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{{short description|National laboratory located near Berkeley, California, U.S.}}
{{short description|National laboratory located near Berkeley, California, U.S.}}


'''Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory''' ('''LBNL''', '''Berkeley Lab''') is a [[Federally funded research and development centers|federally funded research and development center]] in the [[Berkeley Hills|hills]] of [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[California]], [[United States]]. Established in 1931 by the [[University of California]] (UC), the laboratory is sponsored by the [[United States Department of Energy]] and administered by the UC system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Master Government List of Federally Funded R&D Centers {{!}} NCSES {{!}} NSF |url=https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/ |access-date=March 8, 2023 |website=nsf.gov |archive-date=August 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820205437/https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ernest Lawrence]], who won the Nobel prize for inventing the [[cyclotron]], founded the lab and served as its director until his death in 1958. Located in the [[Berkeley Hills]], the lab overlooks the campus of the [[University of California, Berkeley]].
'''Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory''' ('''LBNL''', '''Berkeley Lab''') is a [[Federally funded research and development centers|federally funded research and development center]] in the hills of Berkeley, [[California]], [[United States]]. Established in 1931 by the [[University of California]] (UC), the laboratory is sponsored by the [[United States Department of Energy]] and administered by the UC system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Master Government List of Federally Funded R&D Centers {{!}} NCSES {{!}} NSF |url=https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/ |access-date=March 8, 2023 |website=nsf.gov |archive-date=August 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820205437/https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Ernest Lawrence, who won the Nobel prize for inventing the cyclotron, founded the lab and served as its director until his death in 1958. Located in the Berkeley Hills, the lab overlooks the campus of the [[University of California, Berkeley]].


==Scientific research==
==Scientific research==
The mission of Berkeley Lab is to bring science solutions to the world. The research at Berkeley Lab has four main themes: discovery science, clean energy, healthy earth and ecological systems, and the future of science.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lbl.gov/research/ |title=Research |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225170509/https://www.lbl.gov/research/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Laboratory's 22 scientific divisions are organized within six areas of research: Computing Sciences, Physical Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Biosciences, Energy Sciences, and Energy Technologies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lbl.gov/about/organization |title=Organization |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226055612/https://www.lbl.gov/about/organization/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lab founder [[Ernest Lawrence]] believed that scientific research is best done through teams of individuals with different fields of expertise, working together, and his laboratory still considers that a guiding principle today.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lbl.gov/history/ |title=History |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |access-date=March 19, 2023 |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821120826/http://www.lbl.gov/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The mission of Berkeley Lab is to bring science solutions to the world. The research at Berkeley Lab has four main themes: discovery science, clean energy, healthy earth and ecological systems, and the future of science.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lbl.gov/research/ |title=Research |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225170509/https://www.lbl.gov/research/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Laboratory's 22 scientific divisions are organized within six areas of research: Computing Sciences, Physical Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Biosciences, Energy Sciences, and Energy Technologies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lbl.gov/about/organization |title=Organization |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226055612/https://www.lbl.gov/about/organization/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lab founder Ernest Lawrence believed that scientific research is best done through teams of individuals with different fields of expertise, working together, and his laboratory still considers that a guiding principle today.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lbl.gov/history/ |title=History |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |access-date=March 19, 2023 |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821120826/http://www.lbl.gov/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


