While hydrogen has been around as a fuel alternative for decades most famously as rocket fuel for NASA it typically has not been "clean." As the country struggles to decarbonize hard-to-electrify sectors such as heavy-duty transportation, petroleum refining and steel, ways to produce hydrogen with little-to-no carbon emissions have emerged as a potential silver bullet.
Stephen K. Streiffer, the director of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University, has been picked to be the next director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Li-Bridge, a public-private alliance led by Argonne National Laboratory in DuPage County and convened by the U.S. Department of Energy, has released a report outlining steps toward creating a more robust domestic manufacturing base and supply chain for lithium-based batteries.
High up on former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s brag sheet were corporate relocations and he helped to lure Motorola from Schaumburg, Kraft Heinz from Northfield and McDonald’s from Oak Brook,