WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects electricity generation will grow by about 3% in 2024 and 1% in 2025. Renewable energy sources--chiefly solar--will supply most of that growth. EIA expects electricity from solar, wind, and hydropower combined to account for 22% of total U.S. generation in 2024, increasing to 24% in 2025. Electricity fro  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report for week ending April 19, 2024: * * * TO: Timothy J. Dwyer, Technical Director FROM: D. Gutowski, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending April 19, 2024 Plutonium Facility-Safety Basis: Last Thursday, Triad personnel submitted to the NNSA Field Office the new documented safety analysis for the Plutonium   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL researchers have developed a low-cost compact fiber-optic sensor that exploits a process called "photoluminescence sensitization" to detect rare earth elements (REEs) -- critical materials needed by U.S. manufacturers to make high-tech systems and devices -- in waste byproducts generated from mining and fossil energy production. "Other nations produce the vas  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following abstract of a journal article: * * * Abstract Lateral subsurface flow plays an essential role in sustaining the terrestrial ecosystem, but it is not explicitly represented in most Earth System Models. In this study, we implemented an explicit lateral saturated flow model into the E3SM land model (ELM). The model explicitly describes lateral flow in the saturated zone by repre  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following abstract of a journal article: * * * Abstract The slowly varying soil temperature can exert local and nonlocal influences on regional climate system, and may thus provide a critical source of subseasonal-to-seasonal climate prediction. In this study, we identify that soil temperature in May over the key region of Central Asia (42 Degrees N-50 Degrees N, 62 Degrees E-80 Degree  more

MENLO PARK, California, May 9 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news feature on May 9, 2024: * * * Two determined fellows share their thoughts on representation, mentorship and staying true to themselves in STEM. * * * For Annette Mendoza and Damion Tingle, it's a lesson that's been years in the making: Believe in yourself and trust the people who believe in you. Last summer, Mendoza and Tingle were able to apply that lesson to their pursuit of hands-  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Local decision-makers looking for ways to reduce the impact of heat waves on their communities have a valuable new capability at their disposal: a new study on vegetation resilience. Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory completed a study of how well vegetation survived extreme heat events in both urban and rural communities across th  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability issued the following news on May 8, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today launched the new Science Synthesis Prize: Identifying Key Barriers to Renewable Integration. This one-phase competition aims to address opportunities and challenges as renewable technologies are integrated onto the electric grid. The Science Synthesis Prize is part of the American-Ma  more