===Research impact===
===Research impact===
Berkeley Lab scientists have won fifteen Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry, and each one has a street named after them on the Lab campus.<ref name="nobel"/> 23 Berkeley Lab employees were contributors to reports by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]. Fifteen Lab scientists have also won the [[National Medal of Science]], and two have won the [[National Medal of Technology and Innovation]].<ref name=medals>{{cite web |url=https://www.lbl.gov/people/excellence/national-medal/ |title=National Medal |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |access-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226055859/https://www.lbl.gov/people/excellence/national-medal/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 82 Berkeley Lab researchers have been elected to membership in the [[National Academy of Sciences]] or the [[National Academy of Engineering]].<ref name=About>{{cite web |url=https://www.lbl.gov/about/ |title=About the Lab |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |access-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802180904/https://www.lbl.gov/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Berkeley Lab scientists have won fifteen Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry, and each one has a street named after them on the Lab campus.<ref name="nobel"/> 23 Berkeley Lab employees were contributors to reports by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]. Fifteen Lab scientists have also won the [[National Medal of Science]], and two have won the [[National Medal of Technology and Innovation]].<ref name=medals>{{cite web |url=https://www.lbl.gov/people/excellence/national-medal/ |title=National Medal |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |access-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226055859/https://www.lbl.gov/people/excellence/national-medal/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 82 Berkeley Lab researchers have been elected to membership in the [[National Academy of Sciences]] or the [[National Academy of Engineering]].<ref name=About>{{cite web |url=https://www.lbl.gov/about/ |title=About the Lab |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |access-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802180904/https://www.lbl.gov/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


Berkeley Lab has the greatest research publication impact of any single government laboratory in the world in physical sciences and chemistry, as measured by [[Nature Index]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/nature-index/annual-tables/2022/institution/government/physical-sciences/global |title=2022 tables: Institutions-physical sciences-government |publisher=Nature Index |access-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226172143/https://www.nature.com/nature-index/annual-tables/2022/institution/government/physical-sciences/global |url-status=live }} {{cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/nature-index/annual-tables/2022/institution/government/chemistry/global |title=2022 tables: Institutions-chemistry-government |publisher=Nature Index |access-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226172143/https://www.nature.com/nature-index/annual-tables/2022/institution/government/chemistry/global |url-status=live }}</ref> The only institutions with higher ranking are the entire national government research agencies for China, France, and Italy, each of which is comparable to the complete network of 17 [[United States Department of Energy National Laboratories]]. Using the same metric, the Lab is the second-ranking laboratory in the area of earth and environmental sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/nature-index/annual-tables/2022/institution/government/earth-and-environmental/global |title=2022 tables: Institutions-Earth & environmental sciences-government |publisher=Nature Index |access-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226172144/https://www.nature.com/nature-index/annual-tables/2022/institution/government/earth-and-environmental/global |url-status=live }}</ref>
Berkeley Lab has the greatest research publication impact of any single government laboratory in the world in physical sciences and chemistry, as measured by Nature Index.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/nature-index/annual-tables/2022/institution/government/physical-sciences/global |title=2022 tables: Institutions-physical sciences-government |publisher=Nature Index |access-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226172143/https://www.nature.com/nature-index/annual-tables/2022/institution/government/physical-sciences/global |url-status=live }} {{cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/nature-index/annual-tables/2022/institution/government/chemistry/global |title=2022 tables: Institutions-chemistry-government |publisher=Nature Index |access-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226172143/https://www.nature.com/nature-index/annual-tables/2022/institution/government/chemistry/global |url-status=live }}</ref> The only institutions with higher ranking are the entire national government research agencies for China, France, and Italy, each of which is comparable to the complete network of 17 [[United States Department of Energy National Laboratories]]. Using the same metric, the Lab is the second-ranking laboratory in the area of earth and environmental sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/nature-index/annual-tables/2022/institution/government/earth-and-environmental/global |title=2022 tables: Institutions-Earth & environmental sciences-government |publisher=Nature Index |access-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226172144/https://www.nature.com/nature-index/annual-tables/2022/institution/government/earth-and-environmental/global |url-status=live }}</ref>


