets International Gas Markets Green Building EPA: S. 2191 Legislation Analysis CBO: S. 2191 Legislation Analysis MIT: S. 2191 Legislation Analysis LBL: RPS Status Report LBL: Managing Carbon Risk ORNL: Plug-In Hybrid Impacts Congressional Research Service EPA: Water Program Strategy GAO: Advanced Energy Technology National Academies Energy Summit Taxing CO2 Emissions Managing Carbon Hurricane Damage Assessment Efficiency, Sustainability and Growth Understanding Exergy Power System Optimization CO-Firing Switchgrass with Coal Improving CO2 Capture Carbon Sequestration in Saline Aquifers New Process for Making Ethanol Data Centers and Energy Consumption Cheaper, Hardier Solar Cells ISO 14001 and Capacity Building Clean Vehicle Research Initiative Cutting Silicon Solar Demand World’s Smartest Grid? Nanomaterials Applications Novel Method for Hydrogen Production What Role for Methane Hydrates? Plug-In Cars and Power Plants Expanding Wind Power Range Solar Cell Power Boost Soot and Climate Change Climate Report from Sweden EMERGING TECHNOLOGY UPDATE VOLUME 2 – ISSUE INDEX, 2008 Volume 2(7) July 2008 G8 Business Summit Outcome CBO: Nuclear Industry Analysis U.S. Energy Market Subsidies CBO: Cap-and-Trade Programs Models: Climate Change Legislation IPCC: Climate Change and Water Mapping CO2 Emissions RFF: Commentary on Project Siting AEI: Environmental Indicators RFF: Transmission and Renewables RFF: Climate Change Policy Greenland Ice Melt EDF: Climate Models CAP: Maximizing CCS DOE: Wind Energy EIA: Climate Change Legislation DOC: China and India USDA: Food Prices Census Bureau: Pollution GAO: Fuel Switching CRS: Food Price Issues CRS: Science and Technology GHGs and Food Production A Twist on Corn Ethanol Scheduling Wind Power Making Synfuels Cleaner Ethanol-Food Controversy Climate Change Water Quality Strategy New Lithium Ion Battery One Step Cellulose Production? Startup Cuts Solar Costs Solar Panel Price Drop Water Desalination Solar Thin Film Technology Volume 2(8) August 2008 UNFCCC Business Activities Brookings on Trade Issues Expert Opinion on Climate Change Mckinsey Climate Report Review Analysis of Sectoral Approaches Mapping Out Climate Policy RFF: Natural Economy Accounting ACEEE on Energy Efficiency Markets Biofuels and Gasoline AAAS: Encourage Young Researchers AEI: Geoengineering Approaches Nuclear Fuel Recycling Transatlantic Climate Dialogue Energy Prices and Crop Production NETL: Gas and Electricity Cost Impacts IEA: U.S. CCS Program CBO: Role of Nuclear Power CBO: Legislation Cost Estimate CBO: Climate Change Testimony EIA: Renewable Energy Stats EIA: ANWR Analysis CCSP: Climate Change Assessment CCSP: Climate Change Effects CRS: Reports Of Interest Hydrogen for Fuel Cells Cooling Solar Cells End Life Impact of Buildings More Powerful Fuel Cells Plant Construction Costs Are Up Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Opens Deep Water Wind Power Will Biofuel Crops Be Invasive Species? Plug-Ins and Water Demand Food For Thought Volume 2(9) September 2008 RFF Climate Change Workshop Global CO2 Emissions Trends Senate: Technology Challenges LBL Director on Technology Japan: Prime Minister on Climate Abrupt Climate Change Research Harvard: Assessment of DOE Budget SD-Pam Backgrounder Water Quality and Quantity RAND: Renewables and Energy EIA: International Energy Outlook Intelligence: Climate vs Security CCSP: Weather and Climate Extremes CCSP: Weather and Climate Extremes CBO: Offsetting Economic Impacts DOE: Lighting Prize CRS: Reports Of Interest Congress: Energy Manhattan Project Prospects for Ethanol Yucca Mountain Revisited Bioenergy and Unused Land Resources Sea Ice and Permafrost Overseas Technology Competition EMERGING TECHNOLOGY UPDATE VOLUME 2 – ISSUE INDEX, 2008 Volume 2(10) October 2008 EPA Issues GHG ANPR Kopp on Technology Challenges Avoided Deforestation Options Pielke on Climate Change CARB Climate Change Plan Energy Institute Security and Climate: Gaffney Security and Climate: Fingar Energy Subsidies Clean Energy Export Guides India: Climate Action Plan Biofuels Assessment Federal Register: Ozone Federal Register: Aerosols Federal Register: Climate Syntheses Federal Register: Energy NOAA: Coral Reefs EPA: Land Use CRS: Reports of Interest CBO: Infrastructure GAO: Loan Guarantees CCSP: Climate Effects Simplifying Desalination Update on Plug-In Cars Addressing Freshwater Demand Freshwater From Seawater Solar Superstorm Urban GHG Inventories Vehicle Emissions Boosting Cellulosic Biofuels Climate Health Impacts Carbon Sequestration Wave Energy Sequestration Study Solar Improvements Coral Reefs Greenland Ice Sheet Ocean Acidification Solar Costs Forest Carbon Volume 2(11) November 2008 Advancing Coal Capture The Evolving Energy Grid MIT: Transportation’s Future CBO Climate Change Testimony Carbon Footprinting Climate and Competitiveness Hydrogen and Transportation CCSP Climate Reports CRS: Reports of Interest DOE: Next Generation Nuclear Plants A Power Grid Smartens Up Managing Energy Clean-Coal Debut in Germany Is Gm's Volt Ready to Roll? Better Batteries Charge Up Sunny Forecast for Fuel Cells A Cool Fuel Cell Solar Roofing Materials Intensifying the Sun Solar-Power Breakthrough More-Efficient Solar Cells New Route to Hydrocarbon Biofuels More Energy-Efficient Ethanol Gas Hydrates on the Front Burner Liquid Fuel Production Costs Metals Usage Natural Gas to Gasoline Volume 2(12) December 2008 The Utility–Consumer Nexus GAO: Offset Problems Social Cost of Carbon Carbon Sequestration: The Case for a Carbon Tax Google: Clean Energy 2030 APS: Energy Efficiency RAND: Unconventional Fuels GAO: Carbon Capture and Storage NETL: Modern Grid Strategy EIA: Accuracy of Forecasts EIA: Hydrogen Economy Impacts IMF: World Economic Outlook FERC: Electricity Restructuring Efficient, Cheap Solar Cells Strategies for the Energy Crisis Debating Science High-Efficiency Generators for Hybrids Mercury Emissions from Fluorescent Bulbs Water Scarcity Flexible Silicon Solar Cells Better Solar for Big Buildings Renault Bets on Electric Vehicles Sun + Water = Fuel Mass Production of Plastic Solar Cells