Editing World Community Grid (section)

===The Clean Energy Project===
{{Main|Clean Energy Project}}

The Clean Energy project is sponsored by the scientists of [[Harvard University]]'s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.<ref name="Worldcommunitygrid.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/cep1/viewCep1About.do |title=The Clean Energy Project research page on WCG |publisher=Worldcommunitygrid.org |access-date=2010-06-07 |archive-date=2009-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422051959/http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/cep1/viewCep1About.do |url-status=live }}</ref> The mission of the Clean Energy Project is to find new materials for the next generation of [[solar cell]]s and later, [[energy storage]] devices. Researchers are employing [[molecular mechanics]] and [[electronic structure]] calculations to predict the optical and transport properties of molecules that could become the next generation of solar cell materials.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

Phase 1 was launched on December 5, 2008, and completed on October 13, 2009.<ref name="CEP Phase 1 complete" />  By harnessing the computing power of the World Community Grid, researchers were able to calculate the electronic properties of tens of thousands of organic materials – many more than could ever be tested in a lab – and determine which candidates are most promising for developing affordable [[solar energy]] technology.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/cep1/viewCep1Main.do |title=The Clean Energy Project research page on WCG |publisher=Worldcommunitygrid.org |access-date=2015-07-15 |archive-date=2009-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414165742/http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/cep1/viewCep1Main.do |url-status=live }}</ref>

Phase 2 was launched June 28, 2010,<ref name="Clean Energy Project-WCG" /> sponsored by the scientists of [[Harvard University]]'s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.<ref name="Worldcommunitygrid.org" /> Further calculations about optical, electronic and other physical properties of the candidate materials are being conducted with the [[Q-Chem]] quantum chemistry software.<ref>[http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/cep2/overview.do The Clean Energy Project - Phase 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717130155/http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/cep2/overview.do |date=2011-07-17 }} "World Community Grid", access-date=2015/7/15</ref> Their findings have been submitted to the [[Energy & Environmental Science]] journal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=519|title=Clean Energy Project Researchers Sharing Results and Planning for the Future|website=www.worldcommunitygrid.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-04|archive-date=2017-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724103810/https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=519|url-status=live}}</ref>