IEEE Energy Wise 01/02/2013

Energy News

	Could Fusion Clean Up Nuclear Waste? Physicists propose a marriage of fusion and fission reactors that could save both technologies

	Brazil Doubles Down on Biofuel Start-up GraalBio wants to transform sugarcane waste into cellulosic ethanol

	Japan's Digital Grid Scheme Japanese consortium aims to transform the country's centralized grid into islands of interconnected cells

	Kerry and Climate Choice of new U.S. Secretary of State could affect policy

	Sandy and the Utilities Power companies' post-storm performance was arguably good--which is not to minimize problems

	2012 Renewable Energy Recap: Renewables Reality Check This year saw some of our big plans and potential coming into their own, though tinged with hints of the difficulties involved with renewable scale-up.

	Green Energy Tech at Year's End 2012 was not a good year, and 2013 is not likely to be better

	Study Suggests 99.9 Percent Renewables Is Feasible and Cost-Effective Models show smart combination of wind, solar, and storage could retain high reliability

	Carbon-Fiber Cars BMW will introduce the first affordable cars made with superlight carbon composites