Grid Modernization News

Jan 13, 2022, 17:00 by User Not Found

NREL uses advanced grid research environment for first-ever example of type-3 turbines using grid-forming controls.

Jan 12, 2022, 17:00 by User Not Found

The community of Louisville, Kentucky, is partnering with NREL to achieve a goal of 100% clean electricity for municipal government operations by 2030.

Jan 12, 2022, 17:00 by User Not Found

A new competition from the U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office encourages students to imagine and develop innovative technology solutions using algae as a potent and flexible energy resource.

Jan 11, 2022, 17:00 by User Not Found

The latest phase of the Storage Futures Study finds the grid operates more efficiently with high levels of energy storage across all studied system configurations and grid mixes.

Jan 10, 2022, 17:00 by User Not Found

In NREL's Insight Center, models come to life, illuminating pathways to a clean energy future.

Jan 9, 2022, 17:00 by User Not Found

A team at NREL completed a literature review on the potential value of electric vehicle (EV) managed charging. Findings provide a complete look at how EVs and the grid could work together as the electric and transportation sectors become intertwined.

Jan 9, 2022, 17:00 by User Not Found

A new geothermal heat pump module enables the REopt web tool to evaluate individual facility energy, cost, and emissions impacts of converting conventional heating and cooling systems to ground-source heat pumps.

Jan 9, 2022, 17:00 by User Not Found

Over the past year, NREL researchers have pioneered innovative, interdisciplinary, and integrated research and development for technology advancements in electrochemical, molecular, thermal, and mechanical energy storage systems.

Jan 4, 2022, 17:00 by User Not Found

Buildings account for more than 40% of U.S. energy use and 70% of U.S. electricity use. Reducing that consumption and "shaping" it to match renewable generation requires us to design and operate buildings to be more efficient, flexible, and responsive. To do that, we must be able to better predict and model building energy use.

Jan 2, 2022, 17:00 by User Not Found

High wind loads increase structural design costs of concentrating solar power collector structures, such as heliostats and parabolic troughs.