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Energy & Green Tech
On a chilly December evening in eastern Idaho, a semi-tractor trailer truck pulls off the desert highway and up to the gate at the Department of Energy's Materials and Fuels Complex.
Feb 23, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Electricity production and distribution in the U.S. currently depends on more than 10,000 power plants, 642,000 miles of high voltage lines, 56,000 substations and 6.3 million miles of local distribution lines. Much of that ...
Oct 17, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has celebrated the ribbon-cutting of its new Microgrid in a Box, which was deployed in partnership with the Fall River Electric Cooperative at its hydropower plant in rural Idaho.
Jul 24, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Idaho National Laboratory intern Jake Guidry has developed a cybersecurity research tool that could improve the security of electric vehicle charging.
Jul 18, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The key to developing an electric vehicle battery that can charge as quickly as it takes to fill a car with gasoline lies within its materials.
Jun 5, 2023
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Business
Developers seeking to deploy advanced nuclear reactors can find high market potential in states with energy-intensive industries, nuclear-friendly laws, and widespread social acceptance—factors outlined in a new report ...
May 15, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast with wind speeds reaching 140 mph, eventually causing more than 1,800 deaths and $1.8 billion in damage.
May 9, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A crowd gathers around a black wooden box that resembles a short refrigerator, waiting for the motion of a pair of robotic arms sitting just outside the box. When the arms move, a wave of excited energy in the room at Idaho ...
May 2, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
In the back lot behind a building at Idaho National Laboratory building in Idaho Falls, energy systems engineer Kurt Myers leads me outside to look at a nondescript shipping container and an enclosed trailer. While at first ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Nuclear and hydrogen could be the ideal fuel for recharging electric trucks, opening potential markets for developers of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs).
Jan 17, 2023
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