Idaho, Resource and Wind

PNNL study finds that PHEVs and BEVs could serve as feasible resource to offset grid imbalances caused by integration of large amounts of intermittent wind generation

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

trafficThis scenario is currently less desirable to automotive manufacturers, but provides an additional resource benefit to PHEV/BEVs by theoretically doubling their capacity value to the grid. Frank Tuffner, Michael Kintner-Meyer (2011) Using Electric Vehicles to Meet Balancing Requirements Associated with Wind Power (PNNL-20501).

Wind

Wind Grid PHEV Power Grid

NREL study suggests cost gap for Western renewables could narrow by 2025

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AUGUST 26, 2013

A new Energy Department study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) indicates that by 2025 wind and solar power electricity generation could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies, if new renewable energy development occurs in the most productive locations. mmBtu and $8.43/mmBtu. Source: Hurlbut et al.

Renewable

Renewable Wyoming Wind Montana

Exide Technologies, SRNL and University of Idaho to Collaborate to Advance Lead-Acid Battery Chemistry

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JULY 18, 2009

Exide Technologies entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the US Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and the University of Idaho to develop and commercialize improvements on lead-acid battery technology for applications including hybrid electric vehicles and renewable energy storage.

Lead Acid

Lead Acid Idaho Universal Batteries

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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JULY 10, 2019

Ultra-Fast and - Thick Boriding of Geothermal Casing to Enhance Reliability, $150,000 Controlled Thermal Resources Inc., Idaho National Laboratory. Idaho National Laboratory Wireless Project, $150,000. Johnson Matthey, Billingham, UK Enabling Autonomous Wind Plants through Consensus Control, $250,000 RES Group, Broomfield, Colo.

Commercial

Commercial San Jose San Francisco San Diego

ORNL assessment finds >65 GW of untapped hydropower in US rivers and streams

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APRIL 30, 2014

The greatest hydropower potential was found in western US states, including Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. The US Department of Energy (DOE) tasked ORNL with evaluating the new stream-reach development resource potential of more than 3 million US streams. Source: ORNL NSD. Click to enlarge.

Missouri

Missouri Montana Wyoming Idaho

INL team develops new electrode for efficient steam electrolysis at reduced temperatures

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Now, researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have developed a self?architectured The electricity can come from any source, including wind, solar, nuclear and other emission-free sources. Resources. conducting electrolyte (H?SOECs) architectured ultraporous (SAUP) 3D steam electrode for efficient proton?conducting V at 500 °C.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Idaho Water Production

NOAA and EPA Study Finds Highway Barriers May Reduce Pollutants as Well as Block Sound and Sight of Traffic

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

Dennis Finn, lead author and a research meteorologist at NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho. We also found that the barriers tended to trap pollutants in the area of the roadway itself, especially at night in low wind speed conditions. Dennis Finn. Dennis Finn, Kirk L. Clawson, Roger G. Carter, Jason D.

Pollution

Pollution EPA Idaho Neighborhood

DOE finalizes $96.8M loan guarantee for Oregon Geothermal Project; supercritical binary geothermal cycle

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The technology is estimated to be more efficient than traditional geothermal binary systems, allowing lower-temperature geothermal resources to be used for power generation. The project’s total output will be sold to Idaho Power Company under a 25-year power purchase agreement. Bliem and G.L.

Oregon

Oregon Idaho 2002 Water

DOE selects 33 clean energy businesses for nearly $6.7M in support under Small Business Vouchers pilot

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MARCH 11, 2016

For Round 1, the small businesses and laboratories will collaborate on advancing a number of clean energy technologies, including water, wind, bioenergy, solar, buildings, vehicles, fuel cells, geothermal technologies, and advanced manufacturing. Wind Power. million under Round 1 of the new Small Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot.

Clean

Clean Cleaning Energy Li-ion

Co-Electrolysis of CO2 and H2O for the Production of Liquid Fuels

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JULY 23, 2010

In one of the papers presented at the May conference, Carl Stoots from the Idaho National Laboratory noted that while it is possible to produce syngas by separately electrolyzing steam and CO 2 , there are. significant advantages to co-electrolysis, including lower cell resistance and the reduced possibility of further reduction of CO to C.

Fuel

Fuel CO2 Production Conversion

DOE to Award Up to $27M in Phase III Small Business Awards; Algae Processing, Fuel Cells, Improved Materials for Motors, Synthetic Fuels Among Areas of Interest

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JULY 10, 2010

Wind Technologies. The Wind and Water Power Program is seeking Phase III proposals that will enhance the commercialization potential of utility-scale technologies that significantly decrease the cost of energy and/or improve the reliability of wind power systems. Office of Fossil Energy.

Fuel

Fuel Motor Motors Motoring

PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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APRIL 22, 2016

Vehicle-grid-integration [ 16 ] uses electric vehicles with low power bidirectional chargers to balance an electric smart grid, absorb and redistribute the renewable energy from intermittent sources such as solar and wind. 9 ] Plug-in Electric Vehicle and Infrastructure Analysis - Idaho National Laboratory, U.S. 15 ] Got EVs?

Clean

Clean Cleaning Future Green

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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JUNE 26, 2021

Idaho National Laboratory. Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Real Time-Optimal Power Flow based Distributed Energy Resources Management System (DERMS), $299,329. BioBlend Renewable Resources (Elk Grove Village, Illinois). Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois).

Commercial

Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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JULY 17, 2015

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. Conclusions. References.

PHEV

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar

Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

The updated roadmap refines the analysis in the original six states and expands to five more states – Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. It also focuses on lands within 10 miles of existing or planned transmission lines and moves away from lands with sensitive resources. million homes.

Solar

Solar Montana Wyoming Idaho

DOE Critical Materials Institute selects four projects to support critical materials supply chain innovation

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

For example, rare earth elements are essential for the manufacturing of high strength magnets used in EV motors and offshore wind turbine generators. Project Title: Improvements to Cobalt Beneficiation from Domestic Ore at the Iron Creek Deposit, Central Idaho. dependence on foreign resources by 30%.

Supplies

Supplies Missouri Idaho Lithium Ion

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PNNL study finds that PHEVs and BEVs could serve as feasible resource to offset grid imbalances caused by integration of large amounts of intermittent wind generation

NREL study suggests cost gap for Western renewables could narrow by 2025

Exide Technologies, SRNL and University of Idaho to Collaborate to Advance Lead-Acid Battery Chemistry

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

ORNL assessment finds >65 GW of untapped hydropower in US rivers and streams

INL team develops new electrode for efficient steam electrolysis at reduced temperatures

NOAA and EPA Study Finds Highway Barriers May Reduce Pollutants as Well as Block Sound and Sight of Traffic

DOE finalizes $96.8M loan guarantee for Oregon Geothermal Project; supercritical binary geothermal cycle

DOE selects 33 clean energy businesses for nearly $6.7M in support under Small Business Vouchers pilot

Co-Electrolysis of CO2 and H2O for the Production of Liquid Fuels

DOE to Award Up to $27M in Phase III Small Business Awards; Algae Processing, Fuel Cells, Improved Materials for Motors, Synthetic Fuels Among Areas of Interest

PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar

DOE Critical Materials Institute selects four projects to support critical materials supply chain innovation

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