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Media Coverage

+ 2016

• November 21, 2016
• Chemical & Engineering News: "Will the artificial leaf sprout to combat climate change?" Cover Story
• October 13, 2016

• SSRL Newsletter: "Scientists Gather for Annual SLAC Users’ Conference"

• May 2, 2016
• New York Times: "Researchers Aim to Put Carbon Dioxide Back to Work"
• February 28, 2016
• CNN, Fareed Zakaria GPS: JCAP is featured in Episode 207.
• February 17, 2016
• SIERRA MAGAZINE, vol. 101., No.2, p. 31: "A New Leaf, Photosynthesis in the Factory."
• January 8, 2016
• USA TODAY: " 'Flying wind mills' and nuclear waste: The future of energy?"
• USA TODAY: "Meet 3 researchers looking to transform energy"

+ 2015

• DECEMBER 2, 2015
  chemistryworld: “Salting out artificial photosynthesis”

  NOVEMBER 30, 2015
  gatesnotes / The blog of Bill Gates: “A Big Win for Cheap, Clean Energy” and
  “Energy Innovation:  Why We Need It and How to Get It”

  NOVEMBER 9, 2015
  Green Car Congress: “JCAP researchers propose artificial photosynthetic system for high-yield production of ethanol”

  OCTOBER 27, 2015
  IEEE Spectrum: “This Is How Good Solar-to-Fuel Conversion Can Be”
  Tech Xplore: “Study suggests a ten-fold efficiency increase possible when converting carbon dioxide to fuel using solar energy”

  OCTOBER 12, 2015
  Poughkeepsie Journal: “Artificial leaf progress”

  AUGUST 28–31, 2015
  Controlled Environments: “Artificial Leaf Captures Sunlight for Fuel”
  Nature World News: “Renewable Energy and Tech:  Artificial Leaf Creates Hydrogen Fuels”
  Deccan Herald: “Artificial leaf mimics photosynthesis to make fuel from water”
  Clapway: “The Artificial Leaf That Mimics Photosynthesis”
  Futurity: “Solar Device Shatters Records for Splitting Water”
  Tech Times: “Researchers Create Efficient And Stable Artificial Photosynthesis”
  Pasadena Star-News: “How Caltech’s ‘artificial leaf’ could revolutionize the clean energy economy”

• MAY 26–27, 2015
  San Jose Mercury News: “Berkeley lab unveils new solar energy center aimed at producing fuel from sunlight” | PHOTOS
  ABC-TV Bay Area (KGO): “Berkeley lab unveils new solar energy facility”
  CBS-AM Bay Area (KCBS): “New Berkeley Lab Works To Harness Sunlight 10 Times More Efficiently Than Plants With Goal Of ‘Saving The World’”
  Daily Californian: “Berkeley Lab opens solar research facility renamed after former director”
  Berkeley Patch: “Berkeley Lab Unveils New Solar Energy Lab”

  APRIL 28–30, 2015
  EagleFordTexas.com: “Feds pledge $75M for joint study of harnessing solar energy”
  ExecutiveGov: “DOE To Renew Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis with $75M; Lynn Orr Comments”
  Merced Sun Star: “Feds pledge $75M for joint study of harnessing solar energy”
  Modesto Bee: “Feds pledge $75M for joint study of harnessing solar energy”
  PennEnergy: “DOE grants $75M to project for harnessing solar power to create fuel”
  Power Engineering: “Feds pledge $75M for joint study of harnessing solar energy”
  Sacramento Bee: “Feds pledge $75M for joint study of harnessing solar energy”
  San Francisco Business Times: “Berkeley lab shines with $75 million Energy Dept. award”
  San Jose Mercury News: “Energy Department pledges $75 million renewal of Berkeley lab's Artificial Photosynthesis center”
  San Jose Mercury News: “Funds solar energy for fuel production research announced”

  APRIL 29, 2015
  KPCC public radio: “How feasible is Gov. Brown’s new carbon cutting goal?”

  MARCH 9–20, 2015
  Climate Central: “Artificial Photosynthesis Closer to Boosting Renewables”
  Discovery News: “Artificial Photosynthesis Closer to Creating Fuel”
  Electronics Weekly: “Semiconductors Aid Artificial Photosynthesis”
  Futurity.org: “New Film Is a Step Toward ‘Artificial Leaf’ for Energy”
  Tech Times: “Man-Made Leaf To Produce Fuel From Artificial Photosynthesis”
  ZME Science: “Artificial Leaf Breakthrough Makes Solar Fuels One Step Closer”

  MARCH 10, 2015
  KPCC public radio: Recorded panel discussion: “NEXT: Solar power - energy of the future?”

