Two scientists and an Innovation Crossroads alumna affiliated with the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory were recognized by DOE’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office, or AMMTO, last month for their contributions in manufacturing innovation for the nation’s energy sector.
A healthy global food supply requires healthy soil, which requires fertilizer to replace and or enhance the nutrients found in the soil. Many farmers use synthetic fertilizers, which are produced from petroleum and fossil fuels. Synthetic fertilizers have been historically cheap, but events in recent years have driven the price up and the supply down:
Ateios Systems, a member of the 2022 cohort of the Innovation Crossroads program operated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been awarded a $150,000 R&D grant and a $200,000 SuperBoost grant from the National Science Foundation’s Upstate New York Energy Storage Engine. This funding will support the company’s pioneering approach to manufacturing next-generation, high-energy
EarthEn, a leader in advanced energy storage that is also a member of the 2023 cohort of the Innovation Crossroads program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has announced its selection as a recipient of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) grant, alongside its inclusion in the DOE
Advanced energy is a crosscutting field that includes businesses, researchers and entrepreneurs working to make energy safer, more secure and more efficient. In November, state leaders from across the advanced energy industry gathered in downtown Knoxville to recognize current and future leaders and celebrate innovation at the 11th annual Opportunities in Energy conference, held by
The focus is on zinc batteries, a new generation of rechargeables that are rapidly gaining popularity as an alternative to traditional lithium-ion batteries.Several years ago, Tim Vosburgh decided to jump back into the battery sector looking to solve the myriad of challenges presented by the current lithium and lead-acid batteries.
One was named to Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential Climate Leaders in Business.” The other won an award for entrepreneurial excellence.One alum and one soon-to-be alum of the Innovation Crossroads program operated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been recognized for their achievements. One was on a national scale; the other was more local.
The word “shoddy” first came to use in 1832, referring to an early form of recycling in which old wool was shredded and spun with new wool to form a fabric. Nearly two centuries later, textile recycling still follows a similar process. But today’s textiles are blends of different materials, from synthetics to natural materials.
Megan O’Connor founded Nth Cycle in 2017 to address two problems: a growing volume of electronic waste, and a limited domestic supply of critical minerals needed for the energy transition. Fast forward to 2024, and her company has become the first in the United States to extract nickel and cobalt on a commercial scale from