Grid Modernization News

May 14, 2024, 18:00 by Justin Daugherty

As the United States continues to transition to clean energy, strengthening the domestic supply chain by increasing the availability of critical materials and domestic manufacturing is paramount to enabling greater domestic manufacturing.

May 14, 2024, 18:00 by Tiffany Plate

The U.S. Department of Energy just announced the five teams who took home $450,000 each in Phase Two of the FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize.

May 13, 2024, 18:00 by Justin Rickard

A research team led by NREL developed a conversion pathway to produce formic acid from CO₂ with high energy efficiency and durability while using renewable electricity.

May 12, 2024, 18:00 by Ernie Tucker

NREL's Staff Awards event has taken place annually since 1980.

May 9, 2024, 18:00 by Justin Rickard

The quest for more productive catalysts for the creation of sustainable fuels and commodity chemicals via electrochemical reactions just became easier.

May 9, 2024, 18:00 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

Launched in 2019, the National Alliance for Water Innovation is a research hub that brings together a world-class team of partners from industry and academia as well as the hub's public membership organization.

May 8, 2024, 18:00 by Erik F. Ringle

On its path to opening a facility designed to turn agriculture residue into a scalable biofuel business, SAFFiRE Renewables, LLC plans to break ground on its pilot plant near Liberal, Kansas, in late 2024.

May 8, 2024, 11:30 by Justin Daugherty

Nearly 33 million electric vehicles (EVs) nationwide—that is the number of vehicles the Unites States should be prepared to support through a national charging network by the year 2030, researchers at NREL estimated in a recent landmark study.

May 6, 2024, 18:00 by Wayne Hicks

The wind industry could benefit from the use of artificial intelligence to design and deploy wind plants, according to an article in Nature Energy written by researchers at NREL.

May 5, 2024, 18:00 by Tim Meehan

The natural gas industry is one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the United States, and significant amounts of natural gas are used for electricity, heating, and industrial and chemical processes.

May 2, 2024, 18:00 by Brittany Enos

Researchers have been exploring how additive manufacturing could complement marine energy technologies. Hint: the two are a promising pair.

May 2, 2024, 18:00 by User Not Found

NREL gave awards to eight top cleantech innovators at the 2024 NREL Industry Growth Forum on May 1–3, 2024, the most honors ever awarded during the annual event.

May 1, 2024, 18:00 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

Alaska's Cook Inlet contains huge amounts of untapped tidal energy. But little is known about how much economic value this powerful inlet could bring to Alaska—until now.

May 1, 2024, 18:00 by User Not Found

Researchers at NREL have successfully leveraged robotic assistance in the manufacture of wind turbine blades, allowing for the potential to improve the consistency of the product.

May 1, 2024, 18:00 by Harrison Dreves

NREL photovoltaics researchers created a new version of the iconic chart that tracks world-record photovoltaic cells across many technologies and time.

Apr 29, 2024, 18:00 by Alyssa Bersine

NREL was recently selected as one of 16 teams to research enhanced production of geologic hydrogen by the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program.

Apr 29, 2024, 18:00 by Sara Fall

On Monday, April 29, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the division winners and Project Pitch Champion in the Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition's Class of 2023-2024. In the five years of this competition, this was the largest ever class of competing teams.

Apr 29, 2024, 18:00 by Jarrad Wright

The latest Tell Me Something Grid article features Jarrad Wright and his analysis of transmission expansion needs and trade-offs in a low-carbon future.

Apr 24, 2024, 18:00 by User Not Found

The use of femtosecond lasers to form glass-to-glass welds for solar modules would make the panels easier to recycle, according to a proof-of-concept study conducted by researchers at NREL.

Apr 24, 2024, 18:00 by Caleigh Avramis

Three NREL labs were awarded green certifications by My Green Lab late last year.