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Rare Earth Elements Support Renewable Energy Technologies

Jan 14, 2019, 8:36 AM

With funds from DOE, DOD and NSF, Jim Hower and Jack Groppo are locating and evaluating rare earth elements and processing coal-based materials, alongside industry and university partners.

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UK Joins U.S. Department of Energy Battery Research Partnership

Nov 20, 2018, 9:15 AM

Chemist Susan Odom leads UK's project as a partner in the $120 million Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, a U.S. DOE Innovation Hub focused on advancing battery science.

UK CAER Receives $2.9 Million to Expand Groundbreaking Carbon Capture Research

Nov 14, 2018, 11:16 AM

The project is part of DOE’s Carbon Capture Program, which is developing transformational, step-change, low-cost capture processes and enabling technologies that will maximize the efficiency of our nation's fossil-based power generation infrastructure.

UK CAER Biofuels Lab Strikes Gold

Oct 1, 2018, 10:12 AM

Utilizing a gold-based catalytic system developed in the UK CAER Biofuels and Environmental Catalysis Laboratory, researchers have discovered a method to turn lignin into valuable aromatic compounds.

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Can Peach Pits, Walnut Shells Power Your Cell Phone?

Aug 22, 2018, 9:19 AM

University of Kentucky researchers are working to determine how certain plant materials may help in the development of better batteries.

UK CAER Grant Seeks to Reduce Carbon Capture Costs

May 25, 2018, 9:04 AM

Researchers in UK's Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) have received a $3.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory to develop an intensified process to significantly reduce the capital and operational costs associated with CO2 capture.

Federal Funding to Expand UK CAER Carbon Capture Research

May 1, 2018, 8:25 AM

UK will receive over $940,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory to advance its world-renowned carbon dioxide capture research and development.

Chad Risko Creates New Materials Using Computational Chemistry

Apr 11, 2018, 9:33 AM

UK computational chemist Chad Risko starts at the atomic level to design new materials for lithium ion batteries and electrical grid storage.

UK CAER Outreach Nets Big Savings for Kentucky Communities

Apr 6, 2018, 9:31 AM

Greg Copley, UK CAER, serves as an outreach and technical coordinator for the Local Government Energy Retrofit Program, working with local and county government officials to implement performance savings conservation measures at public facilities across the Commonwealth.

Risko Receives 2018 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award

Mar 7, 2018, 9:21 AM

Chad Risko, an assistant professor of chemistry in the UK College of Arts and Sciences and researcher at the Center for Applied Energy Research, is one of 31 academic scientists at 22 institutions to receive the honor this year.

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