=== Scientific user facilities ===
=== Scientific user facilities ===
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Berkeley Lab operates five major National User Facilities for the DOE Office of Science:  
Berkeley Lab operates five major National User Facilities for the DOE Office of Science:  
# The [[Advanced Light Source]] (ALS) is a synchrotron light source with 41 beamlines providing ultraviolet, soft x-ray, and hard x-ray light to scientific experiments in a wide variety of fields, including materials science, biology, chemistry, physics, and the environmental sciences.[[File:Advanced Light Source building (52230759447).jpg|thumb|The [[Advanced Light Source]] and surrounding buildings]] The ALS is supported by the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://als.lbl.gov/ |title=The Advanced Light Source |website=Berkeley Lab |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224221534/https://als.lbl.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://science.osti.gov/bes/suf/User-Facilities/X-Ray-Light-Sources/ALS |title=The Advanced Light Source |date=April 29, 2022 |publisher=U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225230549/https://science.osti.gov/bes/suf/User-Facilities/X-Ray-Light-Sources/ALS |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
#The [[Joint Genome Institute]] (JGI) is a scientific user facility for integrative genomic science, with particular emphasis on the DOE missions of energy and the environment. The JGI provides over 2,000 scientific users with access to the latest generation of genome sequencing and analysis capabilities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://science.osti.gov/ber/Facilities/User-Facilities/JGI |title=Joint Genome Institute |website=U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science |date=April 29, 2022 |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220212926/https://science.osti.gov/ber/Facilities/User-Facilities/JGI |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://jgi.doe.gov/our-projects/statistics/ |title=DOE metrics/statistics |website=Joint Genome Institute |access-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220212925/https://jgi.doe.gov/our-projects/statistics/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Integrative Genomics Building (52230758417).jpg|thumb|The Integrative Genomics Building, home to the [[Joint Genome Institute]]]]
==== Advanced Light Source ====
# The [[Molecular Foundry]] is a multidisciplinary nanoscience research facility. Its seven research facilities focus on Imaging and Manipulation of Nanostructures, Nanofabrication, Theory of Nanostructured Materials, Inorganic Nanostructures, Biological Nanostructures, Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis, and Electron Microscopy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://foundry.lbl.gov/facilities/ |title=Scientific facilities and infrastructure |website=Molecular Foundry |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=July 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716183129/http://foundry.lbl.gov/facilities/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://foundry.lbl.gov/ |title=The Molecular Foundry |website=Berkeley Lab |access-date=February 19, 2023 |archive-date=February 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219215232/https://foundry.lbl.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:Molecular Foundry Berkeley.jpg|thumb|The [[Molecular Foundry]]]]
The [[Advanced Light Source]] (ALS) is a synchrotron light source with 41 beamlines providing ultraviolet, soft x-ray, and hard x-ray light to scientific experiments in a wide variety of fields, including materials science, biology, chemistry, physics, and the environmental sciences.
# The [[National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center]] (NERSC) is the scientific computing facility that provides high performance computing for over 9,000 scientists working on the basic and applied research programs supported by the DOE.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nersc.gov/ |title=National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center |website=NERSC.gov |access-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215063353/https://www.nersc.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Perlmutter system at NERSC is the 8th-ranked supercomputer system in the [[Top500]] rankings from November 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/2022/11/ |title=November 2022 list |website=Top500 |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=November 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116115309/https://top500.org/lists/top500/2022/11/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
#The [[Energy Sciences Network]] (ESnet) is a high-speed research network serving DOE scientists with their experimental facilities and collaborators worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.es.net/about |title=About ESnet |website=Energy Sciences Network |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215060347/https://www.es.net/about |url-status=live }}</ref> The upgraded network infrastructure launched in 2022 is optimized for very large scientific data flows, and the network transports roughly 35 petabytes of traffic each month.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.es.net/news-and-publications/esnet-news/2022/esnet-launches-next-generation-network-to-enhance-collaborative-science/ |title=ESnet launches next generation network to enhance collaborative science |website=Energy Sciences Network |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215061851/https://www.es.net/news-and-publications/esnet-news/2022/esnet-launches-next-generation-network-to-enhance-collaborative-science/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The ALS is supported by the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://als.lbl.gov/ |title=The Advanced Light Source |website=Berkeley Lab |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224221534/https://als.lbl.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://science.osti.gov/bes/suf/User-Facilities/X-Ray-Light-Sources/ALS |title=The Advanced Light Source |date=April 29, 2022 |publisher=U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225230549/https://science.osti.gov/bes/suf/User-Facilities/X-Ray-Light-Sources/ALS |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==== Joint Genome Institute ====
The [[Joint Genome Institute]] (JGI) is a scientific user facility for integrative genomic science, with particular emphasis on the DOE missions of energy and the environment. The JGI provides over 2,000 scientific users with access to the latest generation of genome sequencing and analysis capabilities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://science.osti.gov/ber/Facilities/User-Facilities/JGI |title=Joint Genome Institute |website=U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science |date=April 29, 2022 |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220212926/https://science.osti.gov/ber/Facilities/User-Facilities/JGI |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://jgi.doe.gov/our-projects/statistics/ |title=DOE metrics/statistics |website=Joint Genome Institute |access-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220212925/https://jgi.doe.gov/our-projects/statistics/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==== Molecular Foundry ====
The [[Molecular Foundry]] is a multidisciplinary nanoscience research facility. Its seven research facilities focus on Imaging and Manipulation of Nanostructures, Nanofabrication, Theory of Nanostructured Materials, Inorganic Nanostructures, Biological Nanostructures, Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis, and Electron Microscopy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://foundry.lbl.gov/facilities/ |title=Scientific facilities and infrastructure |website=Molecular Foundry |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=July 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716183129/http://foundry.lbl.gov/facilities/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://foundry.lbl.gov/ |title=The Molecular Foundry |website=Berkeley Lab |access-date=February 19, 2023 |archive-date=February 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219215232/https://foundry.lbl.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==== National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center ====
The [[National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center]] (NERSC) is the scientific computing facility that provides high performance computing for over 9,000 scientists working on the basic and applied research programs supported by the DOE.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nersc.gov/ |title=National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center |website=NERSC.gov |access-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215063353/https://www.nersc.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Perlmutter system at NERSC is the 8th-ranked supercomputer system in the Top500 rankings from November 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/2022/11/ |title=November 2022 list |website=Top500 |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=November 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116115309/https://top500.org/lists/top500/2022/11/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==== Energy Sciences Network ====
The [[Energy Sciences Network]] (ESnet) is a high-speed research network serving DOE scientists with their experimental facilities and collaborators worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.es.net/about |title=About ESnet |website=Energy Sciences Network |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215060347/https://www.es.net/about |url-status=live }}</ref> The upgraded network infrastructure launched in 2022 is optimized for very large scientific data flows, and the network transports roughly 35 petabytes of traffic each month.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.es.net/news-and-publications/esnet-news/2022/esnet-launches-next-generation-network-to-enhance-collaborative-science/ |title=ESnet launches next generation network to enhance collaborative science |website=Energy Sciences Network |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215061851/https://www.es.net/news-and-publications/esnet-news/2022/esnet-launches-next-generation-network-to-enhance-collaborative-science/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


