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DOE OSTI2022

South Texas Industrial Assessment Center (Final Report)

The South Texas Industrial Assessment Center (ST-IAC) provides small to mid-size manufacturing companies and water treatment plants in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, free energy assessments to help them reduce costs and stay competitive for sustainable development. The ST-IAC operates within the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), and is the largest Hispanic-serving IAC in the U.S. Created in 2016, the ST-IAC, situated in the most economically disadvantaged region in the country, has been successful in training students and assessing local industries served by a predominantly Hispanic population. UTRGV, now the second largest Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) of higher education in the U.S., has a student population of 32,000, of which 90% is Hispanic. While Covid-19 had a negative impact to our program during Budget Periods (BP) 4 and 5, the center still managed to provide opportunities for individuals, manufacturing and water industries in the local region. The program developed an energy engineering program in the region and further advanced national priorities. Those include resilience and sustainability of operations by implementing energy efficiency processes, renewable energy sources, decarbonization, battery storage, and cybersecurity in south Texas.

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DOE OSTI2022

Topical Group on Application and Industry Community Engagement Frontier Snowmass 2021 (Summary Report)

HEP community leads and operates cutting-edge experiments for the DOE Office of Science which have challenging sensing, data processing, and computing requirements that far surpass typical industrial applications. To make necessary progress in the energy, material, and fundamental sciences, development of novel technologies is often required to enable these advanced detector and accelerator programs. Our capabilities include efficient co-design, which is a prerequisite to enable the deployment of advanced techniques in a scientific setting where development spans from rapid prototyping to robust and reliable production scale. This applies across the design spectrum from the low level fabrication techniques to the high level software development. It underpins the requirement for a holistic approach of innovation that accelerates the cycle of technology development and deployment. The challenges set by the next generation of experiments requires a collaborative approach between academia, industry and national labs. Just a single stakeholder will be unable to deliver the technologies required for the success of the scientific goals. Tools and techniques developed for High Energy Physics (HEP) research can accelerate scientific discovery more broadly across DOE Office of Science and other federal initiatives and also benefit industry applications.

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DOE OSTI2022

Membrane Carbonation for 100% Efficient Delivery of Industrial CO 2 Gases

Industrial processes generate about one quarter of all greenhouse gases emissions in the US, about 80% of which is carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Biological processes are one of the largest natural sinks for atmospheric CO 2 , but the rate of capture is limited by the low concentration in air (~0.04%). Industrial emissions have significantly higher CO 2 concentrations, ranging from 5–80% CO 2 , which can significantly increase the rate of biological CO 2 capture, including many-fold improvements for cultivating microalgae to produce food, fertilizer, and renewable fuel. However, traditional methods for delivering CO 2 to microalgae using bubbling is < 40% efficient, leading to significant residual CO 2 emissions and increased cost. This project developed the Membrane Carbonation (MC) technology to significantly improve the CO 2 delivery efficiency to microalgae from power plant flue gas, wastewater treatment plant anaerobic digesters biogas (Figure 1), and other CO 2 -containing industrial sources.

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DOE OSTI2022

Industrial Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) for SNL/CA Reporting Year 2022-2023

The Sandia National Laboratories, California (SNL/CA) site comprises approximately 410 acres and is located in the eastern portion of Livermore, Alameda County, California. The property is owned by the United States Department of Energy and is being managed and operated by National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC. The facility location is shown on the Site Map(s) in Appendix A. This Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) is designed to comply with California’s General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Industrial Activities (General Permit) Order No. 2015-0122-DWQ (NPDES No. CAS000001) issued by the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) (Ref. 6.1). This SWPPP has been prepared following the SWPPP Template provided on the California Stormwater Quality Association Stormwater Best Management Practice Handbook Portal: Industrial and Commercial (CASQA 2014). In accordance with the General Permit, Section X.A, this SWPPP contains the following required elements: Facility Name and Contact Information; Site Map; List of Significant Industrial Materials; Description of Potential Pollution Sources; Assessment of Potential Pollutant Sources; Minimum BMPs; Advanced BMPs, if applicable; Monitoring Implementation Plan (MIP); Annual Comprehensive Facility Compliance Evaluation (Annual Evaluation); and, Date that SWPPP was Initially Prepared and the Date of Each SWPPP Amendment, if Applicable.

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DOE OSTI2022

Solar Industry Update (Fall 2022) [Slides]

Each quarter, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) conducts the Quarterly Solar Industry Update, a presentation of technical trends within the solar industry, to the solar office staff. Each presentation focuses on global and U.S. supply and demand, module and system price, investment trends and business models, and updates on U.S. government programs supporting the solar industry.

