Grid Modernization News

Jun 4, 2024, 18:00 by User Not Found

When it comes to increasing the carrying capacity of U.S. transmission lines, there are a few key things to know.

Jun 3, 2024, 18:00 by Tim Meehan and Madeline Geocaris

A new report takes a fresh look at how today's market and operating practices impact the value of transmission that connects multiple regions.

Jun 2, 2024, 18:00 by Brooke Van Zandt

While sleek coastal startups may seem to have all the good technology ideas, eureka moments are happening in kitchens, car rides, and classrooms all across the United States.

May 30, 2024, 18:00 by Connor O'Neil

To study the newest generation of wireless communications and what it offers power systems, NREL built a 5G research platform inside a replicated military microgrid and put it through resilience scenarios and cyberattacks.

May 30, 2024, 18:00 by Tim Meehan

"It can help everybody because it should lead to better decisions in the end." That is the goal of a new resource developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, according to NREL energy analyst Wesley Cole.

May 30, 2024, 18:00 by Moriah Petty

Originally a mechanical engineer, Bruno Grunau now spends his days testifying before Congress, meeting regularly with the Alaska governor's office, and learning from Alaska's utilities, communities, and Indigenous people whose ancestors have lived here for thousands of years.

May 29, 2024, 18:00 by User Not Found

Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems provide a way to steer electricity to less-congested transmission lines, like a navigation app.

May 29, 2024, 18:00 by Justin Rickard

NREL Senior Research Fellow Emeritus Arthur Nozik investigates methods to turn photons from our solar system's star into fuels, chemicals, and electricity.

May 21, 2024, 18:00 by Mariah Cox

The Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator (CECA) program recently selected Asimily for Cohort 2. Asimily joins runZero as the cohort's second participant.

May 21, 2024, 18:00 by Justin Rickard

One method organisms control and manipulate energy for cellular metabolism and survival is the focus of an award-winning NREL research team: flavin-based electron bifurcation.

May 21, 2024, 18:00 by Tara McMurtry

Jason Roadman's interest in wind turbines began during his daily commute past the NREL Flatirons Campus. This curiosity, coupled with a desire to use his aerospace engineering skills to make a positive impact, led him to a career at NREL.

May 19, 2024, 18:00 by Kelly MacGregor

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon®—DOE's longest-running student competition—announced the winners of the 2024 Design Challenge at a livestreamed awards ceremony on April 21!

May 19, 2024, 18:00 by Ernie Tucker

Senior Licensing Executive Eric Payne was named a Distinguished Member of Operations Staff in NREL's first cohort.

May 19, 2024, 18:00 by Sara Fall and Harrison Dreves

For the solar photovoltaics (PV) industry, rapid growth can produce rapid—and sometimes unpredictable—changes.

May 19, 2024, 18:00 by Jeffrey Wolf

NREL's 29th annual Industry Growth Forum sold out for the second year in a row with nearly 900 attendees.

May 19, 2024, 18:00 by Julia Thomas

NREL's Venu Garikapati, a senior transportation data researcher, started his three-year term as chair of the Transportation Research Board's Technical Committee on the Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Travel Choices on April 15, 2024.

May 15, 2024, 18:00 by Justin Daugherty

Energy efficiency and on-road performance are central to the future of transportation and the clean energy transition.

May 15, 2024, 18:00 by User Not Found

Dynamic line ratings provide one way to increase transmission on the U.S. grid while cutting costs and improving reliability.

May 14, 2024, 18:00 by Brooke Van Zandt

The 1,300 people who call Eastport, Maine, home live in the easternmost point in the continental United States. The bridged island, connected to the mainland by a single causeway, faces powerful Atlantic Ocean winds and is susceptible to disruptive power outages. But it was not always that way.

May 14, 2024, 18:00 by Aishwarya Krishnamoorthy

NREL's fuels and combustion researchers studied the combustion and chemical properties of a potential new biodiesel made by sugar-eating bacteria. This fundamental research is a necessary step to creating well-vetted, reliable, and appropriate new vehicle fuels to hasten the clean energy transition.