Current Activity
Our work here at RTEC involves constant research and development. Here is a look at what we’re working on:
The electric vehicle is the most viable means for replacing imported oil in the near term. By making liquid transportation fuel fungible with electricity, greater flexibility in fuel choices will be provided to many nations.
The conversion of solar energy into electricity is the focus of significant research and commercial enterprise. This could be an important component of distributed generation as part of an overall Smart Grid management method.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has posited that any reasonable carbon targets forty years out will require that 40% of the mitigation be from conservation and efficiency. This puts a heavy burden on technology such as wide band gap semiconductors, allowing the consumer to get the same gratification at lower power usage.
The identification of economically recoverable shale gas is arguably the most significant fossil energy event in North America since the discovery of Alaskan oil. It also comes at a time when natural gas is increasingly being proposed as a transitional fuel for carbon mitigation; even by Non-Government Organizations’ that in the past were firmly opposed to all fossil fuels.
2010 Annual Report
The year in review.
2011 Goals
Events and tasks to be accomplished in 2011.
