Battery Charging Solutions for Border Cameras
Are there any novel charging solutions or batteries with longer life expectancy?
Alternative Energy
Novel, nontraditional, and emerging sources and technologies for harvesting, generating, storing, transmitting/transporting, and reusing energy.
Recent Inquiries
Protective Coatings for Nuclear Fuel Applications
What information is available on protective coatings for nuclear fuel applications?
Recharging Systems/Batteries With Longer Life Expectancies
What are the novel charging systems or batteries with longer life expectancies?
Articles
The Future of More Sustainable Cooling and Heating Technology Could Be Just Around the Corner
A team of researchers from the U. S. Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory developed a magnetocaloric heat pump that matches current vapor-compression heat pumps for weight, cost, and performance. Current heating and cooling devices…
Detecting Battery Failures Quicker
Batteries in electric vehicles can fail quickly, sometimes catching fire without much warning. Sandia is working to detect these failures early and provide sufficient warning time to vehicle occupants. While electric vehicles have systems to…
ERDC Celebrates Army’s First Hydrogen-Powered Nanogrid
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico — In December 2024, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has unveiled a cutting-edge hydrogen-powered small microgrid (nanogrid) at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in…
Webinars
Ignition and the Path Toward an Inertial Fusion Energy Future
In December 2022, a team at Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) conducted the first controlled fusion experiment in history to reach scientific energy breakeven, producing more energy from fusion than the laser…
Novel Hyper-Breeder Nuclear Reactor Concept
This webinar will describe a novel hyper-breeder reactor requiring only natural uranium fuel and a breeding ratio of 1.55, which allows the reactor to be started up with some of the depleted uranium fuel. This…
DoD Nuclear Energy Use Case – A Combatant Command Perspective
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) was an early adopter of nuclear power and pioneered research of mobile nuclear energy. In addition to the well-documented U.S. Navy nuclear propulsion program, the U.S. Army constructed eight…
Events
Energy Exchange
The Energy Exchange, hosted by the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), is an opportunity for agencies to ensure their workforce understands leadership direction, priorities, goals, and strategies. It’s also a unique opportunity to fulfill training…
2024 Resilience Week
Join the 2024 Resilience Week in Austin, Texas to engage with private and public partners to discuss collaborations to work together and ensure a secure and resilient flow of energy across the nation. Large disasters…
Microgrids & Energy Resilience Summit
Defense Strategies Institute’s (DSI’s) Microgrids & Energy Resilience Summit will bring together U.S. Department of Defense, federal government, and industry to drive the integration and connectivity of microgrids and distributed energy resources into our defense…