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NREL, INL team assesses levelized cost of light-duty EV charging in US in 2019

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A team from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Idaho National Laboratory has produced a detailed assessment of the current levelized cost of light-duty electric-vehicle charging (LCOC) in the United States, considering when, where, and how EVs are charged.

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Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

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Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will work with Idaho National Laboratory to demonstrate a system that uses a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water. The report was published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Earlier post.)

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Co-Optima report highlights most significant R&D achievements in FY2019

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After completing a major body of research focused on boosted (also known as turbocharged) spark ignition (SI) engines in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, Co-Optima’s FY 2019 LD research and development (R&D) shifted to multimode solutions that employ multiple engine operating modes to maximize engine efficiency and fuel economy.

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

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DOE received more than 160 applications for 2019 TCF funding, with project teams engaging more than 90 different partners across multiple diverse disciplines. Idaho National Laboratory. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colo. Idaho National Laboratory Wireless Project, $150,000. Groundwork Renewables Inc.,

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DOE Co-Optima report identifies top ten bio-blendstocks for efficiency in boosted SI engines

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The Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines (Co-Optima) team includes experts from nine national laboratories: Argonne, Idaho, Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest, and Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Gaspar, Daniel J., West, Brian H., Moore, Cameron M.,

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DOE researchers develop energy-efficient, cost-effective process to extract rare earth elements from scrapped magnets

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billion personal computers, tablets and mobile phones are expected to ship worldwide in 2019, according to Gartner. Industrial efforts needed to deploy the ORNL process into the marketplace, funded over two years by DOE’s OTT Technology Commercialization Fund, began in February 2019. That’s a huge missed opportunity considering 2.2

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Westinghouse unveils AP300 small modular reactor for mid-sized nuclear technology

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Flexible performance provides a proven capability to stabilize modern renewable heavy electric grids, including fast load change capabilities to support variations in demand. Its fast load-follow capabilities make it ideally suited for integration with renewable resources.

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