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Distributed community-scale bioenergy generation is a key component of equitable clean energy transition in rural communities. Production of biochar and co-products increases income and economic activity. To meet the societal need for rapid build-out of emerging carbon sequestration and bioproducts facilities at distributed community scale, project design and planning processes must be streamlined ...

Adoption of autonomous underwater vehicle technology has recently experienced rapid growth. They are particularly useful as unmanned survey platforms and typically have an array of onboard sensors to collect data for a variety of commercial and military applications. Autonomous underwater vehicles require a power source, typically batteries, to be carried onboard. An increase in available energy i ...

Industrial heating processes are a significant contribution to global carbon emissions. There is an urgent need to reduce these emissions by decarbonizing such processes. While transitioning to hydrogen-based fuels is a promising solution, there are no existing process burners that can operate with 100% hydrogen and still comply with strict NOx emission requirements. To tackle this challenge, Clea ...

We propose a fundamentally new balance of plant (BOP) architecture for a PV solar system integrated with battery storage and heavy-duty EV fleet charging infrastructure. These PV solar systems are 1- 10s of MW in size, with a 2 to 4-hour battery and several MWs of EV charging electronics. Usually known as microgrids, these integrated PV systems connect to the bulk power systems, providing resilien ...

The problem being addressed: This proposal addresses the challenge of rapidly, economically, and precisely characterizing seafloor sediments for siting of offshore wind energy turbines and transmission cables.How this problem is being addressed: The rapid growth of the offshore wind industry worldwide is stretching the already limited supply of in-situ resources for seafloor mapping. The gap betwe ...

Pumped storage hydropower (PSH) stands alone as the only commercially proven technology available for grid-scale and long-duration energy storage. It is a versatile and cost-effective solution for energy storage that supports the integration of renewable energy sources, improves grid stability, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. At PSH reservoirs, water is pumped and released to store and produ ...

There are a few major challenges associated with direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide, including 1) lowering capture costs and 2) disposal or usage of the captured carbon dioxide. On the other hand, converting carbon dioxide with renewable electricity into useful products and/or fuels has been hindered by the problems of 1) high costs and 2) availability of carbon dioxide. A new technology - ...

The oil and gas industry relies on flaring to reduce the venting of methane into our atmosphere. Currently, without a cost-effective method to capture and utilize these gases, flaring is the most environmentally friendly method for abating greenhouse gasses. When operated properly, flares are assumed to be 98% efficient at burning methane. Recent studies have shown that in reality, flaring operati ...

C56-40e-272710 No matter how they enter a system, counterfeit parts are a significant threat to the National Reactor Innovation Center and the broader Department of Energy. According to the Office of the Inspector General report Special Inquiry Into Counterfeit, Fraudulent, and Suspect Items in Operating Nuclear Power Plants, “Department of Energy staff identified more than 100 incidents involvi ...

C56-40n-272712The limiting factor in previous imaging approaches to material, control, and accounting of pebbles going through pebble bed reactors was the ability to reliably identify hundreds of thousands of unique pebbles in a short time. Moreover, the secondary approach of identifying types of pebbles does support fresh fuel loading by distinguishing fuel pebbles from moderator pebbles, but sti ...