United States Department of Energy national laboratories

XENDEE, Idaho National Laboratory and ACEP Partner to Develop Renewable Marine Hydrokinetic Framework to Power Remote Alaskan Communities

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Data management, Technology, Other Energy, Utilities, Other Science, Research, Software, Alternative energy, Environment, Energy, Science, Geography of Idaho, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, United States Department of Energy national laboratories, Systems theory, Electric power distribution, Electrical grid, Microgrid, Optimal control, Idaho National Laboratory, Energy, United States Department of Energy, Tidal power, XENDEE, Idaho National Laboratory, Alaska Center for Energy and Power

Several grid-islanded Alaskan communities have the potential to harness significant hydrokinetic power, said Thomas Mosier, Energy Systems Group Lead at Idaho National Laboratory.

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  • Several grid-islanded Alaskan communities have the potential to harness significant hydrokinetic power, said Thomas Mosier, Energy Systems Group Lead at Idaho National Laboratory.
  • Those configurations will utilize local reliable energy sources to increase community power resilience and diversify power profiles to isolated and vulnerable Alaskan communities.
  • Finally, the project team will be enhancing XENDEE, the Microgrid decision support platform of choice, to include capabilities for marine hydrokinetic technologies.
  • About Idaho National Laboratory: INL is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory that performs work in each of DOEs strategic goal areas: energy, national security, science and environment.

Encantado Awarded $400 - $700 Million Sandia National Laboratory TPTIT Contract

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Thursday, February 25, 2021
Lockheed Martin, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, United States Department of Energy national laboratories, Honeywell, Livermore, California, Sandia National Laboratories, Geography of New Mexico, Sandia, Encantado, Edgewater, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Science and technology in the United States

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Encantado Technical Solutions ("Encantado"), a small business mentor-protg joint venture between Edgewater (protg) and ECS (mentor), has been named the prime awardee of the estimated $400 - $700 million Sandia National Laboratories Third-Party Telecommunications and Information Technology (TPTIT) Support Services contract.

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  • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Encantado Technical Solutions ("Encantado"), a small business mentor-protg joint venture between Edgewater (protg) and ECS (mentor), has been named the prime awardee of the estimated $400 - $700 million Sandia National Laboratories Third-Party Telecommunications and Information Technology (TPTIT) Support Services contract.
  • The blanket purchase agreement was awarded by the National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS), to provide comprehensive enterprise and mission-embedded IT support for Sandia National Laboratories personnel and the lab's infrastructure at multiple locations across the United States.
  • The Encantado team will be bolstered by second-tier subcontractors Information International Associates (IIA) and Amentum Services, Inc.
    Encantado, a joint venture between Edgewater and ECS, has been awarded the $400 - $700 million Sandia TPTIT contract.
  • Leveraging Agile, DevSecOps, and system modernization best practices, Encantado will develop, engineer, and deploy enterprise IT systems, equipment, websites, and data management tools.

How Argonne is working to power a clean energy revolution

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Monday, February 22, 2021
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To meet this challenge, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory pursues an ambitious portfolio of research to support a 100% clean-energy economy .

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  • To meet this challenge, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory pursues an ambitious portfolio of research to support a 100% clean-energy economy .
  • For the electric grid, Argonne has created specialized computer models and tools, some of which incorporate artificial intelligence.
  • Argonne's Hurricane Electric Assessment Damage Outage (HEADOUT) modeling tool, for example, forecasts likely power outages after a storm.
  • For next-generation energy storage that can power electric vehicles and support renewable energy on the grid, Argonne researchers are exploring different materials that may be less expensive and easier to obtain than current battery ingredients.

NREL Heats Up Thermal Energy Storage with New Solution Meant to Ease Grid Stress, Ultimately Improving Energy Efficiency

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Thursday, February 11, 2021
Energy, Articles, Nature, Energy storage, Battelle Memorial Institute, Golden, Colorado, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States Department of Energy national laboratories, Renewable energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Thermal energy storage, United States Department of Energy

Thermal energy storage allows buildings to function like a huge battery by storing thermal energy in novel materials until it can be used later.

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  • Thermal energy storage allows buildings to function like a huge battery by storing thermal energy in novel materials until it can be used later.
  • Thermal energy storage systems will need to become more flexible and adaptable with the addition of onsite power generation, electric vehicle charging, and the combination of thermal storage with batteries, Woods said.
  • The Building Technologies Office in the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy funded this research.
  • NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development.

Graham Corporation Presentation at the Gabelli 31st Annual Pump, Valve & Water Virtual Symposium to be Broadcast Live

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Thursday, February 11, 2021
Other Defense, Utilities, Oil, Gas, Nuclear, Alternative energy, Energy, Defense, Other Manufacturing, Steel, Engineering, Chemicals, Plastics, Manufacturing, Geography of Idaho, Battelle Memorial Institute, Idaho National Laboratory, United States Department of Energy national laboratories, MFG.com, IDAHO, Science and technology in the United States

Live webcast link and accompanying slide presentation: www.graham-mfg.com .

