Andrew Gellman, Lord Professor of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, explains how material innovation will play a key role in the advancement of the energy industry. Listen Respond Learn More About the Energy Materials Network from the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Accelerating Materials Development for a Clean Energy Future from the Department of Energy Materials for Energy from the Argonne National Labaratory Transcript How are new materials important to… Read More

Andrew Gellman, Lord Professor of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, discusses how solar thermal power can be used and some of the challenges that are associated with it. Listen Respond Learn More Solar Explained: Solar Thermal Power Plants from the US Energy Information Administration Solar Thermal Electricity from the California Consumer Energy Center Residential Solar Thermal Plant from Lawrence Livermore National Labaratory Transcript How is solar thermal power generated and used? HOST:… Read More

Andrew Gellman, a Lord Professor of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, explains how photovoltaic cells function to generate solar electric power. Listen Respond Learn More How do Photovoltaics Work from NASA How Solar Works from Go Solar California Solar Energy Basics from the National Renewable Energy Labaratory Transcript How is solar electric power generated and captured? HOST:  Have you ever wondered how energy is generated from sunlight? On this week’s Energy Bite, Andy… Read More