Greening the grid
UCI tests integration of renewable hydrogen into existing natural gas systems
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In a national first, UCI injects renewable hydrogen into campus power supply
Power-to-gas technique offers new way to store and use excess wind and solar energy
UCI and Kia Motors study electric vehicles, power grids
Kia Motors of America is providing six electric cars to University of California, Irvine’s Advanced Power and Energy Program as part of an initiative to study the role of auto batteries in advanced electrical grids. “The rapidly evolving coupling of vehicles and the electric grid requires planning based on informed decisions supported by the market-based, systems analyses […]
UCI to co-lead $50 million water-energy research consortium
US-China collaboration also will include 4 other UC campuses, university lab
Energy, environmental and industry leaders to speak at UCI’s fuel cell symposium
EVENT: The National Fuel Cell Symposium, hosted by UC Irvine, will bring together top energy and environmental policymakers, industry leaders and academics to discuss rapidly emerging fuel cell technology for power plants and cars, including construction of California’s “hydrogen highway.” WHEN/WHERE: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, at the Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences […]
UCI recognized for innovative campus energy partnership
A novel partnership that has transformed UC Irvine and its utility infrastructure into a model for communities and colleges worldwide has
received international recognition for being “extremely innovative.”
UC Irvine’s car-sharing program charges ahead
Irvine, Calif. – A zippy new electric car has arrived at its first American destination, ready for use by commuters to UC Irvine and area businesses. Thirty 2013 Scion iQ electric vehicles are being added to the UC Irvine-administered Zero Emission Vehicle-Network Enabled Transport fleet, via Toyota’s partnership with the campus’s Advanced Power & Energy Program. […]
Highlights of 2011 at UCI
UC Irvine students, staff and faculty stepped up in the face of another year of budget challenges and fee increases with continued drive, talent and innovation. The results? More research breakthroughs, national honors and global outreach — even a second dodgeball world record. Here are snapshots of UCI 2011. As always, it was quite a […]
Waste not, want not
UCI invents way to turn sewage into hydrogen power.
Sewage-to-hydrogen fuel station opens
UCI’s fuel cell center technology powers new sewage-to-hydrogen fuel station.