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Reshaping the future of the electric grid through low-cost, long-duration discharge batteries
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Form Energy sprang out of JCESR research on the air-breathing sulfur battery.
A new era of energy provided by renewables may be close at hand, thanks to research begun at the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Innovation Hub led by DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory, and continued at spinoff company Form Energy.
The challenge JCESR addressed is long duration storage stabilizing a renewable grid against several consecutive days of calm or overcast days when wind and solar generation is absent or severely limited. Today’s lithium-ion batteries can discharge at full power for 4-6 hours, enough to stabilize against most intra-day variations due to passing clouds or fluctuating winds, or to extend solar electricity a few hours past sunset to serve the evening demand peak. A full day or consecutive days of w
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Argonne is looking at alternative supply chains for critical materials, says Cynthia Jenks, head of Argonne s circular economy initiative. Mining these materials from our nation s urban sources would enhance national security.
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Imagine 10 million people, each drinking a bottle of water a day and then deciding on what to do with the container. Do they throw it in the trash, toss it to the gutter or recycle it?
This isn t a far-fetched scenario. In fact, U.S. consumers purchased nearly 50 billion water bottles in 2018, or about 137 million bottles a day, according to one estimate.
This year s Estonian mother tongue day (Emakeelepäev) is being marked by ERR as always with a dictation next Monday (March 15), with prizes to be given out in several categories, including best entry from a non-native speaker of Estonian.
This year s text is inspired by poet and author Jaan Kaplinski, who recently turned 80, ERR s Menu portal reports.
The dictation text will be read out from 10.25 a.m. Estonian time on the Vikerraadio channel here (all links in Estonian), on Monday, March 15. Entries muct be submitted via the Vikerraadio site, though the window opens at 10.00 a.m. and remains open until 11.00 a.m.
Murugesan s research destined for Energy Sciences Center adds to PNNL s battery technology contributions
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Vijayakumar Vijay Murugesan stands next to the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy imaging system, which is attached to a glovebox via an in situ sample transfer port. The instrument helps Murugesan and other researchers design battery parts then conduct tests in the imaging system. The setup will move to the new Energy Sciences Center later this year. (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
When he was a 10th grade student at a public school in southern India, Vijayakumar Vijay Murugesan submitted a science project that lacked peer review, among other things.