登录
 机构网站
  1. 首页
  2. 情报产品
  3. 快讯详情

《United Kingdom Invests in DOE's Electron-Ion Collider Project to Understand Matter at the Smallest Scale | 》

  • 来源专题：可再生能源
  • 编译者： 武春亮
  • 发布时间：2024-03-29
  • Contact: Karen McNulty Walsh , (631) 344-8350, or Peter Genzer , (631) 344-3174
    share:
    United Kingdom Invests in DOE's Electron-Ion Collider Project to Understand Matter at the Smallest Scale .
    March 27, 2024
    enlargeJohn Hill, Deputy Director for Science and Technology at Brookhaven National Laboratory, with Ruqaiyah Patel, Deputy Director of UKRI North America, at a recent reception held by UKRI's North America office to mark the funding of EIC.
    Editor's note: The following news release was issued today by the U.S. Department of Energy. Comments from DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and DOE’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) — partners in building the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) — appear at the end of the news release. For more information about the EIC, contact: Karen McNulty Walsh, kmcnulty@bnl.gov , (631) 344-8350.
    The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a unique international particle collider being constructed to explore the building blocks of matter at the smallest scale, will get a significant boost from colleagues in the United Kingdom (UK). The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), through the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Infrastructure Fund, has announced its commitment to support UK personnel involved in research, development, and major equipment contributions towards the successful completion and subsequent research program of the EIC.
    The contribution from DSIT is one of the first from DOE’s international partners and will help to develop the new detector and infrastructure for the EIC. Spanning a period of seven years, the financial support from the DSIT will support a consortium of UK laboratories and universities to partner with the EIC collaboration. The EIC will be looking for answers to some of the most important questions in nuclear physics, like how quarks and gluons interact via the strong force to create the most fundamental building block in nature—the proton.
    “The EIC is a great example of international collaboration. This unique collider will delve deeper than ever into the origin of the building blocks of nature – and breakthroughs from it will impact the world’s understanding of the universe,” said Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Director of the DOE’s Office of Science. “It continues a long-standing tradition of ground-breaking scientific exploration with one of DOE’s oldest and strongest partners.”
    UKRI’s support for EIC —  ￡58.4 ($73.8) million to develop new detector and accelerator infrastructure — came as part of the agency's announcement of plans for ￡473 ($598) million investment in infrastructure to equip UK science and innovation for the future.
    “Through these investments, UKRI continues to equip the research and innovation community with the tools it needs to explore and develop the science and technologies needed for the coming decades,” said Mark Thomson, Executive Chair for the Science and Technologies Facilities Council and Infrastructure Champion for UKRI. “These projects will strengthen the UK community’s quest for discovery and innovative applications. The long-term nature of this investment also helps to maintain the UK’s key position on the world stage of research and innovation for the future. On a personal level, I am particularly pleased that today’s announcement will strengthen the UK’s collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, in the development and delivery of a major new scientific facility.”
    The EIC is being constructed at the DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in partnership with Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. Construction of the EIC will also include teams from Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley, and Oak Ridge National Laboratories, as well as multiple U.S. universities and international partners. The EIC is the only facility being constructed in the coming decades capable of colliding a beam of high-energy polarized electrons with a counter-circulating beam of high-energy polarized protons or heavier ions. At the collision point of these two beams, a complex detector system will capture individual collision events, providing crucial information on the forces and interactions inside protons and atomic nuclei, and producing what many have referred to as “a CT scan of the proton.” Besides the benefits to fundamental scientific knowledge, the EIC will significantly advance research in other fields including accelerator physics, medical physics, artificial intelligence, computing, electronics, and radiation safety. Numerous jobs requiring a highly skilled workforce will be needed to construct and operate the EIC.
    The EIC project is currently supported by an international collaboration of over 1,400 researchers representing nearly 300 institutions in 40 countries. Scientists in the UK are major contributors to the EIC collaboration and have taken on a prominent role in the research and development of specific critical components of the EIC.
    Comments from Brookhaven Lab, Jefferson Lab, and EIC project leaders: .
    “We are delighted that the UK will invest in the EIC as signaled by this agreement. The discovery potential of the EIC, and the technology required to build the collider and its associated detector, are unparalleled. The EIC will be the only major collider constructed worldwide in the next decade.  We look forward to collaborating with our strong UK partners to realize this opportunity.” — JoAnne Hewett, Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory
    “I am proud to see the EIC partnerships grow with this UK commitment to support the state-of-the-art EIC detector and accelerator systems. We look forward to working closely with our colleagues in the UK, as well as our other domestic and international partners, to help realize the EIC’s full potential and scientific promise.” — Stuart Henderson, Director, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
    “This agreement strengthens our collaboration with colleagues and partners in the UK on this project, which is crucial to nuclear physics and accelerator technology development. It paves the way for discoveries and more opportunities for technology commercialization.” — Sergei Nagaitsev, EIC Technical Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory
    Brookhaven National Laboratory is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy. The Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, visit science.energy.gov .
    Follow @BrookhavenLab on social media. Find us on Instagram , LinkedIn , X , and Facebook .
