NEW & NOTEWORTHY

• An assessment by Harvard China Project researchers of the total wind power potential in China is the cover article of the September 11, 2009 issue of Science. This research is led by Project Chair Michael McElroy and SEAS doctoral student LU Xi, taking advantage of NASA global meteorological datasets that have been validated by hundreds of studies of atmospheric transport and chemistry. It quantifies the meteorological, technological, and commercial potentials of wind power under current wind concession policies in China.

• In “Institutions for Energy Innovation: A Transformational Challenge,” the authors, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Laura Diaz Anadon, and Ambuj D. Sagar, present their principles as a starting point of a much-needed conversation among analysts, managers, scientists, and policymakers on how to enhance the effectiveness of the institutions in the United States tasked with promoting energy innovation.