Innovation Pipeline

The connection between water and energy is inextricable. And yet planners have been largely working in the dark. Part of the problem: a lack of tools.
That’s why researchers at Sandia National Labs in New Mexico, when studying the issue for their own planning purposes, decided to develop an interactive computer model. It permits administrators to [...]

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PARC and HP Labs try a new approach to cultivate innovation.
Palo Alto Research Center is a household name among engineers, entrepreneurs and local historians. It’s the birthplace of many technologies that changed the computer industry. Of course, there are also those innovations that PARC missed.
Mark Bernstein, president and director of PARC, believes the research institution’s [...]

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy’s primary national laboratory for renewable-energy and energy-efficiency research and development. NREL develops renewable-energy and energy-efficiency technologies and practices, advances related science and engineering, and transfers knowledge and innovations to address the nation’s energy and environmental goals. NREL’s goal, in partnership with its stakeholders, is to [...]

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