=== Team science ===
=== Team science ===
Much of the research at Berkeley Lab is done by researchers from several disciplines and multiple institutions working together as a large team focused on shared scientific goals. Berkeley is either the lead partner or one of the leads in several research institutes and hubs, including the following:  
Much of the research at Berkeley Lab is done by researchers from several disciplines and multiple institutions working together as a large team focused on shared scientific goals. Berkeley is either the lead partner or one of the leads in several research institutes and hubs, including the following:  
#The '''[[Joint BioEnergy Institute]]''' (JBEI). JBEI's mission is to establish the scientific knowledge and new technologies needed to transform the maximum amount of carbon available in bioenergy crops into biofuels and bioproducts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jbei.org/about/ |title=About JBEI |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226002958/https://www.jbei.org/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref> JBEI is one of four U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genomicscience.energy.gov/bioenergy-research-centers/ |title=Bioenergy Research Centers |publisher=U.S. Department of Energy |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220215113/https://genomicscience.energy.gov/bioenergy-research-centers/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, the DOE announced the commitment of $590M to support the BRCs for the next five years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-590-million-increase-bioenergy-research |title=DOE Announces $590 million to Increase Bioenergy Research |publisher=U.S. Department of Energy |access-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317182304/https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-590-million-increase-bioenergy-research |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
#The '''[[National Alliance for Water Innovation]]''' (NAWI).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nawihub.org/ |title=National Alliance for Water Innovation |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226004450/https://www.nawihub.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> NAWI aims to secure an affordable, energy-efficient, and resilient water supply for the US economy through decentralized, fit-for-purpose processing. NAWI is supported primarily by the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, partnering with the California Department of Water Resources, the California State Water Resources Control Board. Berkeley Lab is the lead partner, with founding partners [[Oak Ridge National Laboratory]] (ORNL) and the [[National Renewable Energy Laboratory]] (NREL).
==== Joint BioEnergy Institute ====
#The '''Liquid Sunlight Alliance''' (LiSA).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.liquidsunlightalliance.org/ |title=DOE Energy Innovation Hubs |website=Liquid Sunlight Alliance |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226002956/https://www.liquidsunlightalliance.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> LiSA's Mission is to establish the science principles by which durable coupled microenvironments can be co-designed to efficiently and selectively generate liquid fuels from sunlight, water, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen. The lead institution for LiSA is the [[California Institute of Technology]] and Berkeley Lab is a major partner.
The [[Joint BioEnergy Institute]] (JBEI)'s mission is to establish the scientific knowledge and new technologies needed to transform the maximum amount of carbon available in bioenergy crops into biofuels and bioproducts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jbei.org/about/ |title=About JBEI |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226002958/https://www.jbei.org/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref> JBEI is one of four U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [[Bioenergy Research Centers]] (BRCs).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genomicscience.energy.gov/bioenergy-research-centers/ |title=Bioenergy Research Centers |publisher=U.S. Department of Energy |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220215113/https://genomicscience.energy.gov/bioenergy-research-centers/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, the DOE announced the commitment of $590M to support the BRCs for the next five years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-590-million-increase-bioenergy-research |title=DOE Announces $590 million to Increase Bioenergy Research |publisher=U.S. Department of Energy |access-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317182304/https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-590-million-increase-bioenergy-research |url-status=live }}</ref>
#The '''Joint Center for Energy Storage Research''' (JCESR).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jcesr.org/ |title=Joint Center for Energy Storage Research |website=JCESR |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226003004/https://www.jcesr.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> JCESR's mission is to deliver transformational new concepts and materials for electrodes, electrolytes and interfaces that will enable a diversity of high performance next-generation batteries for transportation and the grid. [[Argonne National Laboratory]] leads JCESR and Berkeley Lab is a major partner.
 