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DOE OSTI2022

Additive Manufacturing Design Guidelines for Wind Industry

The purpose of this report is to equip wind industry professionals with the fundamental information needed to best leverage additive manufacturing techniques in their design and manufacturing decisions. Herein an overview of each of the seven families of additive manufacturing is provided, along with typical materials used in each process, current ranges on process speeds, materials and system costs, and examples of systems on the market today. Using the lens of large-scale additive to suit the needs of the wind industry, the processes that are well-suited to large-scale production are down selected from the seven families and additional information with design guidelines specific to each process are detailed. A companion document titled “Relevant Additive Manufacturing Materials for Wind Industry” elaborates on the specifics of relevant material properties and test methods for additive manufacturing materials.

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DOE OSTI2022

Industry Requirements for Geomagnetic Disturbance Models

This research project will address the most pressing uncertainties in modeling and measuring the electric power grid effects of geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs) and the E3 portion of nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP). The primary goal is to help decision-makers in the electric power sector have the knowledge and tools they need to most effectively mitigate GMD effects on our nation’s electric grid, with a secondary focus on EMP. Comprehensive modeling, model assessment through sensitivity analysis, and validation with field measurement data will be the primary tasks undertaken. The goal will be a more widespread adoption of these modeling approaches, namely characterizing the uncertainty associated with these models and how that uncertainty will affect decision-making by industry. This document summarizes industry requirements for better decision-making tools, informed by feedback from an industry advisory board. These requirements help guide planning and execution of the project's remaining tasks.

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DOE OSTI2023

Solar Industry Update (Winter 2023) [Slides]

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DOE OSTI2022

Relevant Additive Manufacturing Materials for Wind Industry

The purpose of this report is to equip wind industry professionals with the relevant material testing and properties of large format extrusion-based additive manufacturing processes. Discussion on the printability and processing of different classes of materials (i.e. low temperature, high temperature, thermoplastics, elastomeric, foam, etc.) is provided as well as relevant test standards and methods. Existing results for materials and properties are detailed. A companion document titled “Additive Manufacturing Design Guidelines for Wind Industry” covers the seven families of additive manufacturing, the relevance of each family to the wind industry, and design guidelines and considerations for the most relevant processes.

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DOE OSTI2023

Spring 2023 Solar Industry Update [Slides]

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DOE OSTI2023

Summer 2023 Solar Industry Update [Slides]

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DOE OSTI2023

Fall 2023 Solar Industry Update [Slides]

Each quarter, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) conducts the Quarterly Solar Industry Update, a presentation of technical trends within the solar industry. Each presentation focuses on global and U.S. supply and demand, module and system price, investment trends and business models, and updates on U.S. government programs supporting the solar industry. This quarter we also provide additional analysis on the domestic content of U.S. PV installations.

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DOE OSTI2024

Novel Microbial Routes to Synthesize Industrially Significant Precursor Compounds

Ethylene is the most widely employed organic precursor compound in industry. The potential to impact ethylene formation via recently discovered microbial processes is tenable using plentiful CO2 feedstocks. The overall long-term objective of this project was to develop an industrially compatible microbial process to synthesize ethylene in high yields. The key objective of this project was to fully define and initially characterized a recently discovered and genetically regulated anaerobic pathway to produce high levels of ethylene called the Dihydroxyacetone Phosphate - Ethylene Pathway in phototrophic bacteria. This was addressed through the following specific aims: 1. Fully probe the catalytic potential of all enzymes of the DHAP ethylene pathway and determine the regulatory mechanism of DHAP-ethylene pathway gene expression. 2. Discover effective and active ethylene enzymes encoded in cultured and uncultured organisms from anoxic environments. 3.Model the thermodynamics and kinetics of ethylene synthetic pathways to guide engineering efforts in integrating best performing DHAP-ethylene pathway enzymes into model bacteria chassis for enhance ethylene yields. Through this project we discovered the initially missing genetic and enzyme component of the DHAP-ethylene pathway that directly synthesized ethylene and other important industrial compounds like methane and ethane from specific substrates. We uncovered and partially characterized a nitrogenase-like reductase that functions in DHAP-ethylene pathway specifically and in methionine synthesis in general. This nitrogenase-like system is called the Methylthio-Alkane Reductase (MAR) for its ability to cleave volatile organic sulfur compounds into methanethiol (CH3-SH) for methionine synthesis and a hydrocarbon byproduct. Key to the DHAP-ethylene pathway, MAR is the essential enzyme that cleaves 2-methylthioethanol (CH3-S-CH2-CH2-OH) into ethylene. Coordinately, we uncovered that the MAR genes and genes associated with conversion of methanethiol (CH3-SH) to methionine are under genetic control of a LysR Type Transcriptional Regulator called SalR, whose activity is dependent upon the amount of sulfate available to the cell. When sulfate as the preferred sulfur source for cell growth drops below 200 micromolar, SalR become active for expressing the MAR and methionine biosynthesis genes to enable the cell to grow from volatile organic sulfur compounds and make ethylene. Metabolic thermos-kinetic modeling revealed that these MAR reactions for ethylene and other hydrocarbon production are highly thermodynamically favorable and are one of the largest driving forces for ethylene production by the DHAP-ethylene pathway for high ethylene yields. Modeling also indicated that a key aldolase and to a lesser extent an isomerase of the DHAP-ethylene pathway for production of the ethylene precursor, 2-methylthioethanol, also would increase ethylene yields. Through metagenomic mining and gene synthesis by the JGI DNA synthesis program, over 500 aldolase and isomerase homologs were synthesized and screened. From this, variants were uncovered with substantially higher activity that increased ethylene yields 5-fold via the aldolase reaction and 1.5-fold via the isomerase reaction. Each of these elements that increase ethylene production were integrated together via plasmid under appropriate gene promoter elements in the phototrophic bacterium, Rhodospirillum rubrum, resulting in at least 3 orders of magnitude increase in ethylene yield from carbon dioxide feedstock.