Key Points: 
  • Live webcast link and accompanying slide presentation: www.graham-mfg.com .
  • Graham is a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the energy, defense and chemical/petrochemical industries.
  • For the defense industry, the Companys equipment is used in nuclear propulsion power systems for the U.S. Navy.
  • Graham routinely posts news and other important information on its website, www.graham-mfg.com , where additional comprehensive information on Graham Corporation and its subsidiaries can be found.

NREL Reports Sustainability Benchmarks for Plastics Recycling and Redesign

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Thursday, January 21, 2021
Articles, Energy, Battelle Memorial Institute, Golden, Colorado, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States Department of Energy national laboratories, Plastic, Upcycling, Recycling, Renewable energy

Today, we employ a predominantly linear economy for many of the materials we use, including plastics, said Gregg Beckham, a senior research fellow at NREL.

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  • Today, we employ a predominantly linear economy for many of the materials we use, including plastics, said Gregg Beckham, a senior research fellow at NREL.
  • To that end, NREL leads the BOTTLE Consortium , a partnership involving research laboratories and universities to develop methods to upcycle todays waste plastics and redesign tomorrows plastics to be recyclable by design.
  • The article, titled Manufacturing energy and greenhouse gas emissions associated with plastics consumption , reports on 18 plastics, each with a global consumption of more than 1 million metric tons per year.
  • NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development.

University of Chicago’s Polsky Center Launches New Deep Tech Accelerator

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Research, Technology, Other Technology, Professional services, Small business, Training, University, Science, Education, Other Science, Physicists, Articles, Physics, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, United States Department of Energy national laboratories, University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi, Polsky, Startup company

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210119005774/en/

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210119005774/en/
    The Compass is a deep tech accelerator program for early-stage startups and technologies created by researchers at the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
  • The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation applies world-class business expertise from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business to bring new ideas and breakthrough innovations to the market.
  • The Polsky Center has a 60-person professional staff responsible for driving the creation of new ventures and commercial partnerships at the University of Chicago.
  • Fill out the Get Started with the Polsky Center online form to access our resources and subscribe to our newsletters.

Department of Energy Selects Battelle Savannah River Alliance for $3.8 Billion Contract to Manage Savannah River National Laboratory

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Tuesday, December 22, 2020
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The Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BRSA) Team was selected by the Department of Energy to manage one of the countrys premier environmental, energy, and national security research facilitiesthe Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL).

Key Points: 
  • The Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BRSA) Team was selected by the Department of Energy to manage one of the countrys premier environmental, energy, and national security research facilitiesthe Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL).
  • As the U.S. Department of Energys (DOEs) Environmental Management Laboratory, SRNL provides strategic scientific and technological support for the nations $6 billion per year waste clean-up program.
  • We are honored by DOEs decision to award the Savannah River National Laboratory management and operations contract to our team, said Battelle President and CEO Lou Von Thaer.
  • Battelle currently has a management role at seven DOE national labs including Pacific Northwest National Lab, Brookhaven National Lab, Oak Ridge National Lab, National Renewable Energy Lab, Idaho National Lab, Los Alamos National Lab and Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

Tri-Lab Initiative Leads Innovation in Novel Hybrid Energy Systems

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
United States Department of Energy national laboratories, Science and technology in the United States, Battelle Memorial Institute, Articles, Geography of Idaho, National Energy Technology Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, Renewable energy, United States Department of Energy

Golden, CO, Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Future novel hybrid energy systems could lead to paradigm shifts in clean energy production, according to a paper published last week inJoule.

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  • Golden, CO, Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Future novel hybrid energy systems could lead to paradigm shifts in clean energy production, according to a paper published last week inJoule.
  • Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energys (DOEs) three applied energy laboratoriesIdaho National Laboratory (INL), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)coauthored the paper describing such integrated energy systems.
  • The historic collaboration between the nations nuclear energy, renewable energy, and fossil energy laboratories aims to address a grand national challenge from an objective, holistic perspective.
  • As illustrated by the NETL-NREL-INL research to date, the design of hybrid energy systems will require input from experts across the spectrum of energy research.

History in the making: bio365 soil being tested on the International Space Station

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Saturday, December 5, 2020
United States Department of Energy national laboratories, Land management, Soil, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, International Space Station, Articles, Nature, Natural environment

This experiment is a prime opportunity for space scientists to learn from Earth horticulturalists and soil scientists."

Key Points: 
  • This experiment is a prime opportunity for space scientists to learn from Earth horticulturalists and soil scientists."
  • The research project was approved by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), which manages the International Space Station U.S.
  • We are delighted they chose bio365 as the first and only commercially made, engineered soil to ever go into space."
  • However, the effects of being in space, different gravity, and different radiation exposure, among other issues, could affect soil in unknown ways.