    Tags: DOE EIC funding nuclear physics partnerships
    2024-21804    INT/EXT     Newsroom .
  • 原文来源：https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=121804
55浏览量
原文链接
相关报告

  • 《Biden-Harris Administration Invests $1.5 Billion to Bolster the Nation's Electricity Grid and Deliver Affordable Electricity to Meet New Demands》
    • 来源专题：可再生能源
    • 编译者：武春亮
    • 发布时间：2024-10-08
    • WASHINGTON, D.C. – In support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda and work to lower costs for American families, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced two critical actions in its continued efforts to support the expansion of the transmission infrastructure needed to ensure that the nation’s electricity grid is reliable, resilient, and ready to meet customer demands with low-cost clean electricity. First, DOE announced an investment of $1.5 billion in four transmission projects that will improve grid reliability and resilience, relieve costly transmission congestion, and open access to affordable energy to millions of Americans across the country. Supported by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and administered through DOE’s Grid Deployment Office (GDO), the projects selected today for the Transmission Facilitation Program will enable nearly 1,000 miles of new transmission development and 7,100 MW of new capacity throughout Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, while creating nearly 9,000 good-paying jobs. DOE also released the final National Transmission Planning (NTP) Study, a set of long-term planning tools and analyses that examine a wide range of potential future scenarios through 2050 to identify pathways to maintain grid reliability, increase resilience, and reduce costs, while meeting local, regional, interregional, and national interests and supporting the changing energy landscape. The study finds that the United States will need to approximately double to triple the 2020 transmission capacity by 2050 in order to meet demand growth and reliability needs, and hundreds of billions of dollars of cost savings can be achieved through substantial transmission expansion and interregional planning. The Biden-Harris Administration has taken aggressive action to support these needed grid expansions, including streamlining the federal permitting process for new transmission projects, supporting upgrades of existing lines, advancing long-term transmission planning, and delivering the largest investment in grid infrastructure in the nation’s history through the Administration’s Investing in America agenda. “The U.S. transmission network is the backbone of our nation’s electricity system. Though our grid has served U.S. energy needs for more than a century, our country’s needs are changing,” said U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk. “DOE’s approach to deploying near-term solutions and developing long-term planning tools will ensure our electric grid is more interconnected and resilient than ever before, while also supporting greater electricity demand. The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to bolstering our power grid to improve the everyday life of Americans through affordable power, fewer blackouts, more reliable power, and additional jobs across our country.” Accelerating Near-Term Transmission Development through Federal Financing Support To catalyze near-term transmission deployment, today DOE announced an investment of $1.5 billion in four transmission projects through the Transmission Facilitation Program, an innovative revolving fund program that helps overcome the financial hurdles facing transmission development.  Today’s investments will improve critical interregional grid connections, bring diverse clean energy resources to more customers, bolster resilience to extreme weather, and deliver hundreds of millions of dollars in direct and indirect community benefits. These investments advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s Justice40 Initiative, which sets the goal that 40% of the overall benefits of certain federal climate, clean energy, and other investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution. Four projects announced today will enter capacity contract negotiations with DOE: Aroostook Renewable Project will construct a new substation in Haynesville, Maine and a 111-mile transmission line with a capacity of 1,200 MW to connect the new substation to the Independent System Operator-New England (ISO-NE) system at a substation in Pittsfield, Maine. The project will provide New England with access to low-cost clean energy generated in northern Maine, while creating more than 4,200 construction jobs and 30 permanent operations jobs. (up to $425 million potential contract value) Cimarron Link is a 400-mile high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission line from Texas County, Oklahoma to Tulsa, Oklahoma. The line will transmit 1,900 MW of firm, point-to-point capacity to deliver low-cost wind and solar energy to growing load centers in eastern Oklahoma and elsewhere in the Southwest Power Pool, while creating more than 3,600 construction jobs and 20 permanent operations jobs. (up to $306 million potential contract value) Southern Spirit will construct a new 320-mile HVDC line connecting the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid for the first time with electric grids in the southeastern U.S. power markets, including Midcontinent Independent System Operator South (MISO-S) and Southern Company (SOCO), which will enhance reliability and prevent outages during extreme weather events, like Winter Storm Uri that hit Texas in 2022. This line across Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi will provide 3,000 MW of bidirectional capacity and create 850 construction jobs and 305 permanent operations jobs. (up to $360 million potential contract value) Southline will construct a new 108-mile transmission line that will deliver 1,000 MW of new, bidirectional capacity between Hidalgo County, New Mexico and Las Cruces, New Mexico, creating at least 150 new construction jobs and helping meet energy needs of industries investing in the region, including semiconductor, battery manufacturing, and data center facilities. (up to $352 million potential contract value). Today’s new selection is for Phase 2 of the Southline Project, following the prior selection of Southline Phase 1, a 175-mile line from Hidalgo County, New Mexico to Pima County, Arizona in the first round of the Transmission Facilitation Program.   With today’s announcement following prior selections of Southline Phase 1, the Southwest Intertie Project-North, and the Cross-Tie 500kV Transmission Line Project, nearly all of the legislated $2.5 billion of TFP funding is now committed. GDO will continue to evaluate the TFP revolving fund balance as projects advance in construction and relieve DOE of its current obligations. The program intends to open future funding opportunities when there are sufficient uncommitted funds available. Long-term Interregional Planning Benefits While transmission planning usually happens at the local or regional level, the National Transmission Planning Study shows that grid reliability can be maintained at the lowest cost with the highest level of reliability by coordinating interregional transmission. The NTP Study was developed in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)?to be used as a long-term planning tool. Key takeaways include: A substantial expansion of the transmission system throughout the entire contiguous United States will deliver the largest benefits and could lead to national electric system cost savings of $270 billion–$490 billion through 2050.  Significant return on investment, with every dollar spent on transmission meaning approximately $1.60 to $1.80 in system costs is saved. When transmission regions coordinate to achieve resource adequacy, system costs through 2050 are lowered by $170 billion–$380 billion.  The NTP Study is designed to enhance and encourage interregional planning efforts. It does not replace industry planning or identify a specific set of transmission lines that should be built. Rather, the NTP Study identifies potential opportunities for industry planners to consider projects that would benefit customers under a wide range of future scenarios. The NTP Study development included the expansion and creation of transmission planning tools—including open-source software, new modeling capabilities, and free research licenses—that DOE now is making available to planning entities, regional transmission operators/independent system operators, utilities, and states to help advance planning of interregional transmission across the nation. The findings and tools will be explored in a public webinar on Wednesday, October 16th from 3:15 to 4:30 pm ET. Register here.? Learn more about the Grid Deployment Office.