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DOE OSTI2023

Analysis of Water-Energy Issues for Nuclear Power with Industry Perspective

The water-energy nexus is a dynamic, ever evolving challenge involving technological changes, regulatory updates, economic constraints, environmental issues, and political attributes. This report expands on a previous report that gave an initial assessment of the water-energy nexus challenges facing the U.S. commercial industry. This follow-up report provides analysis and insights from stakeholder interviews focusing on the issues faced by the U.S. commercial nuclear energy industry within the water-energy nexus space. This report updates and expand the “Cooling Water Issues and Opportunities at U.S. Nuclear Power Plants” This report includes analysis on water withdrawal and consumption by operating nuclear reactors, evolving policy risks that could impact the operation of the existing commercial nuclear fleet, implications of water markets, trading and water rights, the changing energy grid, progressing environmental risks (including analysis on the possible impact of climate change on water availability and nuclear power plant performance), and opportunities to reduce water related risk. The feedback from the stakeholders’ interviews helps incorporate viewpoints from within the nuclear and related industry that can lack representation in other research areas, without constituting a comprehensive opinion survey. Stakeholders interviewed include nuclear power plants operators, water treatment providers, developers, and vendors of reactor technologies.

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DOE OSTI2024

Winter 2024 Solar Industry Update

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DOE OSTI2024

Electric Utility Industry Standards Landscape

The electric utility industry relies on robust communication protocols to manage complex electrical grid data. The inherent networked nature of electrical grids, coupled with the radial structure of the “last mile” portion delivering power to end-use customers, presents difficulties in describing electrical models using simple data constructs. The paper provides an overview of communication protocols that address electric utility data, including grid data, and classifies these protocols through identification key characteristics that make them suitable for different electric grid data domains. Because of their variety, grid edge devices and their associated dedicated protocols are assessed by groups: those primarily designed for energy production and storage, those related to flexible loads, and those related to electric vehicles. The intent of this report is to provide guidance for stakeholders to navigate the challenges posed by the numerous overlapping protocols available to address electric grid data. Although further industry review, refinement, and validation of the categorization of these protocols is recommended, the authors propose this categorization as a start to improve electric grid awareness and understanding. In addition, this report includes three recommended industry actions regarding protocols to improve communications on the electric grid.

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DOE OSTI2024

Challenges, Industry Practice, and Research Opportunities for Protection of IBR-Rich Systems

The objective of this technical report is to outline the challenges of protection design for power systems rich in inverter-based resources (IBRs), synthesize current industrial practices, review new approaches from recent literature, and explore future opportunities in protection. IBRs are experiencing widespread adoption across both transmission and distribution systems. When present in significant quantities, IBRs challenge the performance of many traditional protection functions. To address these issues, the industry has developed sophisticated protection schemes that involve advanced relaying techniques in highly engineered pilot projects. However, these schemes are expensive and time-consuming to develop, build, and test. Researchers have proposed a number of new approaches for protection in IBR-rich distribution systems. Despite their potential, these new approaches do not address some major shortcomings of industry approaches stemming from complexity, practical requirements, and reliability.

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DOE OSTI2024

Spring 2024 Solar Industry Update

Each quarter, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) conducts the Quarterly Solar Industry Update, a presentation of technical trends within the solar industry Each presentation focuses on global and U.S. supply and demand, module and system price, investment trends and business models, and updates on U.S. government programs supporting the solar industry.

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