Lab evaluates plan for turning municipal waste into energy
Hydrocore, a company that turns waste into energy and marketable byproducts, went back to its roots with a partnership with INL to validate a new project.
Modeling program aids efficient water management
A team at Idaho National Laboratory has developed a modeling platform called Water and Energy Scenarios Testing for integrated resource planning.
University collaboration works toward demonstration project
In 2016, DOE announced four projects to assess the prevelance of rare earth elements that may be dissolved in higher-temperature geothermal fluids.
Sparking a regional conversation about industry research needs
In late July, the Center for Advanced Energy Studies hosted its first Industry Water-Energy Workshop, featuring speakers from INL among other partners.
Library without books offers high-tech resource
The INL Bioenergy Feedstock Library was designed so researchers could help untangle big challenges to using biomass as a commercial-scale energy resource.
Collaboration with Ohio company to recover gold, minerals from electronic devices
INL researchers are taking aim at the recovery of critical materials known as rare earth elements, which are used in the manufacturing of electronic devices
Enhancing energy security with homegrown energy sources
Researchers at and elsewhere are testing some surprising and innovative ways to produce the next generation of biofuels through advanced research.
Bats don’t spook INL archaeologist
It’s no coincidence that Bat Week is the week leading up to Halloween, but for INL archaeologists, bats are a year-round concern.
INL wins Idaho Innovation Award
An Idaho Innovation Award was awarded to the Electrochemical Recycling Electronic Constituents of Value, a tool used to reclaim valuable metals and REEs.
Quang Nguyen talks about feedstock challenges facing the bioenergy industry
Quang Nguyen is a member of the INL Biomass Feedstock National User Facility, a critical research team in the bioenergy industry.
INL teams with Dynexus
INL has teamed with Dynexus Technology to provide the energy storage industry with first-of-a-kind technology for advanced battery health diagnostics.
INL researchers and six companies have achieved a major milestone
INL collaborated with Toyota, Nissan, WiTricity, Jaguar Land Rover and Qualcomm to complete bench testing for charging systems for electric vehicles.
Advanced Manufacturing Institute
INL is part of the Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment Institute, which focuses on technologies for industrial manufacturing processes.
Using materials research to wrest energy from oceans
Dr. Bernadette Hernandez-Sanchez of Sandia National Laboratories visited INL to participate in various events around the lab.
Just over 60 percent of INL’s 890 square miles are in Butte County.
The partnership between Butte County and INL got put through its paces on April 11 with emergency management personnel staging a mutual aid drill.
Idaho researchers help electrify Yellowstone to Glacier road trip
With the help of INL, going on a road trip from Yellowstone National Park to Glacier National Park in an electric vehicles will become easier than ever.
Researchers help state of Idaho find a use for tainted alfalfa
6000 tons of alfalfa containing elevated levels of bromide could soon be bioenergy thanks to a collaboration between the state of Idaho and INL.
Driver willingness to pay price premium may be required
An INL study is focusing on the idea of fast-charging stations becoming as prevelant of gas stations, and how it would affect the usage of electric vehicles
INL interns use metal-digesting microbes to recycle electronics
Two INL interns and their research is focused on complicated glass and metal vessels used to grow a bacterium that causes fruit to rot.
Artificial intelligence helps turn biomass into energy
The INL Process Development Unit consists of a system that turns biomass into a processed form ready for conversion into biofuels, bioproducts and biopower.