New technology improves hydrogen manufacturing

Industrial hydrogen manufacturing is becoming more efficient thanks to findings outlined in a new paper published by INL researchers
Recycling Critical Materials

INL is involved in three recycling research projects being funded by the REMADE Institute (Reducing Embodied Energy and Decreasing Emissions).
International collaboration studies economics of turning Idaho manure to biogas

INL researchers, in collaboration with the German Biomass Research Center, are studying the use anaerobic digestion to produce biogas from Idaho dairies.
Idaho National Laboratory to lead new Energy Frontier Research Center

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced 22 new Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs), including one that will be led by Idaho National Laboratory.
Utah FORGE geothermal project involves INL modeling research

INL is to help with the research and development of geothermal systems at the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) in Utah.
Metal-eating microbes prove cost-effective for recycling rare earth elements

Researchers at INL have developed an economical way to recycle rare Earth elements (REEs) using a bacterium called Gluconobacter oxydans.
Looking to the salvage yard for rare-earth elements

INL is looking to the salvage yard to see what might be lurking under the hoods and in the doors of lcars and trucks in the search for rare earth elements.
Researchers compete in pitch competition

INL researchers gathered at the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) for the National Lab Accelerator Pitch Competition.
Solution to this growing environmental crisis may come from an unlikely combination

The solution to a environmental crisis may come from the combination of an Idaho Falls entrepreneur’s invention and an INL nuclear waste treatment tech.
Idaho researchers search for flaws before they become failures

INL researchers at the lab’s Battery Test Center have developed a new metric called self-discharge current to detect early internal battery shorts.
Fire danger increases as the grasses and sagebrush dry

The Fire Department at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is preparing for the 2017 wildland fire season.
Idaho lab lends expertise to California rare earth mining operation

INL and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Institute are developing solutions to build a domestic supply chain of rare earth elements.
INL Announces New Technology Deployment Director

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) today announced that Jason Stolworthy will serve as the laboratory’s new Technology Deployment director
Hybrid power plant boosts power by combining three energy sources

Enel Green Power North America’s Stillwater geothermal plant is being analyzed for its potential to concentrate on solar power.
The Lab-Corps Program

INL is participating in the Lab-Corps program, an initiative designed to guide innovation at national laboratories into the world of commerce and industry.
Idaho National Laboratory launches new online portal

Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL) Research Library provides access to nearly 12,000 documents related to the Site’s research and the areas its involved in.
INL reports analysis results from the largest collection of light-duty plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) and charging infrastructure demonstrations in the world.

Idaho National Lab is reporting results from the largest collection of light-duty plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) and charging infrastructure in the world.
Alaska’s Chena Power joins Snake River Geothermal Consortium team

Idaho National Laboratory announces that Chena Power, LLC, an Alaska-based company, has officially joined the Snake River Geothermal Consortium (SRGC) team
New Horizons powered by INL-built ‘space battery’

The NASA New Horizons craft is powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator assembled, tested and prepared for launch by researchers at INL.
Workshop on mitigating damage from geomagnetic disturbances

Utility leaders, lawmakers and researchers will discuss national recovery and potential risks associated with geomagnetic disturbances during a INL workshop