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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.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

The first power plant using NuScale’s technology is set to start generating electricity in 2029 at the Idaho National Laboratory, as part of the Carbon Free Power Project. United States’ Wind on the Wire The largest renewable-energy infrastructure project in U.S. But now, Électricité de France (EDF) says they are in the final stretch.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

As international renewable energy portfolios grow, this collaboration highlights the increasing momentum and need for more flexible and reliable low-carbon energy generation. In the US, NuScale’s power company customer will be breaking ground in 2023 on its first project located in the state of Idaho.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

Q&A With Rob Hovsapian: The Engineer Who Solves Crises Before They Happen Manufacturing Masterminds

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MAY 1, 2021

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM’s) Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST) announced the provisional committee for a new consensus study, Current Methods for Life Cycle Analyses of Low Carbon Transportation Fuels in the United States. Shrestha, PhD, University of Idaho. Mr. Donald W.

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APRIL 22, 2020

Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have developed a new electrode material for a protonic ceramic electrochemical cell (PCEC) that can efficiently convert excess electricity and water into hydrogen. —Hanping Ding, a materials scientist and engineer for Idaho National Laboratory’s Chemical Processing Group.

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High-fidelity ignition models to boost engine thermal efficiency, $720,000 Convergent Science Inc., Idaho National Laboratory. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colo. Idaho National Laboratory Wireless Project, $150,000. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Groundwork Renewables Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

By controlling the compressor motor’s speed, and improving the timing of when vapor is injected into the compressor, engineers have made heat pumps efficient in colder temperatures. Trane’s cold climate heat pump—the one entered into the DOE’s challenge—is current heating the home of a family in Boise, Idaho, Davis says.

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Under this opportunity, DOE will directly fund the National Laboratories to establish public-private partnerships that solve engineering challenges for advanced battery materials and devices, with a focus on de-risking, scaling, and accelerating adoption of new technologies. Idaho National Laboratory.

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JUNE 28, 2019

Ten blendstocks from four chemical familes with the greatest potential to increase boosted SI engine efficiency (as determined by merit function scores). Co-Optima research and analysis identified the fuel properties needed for optimal operation of boosted SI LD engines through development of a merit function. Source: DOE.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Outside of a few Western States, utility-scale geothermal may be considered a more limited energy source than some other renewable technologies, but that is changing. Some of these projects are expected to come online in 2013. —GEA Executive Director Karl Gawell. According to the EIA, geothermal energy accounts for about 3.5%

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JANUARY 20, 2024

The other two ships, the Japanese Mutsu (1970) and the German Otto Hahn (1968), were both refitted with diesel engines partway through their service lives. Engines in ordinary ships are the size of houses,” says Emblemsvåg, who is leading NuProShip. So we can make engines that run on ammonia, but there won’t be enough ammonia.”

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Among the recent investments, DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy have supported more than $40 million in magnet, motor, and generator research. In recent years, DOE and others have scaled up work to address these challenges.

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These projects were selected under an Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Advanced Manufacturing Office funding opportunity, focused on advanced materials, advanced processes, and modeling and analysis tools for materials and manufacturing. Idaho National Laboratory. Michigan State University. Yale University.

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These vehicles are the green machines that will provide a critical part of the renewable and sustainable society that we need for the future. [ PHEVLERs of the future should be made with flex-fuel engines that can use any blend of biofuel to serve all of their liquid fuel needs. About the authors. Dr. Andrew A.

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JULY 27, 2011

Researchers from the University of Idaho and the US Department of Agriculture have updated the analysis of the energy life-cycle of soybean biodiesel and found a fossil energy ratio (FER) of 5.54 2009), and Sheehan et al. Pradhan et al. 2011) Click to enlarge. using 2006 agricultural data. This marks a major improvement over the FER of 3.2

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MARCH 11, 2016

The department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is investing nearly $6.7 KWJ Engineering, working with LANL/ NREL. Work in the bioenergy area will focus on improving methods and processes for converting cellulosic biomass into usable bio-based chemicals, made from renewable, domestic components. Organization.

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JUNE 24, 2009

ClearFuels and Rentech will integrate ClearFuels’ BTG technology platform with Rentech’s Fischer-Tropsch Process for the production of certified renewable synthetic jet and diesel fuels at commercial-scale facilities. The renewable synthetic diesel and jet fuels produced can also have carbon footprints of near zero.

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Selected projects are aimed at increasing the availability of alternative fuels and biobased products that are produced from a diverse group of renewable sources of biomass. The technology uses unique, engineered catalysts that facilitate new reaction pathways to liquid motor fuels from biomass. USDA Awards. DOE Awards. USDA Awards.

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the developer of a technology to extract oil from algae, announced the funding of a new research agreement with the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL). INL develops tests and deploys advanced renewable energy technology, including research on algae. OriginOil, Inc., —Deborah T.

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JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In fact, the PHEV is the only existing technology that acts as a vector for transitioning our society to exclusive use of renewable resources.

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Information Systems Associates; Loman CSI-Consortium/Resource; Makai Ocean engineering; Martin Control Systems; Nila; Nimbis Services; One Cycle Control; Process Systems Enterprise Inc.; Georgia Institute of Technology; Idaho National Laboratory; Jet Propulsion National Laboratory; Lamar U.; Missouri U. Purdue U. .;

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JULY 26, 2017

A team from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has worked with industry partners to use neutrons to probe a running engine at ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source ( earlier post ), giving them the opportunity to test an aluminum-cerium alloy under operating conditions.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Idaho National Laboratory. Wireless Radio Frequency Signal Identification and Protocol Reverse Engineering (WiFIRE), $750,000. DME as a Renewable Hydrogen Carrier: Innovative Approach to Renewable Hydrogen Production, $1,500,000. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois).

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JULY 21, 2016

billion in loan guarantees to support innovative renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the United States. Idaho National Laboratory. The Hawaiian Electric Companies have committed to work with all stakeholders to support EVs as part of reaching the islands’ goal of 100 percent renewable energy for electricity by 2045.

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JULY 31, 2017

The four teams and their projects are: Arconic , an engineered material supplier, and PNNL will partner to develop a metal-ceramic composite brake system. LightMAT is managed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on behalf of the participating national laboratories and sponsored by DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

NREL Research Engineer Jeff Gonder. This works well for blended PHEVs that have lower electric power capabilities for CD mode, and would thus require additional engine power (blended with the electrical power output) for more aggressive driving. This works well for blended PHEVs that have lower electric power capabilities.

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