    11浏览量
    原文链接

  • 《Biden-Harris Administration Invests $430 Million to Upgrade America’s Hydropower Infrastructure》
    • 来源专题：可再生能源
    • 编译者：武春亮
    • 发布时间：2024-09-10
    • WASHINGTON, D.C.— As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of 293 hydroelectric improvement projects across 33 states that will receive up to $430 million in incentive payments to upgrade hydropower facilities – in operation for an average of 79 years. Administered by the Grid Deployment Office (GDO) and funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity Incentives program will enhance dam safety, improve grid resilience at 215 facilities, and protect 6,000 existing jobs at hydropower facilities as well as contractors and vendors. “As our earliest form of renewable energy generation, hydropower has reliably kept America running for almost 150 years—and the Biden-Harris Administration is ensuring these long-standing facilities can continue the steady flow of clean power,” U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. “Today’s funding will expand and modernize our hydropower fleet, while protecting thousands of American jobs.” Hydropower currently accounts for nearly 27% of renewable electricity generation in the United States, as well as 93% of all utility-scale energy storage. However, the fleet is aging, with many facilities in need of repair and upgrades.   DOE’s commitment to hydroelectric facilities across the United States The Investing in America agenda supports capital improvements directly related to three main areas of hydropower: improving grid resilience, improving dam safety, and enabling environmental and recreational improvements to hydropower facilities. Within DOE’s portfolio and funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity Incentives are complemented by two additional hydroelectric incentives: the Hydroelectric Production Incentives, providing incentive payments to qualified hydroelectric facilities for electricity generated and sold and the Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvement Incentives, providing payments to increase power generation from the nation’s existing hydropower fleet. The 293 projects announced today will:   Strengthen grid resilience at hydropower dams by:? Replacing or upgrading turbines and generators?Upgrading control systems?Upgrading cables and transformers?Upgrading penstocks, which transport water to the turbines?? Improve dam safety by upgrading aging dam infrastructure and strengthening existing infrastructure against extreme weather events. The average number of years selected facilities have been in operation is 79 years. Specific examples of projects include:? Upgrades to emergency spillways, which channel extra water during heavy rains?Concrete replacement to prevent water seepage through the dam?Water conveyance repairs to improve how the dam controls water movement?Upgrades to gates?Upgrades to prevent overtopping of dam walls?Erosion repair on the dam and surrounding areas Facilitate environmental and recreational improvements to hydropower infrastructure that will improve water conditions and expand surrounding habitat and passage for fish and other species, and upgrade recreational facilities near dams. For example:? Fish passage projects will install fish ladders or other equipment to enable fish and other aquatic species to pass through the dam and/or the turbine. Some projects will also improve or expand the wildlife habitat surrounding the dam.?? Water quality projects will deploy special turbines that reduce the loss of oxygen in water as it runs through the turbine to generate electricity. Water quality projects might also improve aquatic habitats downstream of the dam, as well as benefit species of conservation concern or cultural significance to Indian Tribes.?? Recreation projects will establish or maintain recreational facilities and opportunities near the dam, which might include expanding water access for boating; improving access for other recreational activities, such as kayaking and white-water rafting; and enhancing walking trails.  These investments also advance the President’s?Justice40 Initiative, which sets a goal that 40% of the overall benefits of certain federal climate, clean energy, affordable and sustainable housing, and other investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution. The full list of selections can be found online. In addition, the Grid Deployment Office will host a public webinar on the selections on September 11, 2024 from 1:00 to 1:30pm ET. Registration is required. DOE anticipates releasing a second round for Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectric Incentives next calendar year.
    49浏览量
    原文链接