| | OilPrice.com | For carbon-free hydrogen to play a significant role in decarbonization, it will need to be produced in large quantities at low cost to compete with hydrocarbons. In a future power system heavily dependent on intermittent renewables, hydrogen will likely find economical use in power storage for grid balancing.
| 3/7/2021 | |  |
| | ARM Reaches Major Milestone and Announces Expansion Opportunity | USA’s Advanced Remote Monitoring & Diagnostics Services Project (ARM) represents a one-of-a-kind industry initiative. In partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, ARM helps reduce power plants’ operating costs through the application of advanced technologies. | 3/2/2021 | |  |
| | How to Soften the Economy of Green Hydrogen | The production of electricity from blank hydrogen has been elusive, but this may replace in the not too distant future: technological, political and environmental points – the variables for creating the hydrogen economy – are aligned.
| 2/8/2021 | |  |
| | https://energycentral.com/c/cp/clean-hydrogen-integrated-energy-systems-closer-ever | Future hybrid energy systems could lead to paradigm shifts in clean energy production, national lab researchers and industry leaders predict. Beyond providing flexibility and an abundant supply of clean energy, such systems could support sectors of the economy that are more difficult to decarbonize, such as industry and transportation.
| 1/27/2021 | |  |
| | How To Light A Fuse Under The Green Hydrogen Economy | Generating electricity from clean hydrogen has always been elusive. But that may change in the not-so-distant future: the technological, political and environmental factors — the variables to create the hydrogen economy — are aligning.
| 1/18/2021 | |  |
| | USEA Press Brief | There is a growing overproduction of electricity from solar and wind, but solar in particular, especially in the Southwest. Utilities are in a rush to find ways of saving this electricity and balancing their systems.
| 1/15/2021 | |  |
| | WNN Nuclear News | The Office of Nuclear Energy has outlined its plan to support the existing US nuclear generation fleet, demonstrate the latest innovations in nuclear energy technologies and explore new market opportunities.
| 1/12/2021 | |  |
| | Feds Pump $10M into Xcel Energy for Hydrogen Production | The U.S. Department of Energy announced the funding award on Oct. 8. The new project is the first of its kind in pairing a commercial electricity generator with high-temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) technology.
| 12/1/2020 | |  |
| | INL and Xcel Energy join Forces for Hydrogen-Production Project in Minnesota | Xcel Energy will work with Idaho National Laboratory to demonstrate a system that uses a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water. The resulting hydrogen will initially be used at the power plant, but it could eventually be sold to other industries. More than $10 million in federal funding has been awarded to the project.
| 11/13/2020 | |  |
| | US Nuclear Lab Partnering with Utility to Produce Hydrogen | The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded just under $14 million for an attempt to build a hydrogen-energy production facility at a nuclear power plant in Minnesota with the help of a nuclear research lab in Idaho. The project is part of a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
| 11/12/2020 | |  |
| | Xcel Energy, Idaho National Lab form private-public partnership to tap nuclear energy for hydrogen production | A new partnership between Xcel Energy and Idaho National Laboratory, together with more than $10 million in federal funding, will investigate how to use nuclear energy to make hydrogen used at nuclear plants and, perhaps, sold to other industries.
| 11/12/2020 | |  |
| | INL and Xcel Energy to Collaborate | More than $10 million in federal funding will help a Minnesota nuclear power plant make hydrogen in a way that could transform the nuclear energy industry.
| 11/10/2020 | |  |
| | The US Department of Energy has approved over $10 million in funding to help demonstrate how a nuclear power plant can make hydrogen in a way that could transform the nuclear energy industry. | The US Department of Energy has approved over $10 million in funding to help demonstrate how a nuclear power plant can make hydrogen in a way that could transform the nuclear energy industry.
| 11/9/2020 | |  |
| | Idaho National Laboratory is working with a Minnesota-based company on a system to use a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water. | Idaho National Laboratory is working with a Minnesota-based company on a system to use a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water.
| 11/9/2020 | | |
| | Private-Public Partnership will use Nuclear Energy for Clean Hydrogen Production | Private-Public Partnership will use Nuclear Energy for Clean Hydrogen Production, Project is first U.S. pairing of high-temperature steam electrolysis with commercial heat.
