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New Analysis Platform Shines Light On Utilities’ Solar Energy Future

May 17, 2024 admin argonne national laboratory, clean power, green economy, grid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, oak ridge national laboratory, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), pacific northwest national laboratory, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, utilities

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 05:05:22 +0000

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in collaboration with three other national labs, have developed a free online platform to help utilities understand how solar energy projects will affect the operation of their power systems. This capability can increase utilities’ confidence in expanding their solar portfolios, … [continued]

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7 ORNL Inventions Licensed To Texas-Based Lithium Recovery Firm

May 10, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, lithium, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, oak ridge national laboratory, Oil, press releases, research, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 08 May 2024 21:45:37 +0000

A collection of seven technologies for lithium recovery developed by scientists from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been licensed to Element3, a Texas-based company focused on extracting lithium from wastewater produced by oil and gas production. The technologies were developed through the Critical Materials Innovation Hub, a … [continued]

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New Method Monitors Grid Stability With Hydropower Project Signals

February 10, 2024 admin clean power, Energy Storage, grid, hydroelectric, oak ridge national laboratory, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), pumped hydro storage, tennessee, tennessee valley authority, university of tennessee, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:20:16 +0000

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have developed an algorithm to predict electric grid … [continued]

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Deciphering Dynamics of Electric Charge

February 10, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, oak ridge national laboratory, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), press releases, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 18:23:11 +0000

New tool presents precise, holistic picture of devices, materials Research led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Marti Checa and Liam … [continued]

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Coastal Chemistry Improves Methane Modeling

January 30, 2024 admin Agriculture, climate change, methane, oak ridge national laboratory, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), research, SCIENCE, Water

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 03:24:52 +0000

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using a new modeling framework in conjunction with data collected from marshes in … [continued]

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New Carbon Material Sets Energy-Storage Record Likely To Advance Supercapacitors

November 24, 2023 admin batteries, Energy Storage, oak ridge national laboratory, research, SCIENCE, supercapacitors, university of tennessee, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 04:14:45 +0000

Guided by machine learning, chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a record-setting carbonaceous supercapacitor material … [continued]

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Major Graphite Research Project Aims To Reshape Domestic Electric Vehicle & Battery Market

April 16, 2023 admin batteries, carbon fiber, clean transport, Coal, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, graphite, oak ridge national laboratory, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), ramaco, research, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 14:22:23 +0000

Graphite has recently been classified as a “critical need” mineral for national security by the US government due to its key role in EV batteries and other significant technologies. Regrettably, around 80% of the present supply is sourced overseas, mostly from China. A big endeavor is currently in progress to create a new “Made in […]

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New Supercomputer for Climate Science

April 15, 2023 admin climate change, national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa), NOAA, oak ridge national laboratory, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), research, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:23:24 +0000

The newest Gaea system provides increased performance for more advanced climate modeling and simulation Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is launching a new supercomputer dedicated to climate science research. The new system is the fifth supercomputer to be installed and run by the National Climate-Computing Research Center […]

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Existing Water Infrastructure Holds Key To Generating More U.S. Hydropower

November 3, 2022 admin america’s water infrastructure act of 2018, clean power, conduit hydropower, hydroelectric, hydropower regulatory efficiency act of 2013, oak ridge national laboratory, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), ornl, pumped hydro storage, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe), Water

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 22:31:48 +0000

The United States has a great network of waterways that is used for municipal, agricultural, and industrial purposes. With millions of miles of pipelines and conduits, the opportunity to harness that wasted energy with conduit hydropower is tremendous. In a recent study at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, there was great […]

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Earth System Grid Federation Launches Effort to Upgrade Climate Projection Data System

October 11, 2022 admin climate change, oak ridge national laboratory, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), research, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 03:28:20 +0000

The Earth System Grid Federation, a multi-agency initiative that gathers and distributes data for top-tier projections of the Earth’s climate, is preparing a series of upgrades that will make using the data easier and faster while improving how the information is curated. The federation, led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in collaboration with […]