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IMAGE: Rice University scientists extended their technique to produce graphene in a flash to tailor the properties of 2D dichalcogenides molybdenum disulfide and tungsten disulfide, quickly turning them into metastable metallics. view more
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HOUSTON - (Jan. 11, 2021) - Rice University scientists have extended their technique to produce graphene in a flash to tailor the properties of other 2D materials.
The labs of chemist James Tour and materials theorist Boris Yakobson reported in the American Chemical Society s
ACS Nano they have successfully flashed bulk amounts of 2D dichalcogenides, changing them from semiconductors to metallics.
Such materials are valuable for electronics, catalysis and as lubricants, among other applications.
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced on Dec. 21 that his bipartisan, bicameral Energy Act of 2020 has been
Energy Systems Integration Newsletter: December 2020
In this edition, NREL publishes a comprehensive guide to understanding inverter-dominated power systems, the Department of Energy awards NREL to pursue national solutions in solar integration, an article from NREL researchers in
IEEE Spectrum looks at the autonomous power grid of the future, and more.
Technical Roadmap Guides Research Direction for Grid-Forming Inverters
Power electronics including the inverters that interface solar, wind, battery energy storage, and electric vehicles are a rapidly expanding presence on the electric grid. As a result, inverters will inherit new responsibilities and introduce new challenges. Recognizing a knowledge gap, a team of experts from NREL and several collaborating
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 29 projects to receive nearly US$7.6 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development. The projects will advance energy storage technologies under the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002332, ‘Energy Storage for Fossil Power Generation’.
Energy storage combined with fossil energy assets offers a suite of benefits to asset owners, the electric grid, and society. These benefits include more reliable and affordable energy, a cleaner environment, and stronger power infrastructure. These projects will accelerate the development of technology options to manage the energy transition underway to decarbonise and increase the flexibility of fossil power generation and support the grid of the future with increasing variable renewable generation.
In Washington, a huge year-end spending package passed Congress yesterday. The $1.4 trillion spending package includes appropriation for Fiscal Year 2021, the COVID stimulus package, extensions of popular tax credits that otherwise expired on December 31st, and the Energy Act of 2020, a $35B version of a larger energy bill that has been drifting around in Congress since 2016.
At the White House, the President criticized the bill for wasteful provisions and for insufficient COVID stimulus and called on Congress to amend the legislation, but stopped short of a veto threat. Without the President’s signature, the government shuts down at midnight tonight.
As Fuels America noted, “the new omnibus appropriations and COVID-19 relief package extends key tax provisions for low-carbon biofuels and explicitly authorizes the USDA to deliver on long-awaited aid for biofuel producers.” One Hill observer added, “The bill is a classic end-of-year compromise: everybody got something, and