| 11/9/2020 | |  |
| | U.S. Department of Energy Announces $26.9 million for Advanced Nuclear Technology | The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced funding for three domestic projects that will accelerate advanced nuclear technology development. These projects, valued at $26.9 million including industry cost-share contributions, will allow industry-led teams to advance the state of domestic commercial nuclear capability. | 10/8/2020 | |  |
| | Fall Issue of the Bridge Nuclear Energy Revisited | The desire to reduce the carbon intensity of human activities and strengthen the resilience of infrastructure key to economic prosperity and geopolitical stability shines a new spotlight on the value and challenges of nuclear energy.
| 9/15/2020 | |  |
| | The race for outage efficiency | The U.S. Department of Energy’s Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program, led by Idaho National Laboratory, works closely with utilities to improve outage efficiencies and enable nuclear to go “toe-to-toe economically” with other energy sources.
| 7/31/2020 | |  |
| | Can a hydrogen makeover save nuclear power? | The Energy Department and the U.S. nuclear industry have seized on the vision of tapping energy from reactors to separate hydrogen from water, creating millions of tons of the gas a year to sell to oil refineries and fertilizer, steel and plastic manufacturers.
| 7/29/2020 | |  |
| | You use hydrogen in the production of steel and petroleum refining. You use hydrogen in the support of vehicles that burn hydrogen in fuel cells. | "You use hydrogen in the production of steel and petroleum refining. You use hydrogen in the support of vehicles that burn hydrogen in fuel cells. You use it for the production of ammonia fertilizers," said Bruce Hallbert, director of the DOE LWRS at INL.
| 7/29/2020 | |  |
| | This past January, UToledo hosted the Sustainable Energy Economy Workshop: Research & Development of Light Water Reactors and Hydrogen Hybrids. | This past January, UToledo hosted the Sustainable Energy Economy Workshop: Research & Development of Light Water Reactors and Hydrogen Hybrids.
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| | Four U.S. nuclear generators—Energy Harbor, Xcel Energy, Exelon, and Arizona Public Service —are making headway on projects to demonstrate hydrogen production at nuclear plants, but scaling those efforts up to net new end-users and sources of revenue is | Four U.S. nuclear generators—Energy Harbor, Xcel Energy, Exelon, and Arizona Public Service —are making headway on projects to demonstrate hydrogen production at nuclear plants, but scaling those efforts up to net new end-users and sources of revenue is still ridden with hurdles, company officials said in a panel discussion at the American Nuclear Society’s virtual 2020 annual meeting.
| 6/11/2020 | |  |
| | Midwest nuclear power generators are exploring the potential of producing hydrogen on site as a way to reduce costs and create new revenue — a move that could also boost the region’s growing fuel cell industry. | Midwest nuclear power generators are exploring the potential of producing hydrogen on site as a way to reduce costs and create new revenue — a move that could also boost the region’s growing fuel cell industry.
| 6/1/2020 | |  |
| | ASTM International selects AM&P article for inclusion in 2020 ASTM standard | This article discusses newly developed automated software based on the ASTM standard E1820-18 normalization method, which is a useful tool for evaluating material fracture toughness in the ductile region.
| 3/13/2020 | |  |
| | Decades of work at Argonne National Laboratory led to pivotal moment for U.S. nuclear plants | In the U.S., where BWRs make up nearly a third of the reactors, regulators considered new safety enhancements to avoid another scenario like Fukushima, where an earthquake and tsunami touched off a series of fuel failures that resulted in radioactive leaks.
| 3/12/2020 | |  |
| | The Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program authorizes the secretary of energy to establish a program to support existing plants in the United States. | The Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program authorizes the secretary of energy to establish a program to support existing plants in the United States.
| 2/14/2020 | | |
| | NRC Issues First Subsequent License Renewals, Extends Nuclear Reactor Life to 80 Years | Marking a major milestone for the U.S. nuclear power sector, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has for the first time issued license renewals that authorize nuclear reactor operation beyond 60 years and up to 80 years.
| 12/11/2019 | | |
| | Three More Nuclear Plant Owners Will Demonstrate Hydrogen Production | FirstEnergy Solutions, Xcel Energy, and Arizona Public Service will demonstrate hydrogen production at three nuclear plants they own starting in 2020 and 2021.
| 9/11/2019 | | |