==== National Alliance for Water Innovation ====
The [[National Alliance for Water Innovation]] (NAWI)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nawihub.org/ |title=National Alliance for Water Innovation |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226004450/https://www.nawihub.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> aims to secure an affordable, energy-efficient, and resilient water supply for the US economy through decentralized, fit-for-purpose processing. NAWI is supported primarily by the [[Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy]], partnering with the California Department of Water Resources, the California State Water Resources Control Board. Berkeley Lab is the lead partner, with founding partners [[Oak Ridge National Laboratory]] (ORNL) and the [[National Renewable Energy Laboratory]] (NREL).
 
==== Liquid Sunlight Alliance ====
The [[Liquid Sunlight Alliance]] (LiSA)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.liquidsunlightalliance.org/ |title=DOE Energy Innovation Hubs |website=Liquid Sunlight Alliance |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226002956/https://www.liquidsunlightalliance.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>'s Mission is to establish the science principles by which durable coupled microenvironments can be co-designed to efficiently and selectively generate liquid fuels from sunlight, water, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen. The lead institution for LiSA is the [[California Institute of Technology]] and Berkeley Lab is a major partner.
 
==== Joint Center for Energy Storage Research ====
The [[Joint Center for Energy Storage Research]] (JCESR).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jcesr.org/ |title=Joint Center for Energy Storage Research |website=JCESR |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226003004/https://www.jcesr.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> JCESR's mission is to deliver transformational new concepts and materials for electrodes, electrolytes and interfaces that will enable a diversity of high performance next-generation batteries for transportation and the grid. [[Argonne National Laboratory]] leads JCESR and Berkeley Lab is a major partner.


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