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ORNL was recently awarded six Federal Laboratory Consortium awards, including the 2026 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award, for technology commercialized by Element3 that enables the extraction of lithium from oil and gas wastewater.
Researchers at ORNL developed a method to convert a commonly discarded hydrocarbon polymer into gasoline- and diesel-like fuels. The team has applied for a patent for the discovery, which treats polyethylene — the stuff of white cutting boards and shopping bags — with aluminum chloride-containing molten salts that serve as both solvent and catalyst. If scaled beyond the laboratory, the process could strengthen U.S. energy security and industrial competitiveness.
Colorado-based Gevo has licensed two ORNL catalyst technologies to advance pilot-scale production and commercialization of sustainable aviation fuel under a three-year cooperative research agreement supported by DOE.
Researchers at Oak Ridge and Pacific Northwest national laboratories have partnered with Smith-Root Inc. to commercialize “eDNA-bot,” a patented, autonomous aquatic robot that collects and analyzes environmental DNA in real time using artificial intelligence. Developers say the technology could enable continuous, lower-cost biological monitoring for hydropower licensing, invasive species detection and wastewater pathogen monitoring.
Researchers at ORNL will share their discoveries and innovations at DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy Energy Innovation Summit in San Diego, California.
Industry leaders met at ORNL to discuss research and technology pathways for securely integrating AI data centers with the electric grid. The workshop focused on grid integration, power systems, supply chains and security.
ORNL is propelling grid resilience through a partnership with regional utility EPB of Chattanooga that will demonstrate advanced microgrid capabilities to reduce customer power outages.
Researchers at ORNL provided the first comprehensive analysis of the specific costs of power outages to local customers across the nation. The study, incorporated in ORNL’s TASTI-GRID application, helps governments and utilities make decisions about grid modernization to reduce serious risks to public health and safety.
Researchers at ORNL used computer models to study whether abandoned coal mines could be turned into underground systems that store energy by pumping water.
ORNL is announcing the creation of the Institute for Next-Generation Data Centers, a new national institute dedicated to advancing the design, operation and integration of artificial intelligence data centers into the United States’ energy system.