Alternative Energy

Novel, nontraditional, and emerging sources and technologies for harvesting, generating, storing, transmitting/transporting, and reusing energy.

Recent Inquiries

Current and Projected U.S. Department of Defense Regulations for Storing and Distributing Alternative Fuels

What are current and projected U.S. Department of Defense regulations for storing and distributing alternative fuels?

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Who are the power beaming subject matter experts within the U.S. Department of Defense community?

Who are the power beaming subject matter experts within the U.S. Department of Defense community?

A concept of how energy is passed from a relay to an aerial vehicle.

Power Beaming Capabilities to Recharge Batteries Across Long Distances

What are the advancements in battery charging using directed energy/power beaming across distances greater than 1 km?

Articles

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Advantages and Challenges of Nuclear-Powered Data Centers

We are living in the data center revolution. Nearly everything in our lives is now linked to the vast architecture of information crisscrossing the planet, including our work, our communication, our banking, and our entertainment….

Testing Starts on First Higher Enriched Fuel in U.S. Commercial Reactor

Southern Nuclear recently loaded a new higher enriched nuclear fuel into a commercial reactor for irradiation testing. This is the first time fuel enriched above 5 percent will be irradiated in a U.S. commercial reactor….

Butanol molecules trigger changes in a microbial cell membrane model in this illustration of research that used neutron scattering and supercomputing to understand fundamental processes for the efficient production of domestic fuels, chemicals and materials from plant biomass. Credit: Morgan Manning/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Solving a Molecular Mystery for Better Bioproducts

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Cincinnati achieved a breakthrough in understanding the vulnerability of microbes to the butanol they produce during fermentation of plant biomass. The…

Webinars

Ignition and the Path Toward an Inertial Fusion Energy Future

In December 2022, a team at Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) conducted the first controlled fusion experiment in history to reach scientific energy breakeven, producing more energy from fusion than the laser…

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Novel Hyper-Breeder Nuclear Reactor Concept

This webinar will describe a novel hyper-breeder reactor requiring only natural uranium fuel and a breeding ratio of 1.55, which allows the reactor to be started up with some of the depleted uranium fuel. This…

DoD Nuclear Energy Use Case – A Combatant Command Perspective

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) was an early adopter of nuclear power and pioneered research of mobile nuclear energy.  In addition to the well-documented U.S. Navy nuclear propulsion program, the U.S. Army constructed eight…

Events

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DoD Energy & Power Summit

DSI’s 7th Annual Department of Defense (DoD) Energy and Power Summit is a ‘Town-Hall’ style forum that will bring together leaders and experts from across U.S. military services, DoD, federal government, and industry. This event…

A concept of how energy is passed from a relay to an aerial vehicle.

POWER Aerial Demonstration Industry Day

Energy is a fundamental currency in the battlespace. The Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program will leverage power beaming for near-instantaneous energy transport to enable a resilient, multi-path energy network. To create this wireless…

2025 Public Health in a Displaced Persons Camp

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED AT THIS TIME.   UPDATE:  DUE TO RECENT CHANGES, THIS TRAINING HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A VIRTUAL EVENT. With this change of venue, a number of virtual breakout rooms and one “plenary”…