WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, two years after President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $3.5 billion from the Infrastructure Law to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and battery materials nationwide. As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the funding will create new, retrofitted, and expanded domestic facilities for bat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced over $444 million to support sixteen selected projects across twelve states that will fight climate change by bolstering the nation's carbon management industry. The projects, funded by the President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will expand carbon dioxide (CO2) storage infrastructure   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL researchers found that a polyelectrolyte additive can improve the stability and performance of a salt hydrate PCM, enhancing the potential for use in heat pumps. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers demonstrated that an additive made from polymers and electrolytes improves the thermal performance and stability of salt hyd  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today celebrated the two-year anniversary of the enactment of President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the largest long-term investment in America's infrastructure in nearly a century. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law--a key component of the President's Investing in America agenda and Bidenomics--provided DOE with $62 billion to lay the foundation for   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: * * * Five Projects Each Receive $10,000 to Advance Equitable Community Solar in Their Communities * * * The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s National Community Solar Partnership today announced the winners of the 2023 American-Made Sunny Awards for Equitable Community Solar. DOE selected five teams to receive a $10,000 Grand Prize for   more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory discovered an intriguing "cooperative" behavior that occurs among complex mixtures of components in electrolytes in batteries. Electrolytes are materials that move charge-carrying particles known as ions between a battery's two electrodes, converting stored chemical energy into elect  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced over $444 million to support sixteen selected projects across twelve states that will fight climate change by bolstering the nation's carbon management industry. The projects, funded by the President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will expand carbon dioxide (CO2) sto  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Developed by NETL researchers in coordination with the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), Carbon Matchmaker, an online information hub, connects users across the carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) community and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) supply chains, helping to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions through strong public-priv  more

MENLO PARK, California, Nov. 15 (TNSjou) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news brief on Nov. 13, 2023: * * * The team reduced the amount of expensive platinum group metals needed to make an effective cell and found a new way to test future fuel cell innovations. * * * As the world turns to greener power sources, it also needs to figure out how to store energy for times when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow. One leading contender, the hydrogen   more