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MESSAGE FROM THE EDITORS: Coming To A Scientific Meeting Near You

FEATURED STORY: Australia's Wave Energy Resources

FEATURED ARTICLE: Perspective: Effects of global warming on wind energy availability

JRSE VOLUME 2, ISSUE 5: Peer-Reviewed Research

CLEAN: The Official Blog of Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

FEATURED PODCAST: Florida State University's Biofuel Thrust

Dear Colleague,

In the fall, the scientific community begins to focus anew on research and scholarship. Scientific meetings allow for researchers to mingle with those who share their interest.

It's in the spirit of community building, that JRSE will be participating in several upcoming scientific meetings.

First up is the American Nuclear Society's 2010 Winter Meeting and Technology Expo, held on 7-11 November, in Las Vegas, NV. The meeting's theme is "Nuclear Progress!" and JRSE will be on hand to promote the journal's dedication to publishing progressive energy research. Stop by booth #518 and share your ideas with us.

And then on 29 November-3 December, join AIP as it promotes JRSE as well as its other journals at the MRS Fall Meeting. The Boston-based meeting typically hosts a variety of topics related to materials for renewable energy, and this year is no exception. The MRS plenary speaker will be Christopher P.J. Barty of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, who will be presenting, Creating Star Power on Earth—The Path to Fusion at the National Ignition Facility.

Finally, JRSE will be exhibiting at the 2010 AGU Fall Meeting, on 13-17 December. AGU is AIP's largest member society with over 58,000 members worldwide. Geophysicists are known for the diverse nature of their research, and the meeting should prove to be an exciting one for JRSE.

For updates on the events at these and other meetings, keep an eye on JRSE's blog, Clean.

Within Issue 5 of JRSE, you'll find several new interesting articles, including the review article: "Potential of bio-DME as a transportation fuel for India," which discusses the potential of bio-dimethyl ether (DME) as a fuel. The research succintly summarizes all aspects—from production to utilization—of DME's use as a transportation fuel. Be sure to check back to the homepage, jrse.aip.org, for further updates.

All the best,


P. Craig Taylor
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA

John A. Turner
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado, USA

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Australia's Wave Energy Resources
The oceans are a source of untapped energy. Winds, blowing over water’s surface, transfer energy—through forces of pressure and friction—to the liquid. As a result, the otherwise still water is agitated and surface waves are formed. Read more…

Effects of global warming on wind energy availability
The earlier we switch to clean energy, and thereby decrease the global climate warming trend, the more cost-effective will be the harnessing of wind energy. This relationship is an area-averaged consequence of the reduced poleward temperature gradient as the climate warms during the 21st Century. Read more…

In the current issue of JRSE, you'll find peer-reviewed papers on a wide range of topics, including:

• Potential of bio-DME as a transportation fuel for India Read the full abstract
• Vertically aligned ZnO nanodisks and their uses in bulk heterojunction solar cells Read the full abstract
• Experiments on solar absorption using a greenhouse-effect gas in a thermal solar collector Read the full abstract
• Read the complete Table of Contents (ToC)

MIT Uses Green Grease To Help Brazilian Garbage Collectors ... Alternative Energy for the People Who Need Cheap Power the Most ... Solar-powered Mobile Phones Come to India ... Read more…

Florida State University's Biofuel Thrust
Assistant Professor Michael Wetz is from the Oceanography department at Florida State University and his research focuses on algal physiology and ecology. Dr. Wetz is part of the newly-created Institute for Energy Systems, Economics and Sustainability (IESES) at FSU... Listen now…