  MARCH 9, 2015
  MIT Technology Review: “Artificial Photosynthesis Takes a Step Forward

+ 2014

• NOVEMBER 19, 2014
  Quartz.com: “We May Be Close to a World of Limitless Power from Artificial Leaves”
• NOVEMBER 4, 2014
  Laser Focus World: “Business Forum:  The Study of Energy and Sustainability Reveals Many Opportunities in Photonics”
• SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
  ABC Australia: “Artificial Photosynthesis:  Mimicking Nature to Produce the Energy of the Future”
• JUNE 4, 2014
  Nature: "Solar Energy: Springtime for the Artificial Leaf"
• JUNE 2, 2014
  Pasadena Star-News: “Caltech Breakthrough Keeps Solar Energy Generators from Corroding Quickly”
• MAY 29, 2014
  Phys.org: “New Method Stabilizes Common Semiconductors for Solar Fuels Generation”
• MAY 29, 2014
  Bloomberg: "California Lab Sees Solar Fuel Progress as Rust Hurdle Tamed"
• MAY 29, 2014
  KCET: "Solar Fuel: An Interesting Idea Takes a Realistic Step"
• MARCH 7, 2014
  RedOrbit: "Promising News for Solar Fuels"

+ 2013

• DECEMBER 30, 2013
  USA Today: "How Technology Can Halt Climate Change"
• DECEMBER 17, 2013
  Financial Post: "'The Only Silver Bullet': Successfully Mimicking the Leaf has the Potential to Profoundly Change the Global Energy Industry"
• AUGUST 22, 2013
  Bloomberg: "Water + Sunshine = Fuel as Lab in California Chases Dream: Cars"
• JULY 18, 2013
  BBC: "The Race to Create 'Green' Energy"
• APRIL 10, 2013
  NPR: "Could an 'Artificial Leaf' Fuel Your Car?"
• MARCH 5, 2013
  GreenBiz.com: “Three Ways to Bring Nature-Inspired Ideas to Market”
• JANUARY 12, 2013
  SFGate: "Turning Over New Leaf in Climate Change"

+ 2012

• OCTOBER 22, 2012
  MIT Technology Review: "ArtificialPhotosynthesis Effort Takes Root"
• OCTOBER 22, 2012
  The Daily Californian: "Construction of New Solar Energy Research Center Begins"
• OCTOBER 19, 2012
  Pasadena Star News:  "Caltech Sustainable Energy Laboratory Debuts"
• OCTOBER 19, 2012
  Contra Costa Times: "Lawrence Berkeley Lab Begins Construction on Solar Energy Research Complex"
• APRIL 1, 2012
  The Economic Times: "Artificial Photosynthesis: Make Your Own Fuel and Change the World"
• MARCH 19, 2012
  Der Spiegel: "Solare Tankstelle"

+ 2011

• NOVEMBER 16, 2011
  The Atlantic: "Caltech's Killer Idea: Artificial Leaves That Turn Sunlight into Fuel"
• NOVEMBER 15, 2011
  Ecomagination: "Artificial Photosynthesis: Like Water for Gasoline"
• JUNE 17, 2011
  PaloAlto Patch: "Stanford Prof Proposes 'Artificial Leaves' to Satisfy Global Energy Needs"
• JUNE 3, 2011
  CBS News, San Francisco: "Ceremony Held for New Berkeley Solar Fuels Facility"
• MAY 21, 2011
  The New York Times: "The Answer Is (Artificially) Blowing in the Wind"
• APRIL 16, 2011
  The Christian Science Monitor: "Where Solar Power Can't Fly, Artificial Photosynthesis Might"
• FEBRUARY 11, 2011
  The Economist: "The Difference Engine: The Sunbeam Solution"
• FEBRUARY 5, 2011
  The Los Angeles Times: "Conversations in Science: Turning Sunlight into Fuel"
• JANUARY 26, 2011
  Scientific American: "Obama's State of the Union: The Facts About Clean Energy and Broadband Access"

+ 2010

• SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
  Scientific American: "Reverse Combustion: Can CO2 Be Turned Back into Fuel?"
• SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
  Scientific American:  "Reinventing the Leaf: Artificial Photosynthesis to Create Clean Fuel"
• JULY 27, 2010
  Nature: "US Seeks Flair for Fuels"
• JULY 23, 2010
  Fast Company: "DOE's Energy Innovation Hub Will Develop Fuel From Sunlight"
• JULY 23, 2010
  SFGate: "$122 Million Grant to Convert Sunlight into Fuel"
• JULY 22, 2010
  EE Times: "DoE Gives $122M for Artificial Photosynthesis"
• JULY 22, 2010
  The New York Times: "Energy Dept. Pours $122M into Turning Sunlight into Fuel"