Grid Modernization News

Aug 21, 2024, 18:00 by Tara McMurtry

NREL's National Wind Technology Center hosted 36 interns for the summer. The Leading Edge caught up with six of those interns to learn about their work, achievements, and hopes for the future.

Aug 21, 2024, 18:00 by Justin Daugherty

No molecule stands alone—they need others, at least when it comes to being able to display useful photophysical, electronic, and chemical properties.

Aug 21, 2024, 18:00 by User Not Found

Researchers at NREL see a realistic path forward to the manufacture of bio-derivable wind blades that can be chemically recycled and the components reused, ending the practice of old blades winding up in landfills at the end of their useful life.

Aug 20, 2024, 18:00 by Tiffany Plate

Annual NREL-authored report outlines last year's advancements in the offshore wind energy industry, including major milestones that signal positive growth.

Aug 20, 2024, 18:00 by Jeffrey Wolf

DTE Materials has access to NREL expertise and equipment through the Shell GameChanger Accelerator Powered by NREL (GCxN) program. DTE’s patented process, called Clearwash, is designed to make anatomical changes to biomass to make it integrate with ceramic binders more effectively.

Aug 19, 2024, 18:00 by User Not Found

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced approximately $11.5 million in funding through its new Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy 2024 (IGNIITE 2024) program. Three researchers from NREL are among the inaugural class of selectees.

Aug 18, 2024, 18:00 by Erik Ringle

Call it fate or happenstance, but NREL's Rebecca Smaha found her chemistry specialization in an auditorium at Princeton University during her junior year.

Aug 18, 2024, 18:00 by Connor O'Neil

The workforce in critical sectors is short-staffed and undertrained in cybersecurity. To address this gap, the U.S. government has taken steps to expand, diversify, and educate the critical infrastructure workforce, and that agenda is already in action at NREL.

Aug 18, 2024, 18:00 by User Not Found

After more than two years of hard work, the Kestrel supercomputer completes its full buildout to reach 44 petaflops of computing power focused on renewable energy and energy efficiency research.

Aug 13, 2024, 18:00 by Tara McMurtry

Anuj Sanghvi, now an NREL cybersecurity researcher and network security engineer, always knew he wanted to work in engineering. He was one of those children—the ones who take toys and electronics apart to play with the circuit boards.

Aug 8, 2024, 09:00 by Daniella Frank

DOE launched the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Clean Energy Education Prize through the American-Made program to address the growing need for a robust energy workforce. Today, the final winners of the HBCU Energy Education Prize in the Inspire Track were announced.

Aug 7, 2024, 18:00 by Anna Squires

Khan is a researcher within NREL's Center for Integrated Mobility Sciences and has been named a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Aug 7, 2024, 18:00 by Molly Rettig

Bill Gillies was chosen as a 2024 Distinguished Member of Operations Staff for his contributions to the laboratory.

Aug 5, 2024, 18:00 by User Not Found

With more than 500,000 buildings and structures at more than 500 domestic and international naval sites, the U.S. Navy has an opportunity to achieve significant energy and cost savings by increasing efficiency.

Aug 5, 2024, 18:00 by Justin Daugherty

In solar cells and light-emitting diodes, maintaining the excited state kinetics of molecules against annihilation is a race against time.

Aug 4, 2024, 18:00 by Caleigh Avramis

Parveen Dhillon and Paul Torcellini have been recognized by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) for their outstanding contributions and accomplishments to sustainable technology.

Aug 4, 2024, 18:00 by Caitlin McDermott Murphy

In the latest Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A, Jibo shares why a prosthesis changed how he sees himself and how clean energy could help manufacturing facilities do far more than just reduce their emissions.

Aug 4, 2024, 18:00 by Natasha Headland

Soft costs for the private and public electric vehicle supply equipment needed to support electric vehicle fleets are essential to the transportation sector's electrification but are not well understood.

Jul 31, 2024, 18:00 by Natalie Thomure

Over the past seven months, a select group of college students in Texas and Georgia have been collaborating with local organizations to drive clean energy education and solutions.

Jul 30, 2024, 07:23 by Wayne Hicks

Electric vehicles have moved beyond novelty to ubiquity, with approximately 1.6 million light-duty electric vehicles were sold in the United States last year. NREL researchers are doing what they can to make sure the experience of driving an EV is a positive one.