Grid Modernization News

Jan 23, 2024, 17:00 by Harrison Dreves

A massive data set of photovoltaic system performance quantifies the small but significant impacts of extreme weather and long-term degradation, with important lessons for the PV industry.

Jan 21, 2024, 17:00 by Emily Mercer

As a kid, Genevieve Starke dreamt of becoming a con artist. Naturally, the little girl from Pennsylvania decided to pivot her dream to a field where rule-following was a little more appreciated. She picked engineering.

Jan 18, 2024, 17:00 by Anna Squires

Mithat John Kisacikoglu has been tapped to lead the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transportation Systems Committee (TSC), which focuses on electrification of the entire transportation sector.

Jan 17, 2024, 17:00 by Carol Laurie

NREL recently bid farewell to a 100-kilowatt distributed wind turbine prototype on NREL's Flatirons Campus. The turbine's removal signals the beginning of new, expanded distributed wind research capabilities for the laboratory.

Jan 17, 2024, 17:00 by Natasha Headland

In just three years as a researcher at NREL, K. Shankari successfully enabled communities to collect impactful multimodal data and went on detail to the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation to ensure the reliable buildout of a national electric vehicle charging network.

Jan 17, 2024, 17:00 by Jeffrey Wolf

Antora Energy, a startup focusing on improving heating, ventilating, and air conditioning technology, would not be where it is today without the help of NREL.

Jan 17, 2024, 17:00 by Emily Mercer

DOE announced the Phase 1 winners of the Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize. This $5.1 million, two-phase competition aims to boost a sustainable U.S. recycling industry for two high-impact categories of wind turbine materials: fiber-reinforced composites and rare earth elements.

Jan 15, 2024, 17:00 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

A newly patented kind of energy generator could be woven into fabrics, building walls, or roads to form what their inventors call "metamaterials."

Jan 15, 2024, 17:00 by User Not Found

NREL has chosen JE Dunn Construction with its design partner SmithGroup to design and build a new research facility on the east side of its South Table Mountain Campus in Golden, Colorado.

Jan 11, 2024, 17:00 by Jackie Petre

The United States is poised for a clean energy boom, with the new investments flowing from 2021's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act expected to unlock around $3 trillion in clean energy and energy efficiency investments.

Jan 10, 2024, 17:00 by Justin Daugherty

To understand how things work, we must think small. Really small. Processes that affect how materials appear or behave happen at the atomic level. That is a key place for researchers to start, but such atomic-scale challenges are difficult because they require that researchers solve the underlying equations of quantum physics, which are computationally intensive and expensive.

Jan 10, 2024, 17:00 by Jackie Petre

A new crop of semifinalists has been selected to move on to the Set! Contest in the American-Made Solar Prize Round 7.

Jan 10, 2024, 17:00 by User Not Found

NREL has awarded $1.8 million to fund seven projects to support the Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium.

Jan 8, 2024, 17:00 by Madeline Geocaris

The annual suite of electricity system scenarios shows there could be fewer emissions, more renewables, and clean energy tax credits continued through 2050.

Jan 8, 2024, 17:00 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

Dany Tome, a graduate student at the University of South-Eastern Norway, spent five weeks at NREL as part of a larger partnership between Norway and the United States. As part of his internship, Tome researched hydropower, one of the world's biggest sources of renewable energy.

Jan 8, 2024, 17:00 by User Not Found

People who own electric vehicles are more likely to go a step further and add solar panels to their home, according to an analysis of a behavioral study by researchers at NREL.

Jan 4, 2024, 17:00 by Wayne Hicks

A multidisciplinary approach has enabled researchers with NREL to quantitatively define the relative positioning and arrangement of the polymers in Populus wood and to create a computer model that details the findings.

Jan 2, 2024, 17:00 by Aishwarya Krishnamoorthy

Three NREL researchers recently had the opportunity to contribute to the landmark Fifth National Climate Assessment, sharing NREL’s expertise and learning from other leaders at the table.

Jan 1, 2024, 17:00 by User Not Found

The HelioCon Annual Report: 2023 provides detailed information on progress the Heliostat Consortium team has made since its founding.

Dec 28, 2023, 17:00 by Ryan Horns

The senior Internal Audit and Audit Analytics professional was recently honored by The Institute of Internal Auditors as an Emerging Leader Under 30.