Long-Duration Energy Storage: The Time Is Now

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 11:10:51 +0000

States with decarbonization goals must plan, prepare, and test for long-duration energy storage

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Recycled Aluminum Offers Energy, Emissions & Electric Vehicle Battery Range Savings

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 13:42:02 +0000

Automakers’ aluminum scrap transforms into new vehicle parts with the PNNL-patented ShAPE manufacturing process. Heat and friction soften the aluminum and transform it from rough metal into a smooth, strong uniform product without a melting step.

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Remote & Rural Communities Boosted By Distributed Wind Energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 03:43:31 +0000

Four-Year, Multilab Project Evaluates How Communities Can Safely, Effectively, and Efficiently Benefit from Distributed Wind Energy No roads lead to St. Mary’s, Alaska. To get there, most people boat down the nearby Yukon River, which is almost as wide as the village itself. That same route is used to bring in supplies, like the diesel […]

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New Sodium, Aluminum Battery Aims to Integrate Renewables for Grid Resiliency

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 04:50:56 +0000

Low-cost, Earth-abundant raw materials power a new grid energy storage solution

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Beneath the Surface: How Kerry Strout Grantham Negotiates Sustainable Human Growth (& Some Stinky Hikers)

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 14:00:01 +0000

In the early 2010s, Kerry Strout Grantham trekked along Maine’s Appalachian Trail — not to find moose or loons or to forge rivers or brave the 100-mile wilderness (though she did all that, too). Instead, she hiked and paddled to find other hikers and to ask them a few questions about a very different kind […]

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