Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI) News

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With help from supercomputers at the DOE Office of Science user facilities, physicists are learning about how and why stars explode.
Heat pump savings
Heat pumps are increasing in popularity; as of 2020, over 17 million housing units had them installed. Heat pumps are helpful year-round, because they provide cooling in the summer as well as heating in winter.
Energy savings hub
The Department of Energy recently launched its Energy Savings Hub, a one-stop shop for consumers to learn how they can take advantage of energy efficient technologies while also lowering their energy costs and saving money.
A person using a tool that grasps onto a plant’s leaf that looks like a stapler measuring plant parameters related to photosynthesis
To better understand environmental systems, scientists supported by DOE’s Office of Science are studying plant roots and the surrounding soil.