Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 2005
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9-Mar-2005
Industrial efficiency
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Improving the efficiency of manufacturing processes is an important component of ORNL's energy mission. Over the years Oak Ridge materials researchers have pursued this goal for a variety of industries through the Department of Energy's Industrial Technologies Program (ITP).
9-Mar-2005
More power to the GRID
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
On August 16, 2004, a year and two days after the largest power blackout in U.S. history, 3M announced the first commercial sale of an advanced conductor for overhead power lines.
8-Mar-2005
Letting the sunshine in
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The outlook is sunny for the Laboratory's prospects of commercializing hybrid solar lighting (HSL). The ORNL technology uses sunlight to reduce the need for indoor electric lighting, the largest consumer of electricity in commercial buildings.
8-Mar-2005
Pushing the envelope
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
If ORNL's Jeff Christian could have his way, next-generation houses in East Tennessee would generate as much electricity as they consume.
4-Mar-2005
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2005
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Story ideas from the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory include: TRANSPORTATION -- Securing Russian railcars; MATERIALS -- Cooling it with magnetism; AUTOMOBILES -- Silicon carbide power; and COMPUTING -- Maximizing computational power.
4-Mar-2005
Closer to the customer
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Without warning, the August 14, 2003, power blackout removed electricity for millions of people in the United States and Canada. The next day manufacturers still had no power, contributing to an estimated cost to the U.S. economy of $6 billion.
4-Mar-2005
Providing international solutions
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
As U.S. researchers focus on domestic energy issues, they could easily miss the century's dominant energy challenge: to increase energy supplies for the world's growing population without contributing further to environmental degradation. Accomplishing this monumental task would represent the most fundamental change in the world's energy production since the Industrial Revolution.
4-Mar-2005
Aid for the auto industry
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Since the 1970s the U.S. government has supported research and development designed to help Americans use energy more efficiently. Because a large portion of American oil imports is used for transportation, the Department of Energy makes substantial investments at ORNL in several technologies designed both to improve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions into the atmosphere.
4-Mar-2005
Multiple roads to the hydrogen car
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
In his 2003 State of the Union address, President George Bush communicated an ambitious vision that the United States will lead the world in developing clean, hydrogen-powered automobiles.