Grid Modernization News

Jun 16, 2025, 09:00 by Rebecca Martineau

NREL researchers are exploring an alternative method in direct recycling, which aims to preserve and refurbish battery components for a more efficient and cost-effective process.

Jun 11, 2025, 09:00 by Connor O'Neil

More than 300 participants gathered in Golden, Colorado, at the U.S. Department of Energy’s NREL to strategize powering data centers during the 2025 NREL Partner Forum.

Jun 10, 2025, 09:30 by Rebecca Martineau

NREL researchers have developed and demonstrated a groundbreaking physics-informed neural network (PINN) model that can predict battery health nearly 1,000 times faster than traditional models.

Jun 5, 2025, 09:30 by User Not Found

NREL has selected 19 leaders to participate in its 2025 Executive Energy Leadership program.

Jun 3, 2025, 10:03 by Tara McMurtry

This NREL engineer is working with the laboratory’s marine energy team to develop a device called the small underwater research flap wave energy converter—or SURF-WEC, for short.

May 29, 2025, 08:58 by Kathy Cisar

Based on research initially funded by DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office, NREL granted Crysalis commercial licenses to three novel biological technologies to produce bio-based chemicals and fuels.

May 28, 2025, 10:39 by Jana Wiegand

NREL’s Marine Energy Technology Development Risk Management Framework gives marine energy researchers and developers a comprehensive process to break down their approach and any variables that may impede or accelerate their success.

May 21, 2025, 11:31 by Anna Nixon

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Michelle Herrera has long known what she wanted to do when she grew up.

May 19, 2025, 11:02 by Brittany Enos

NREL's wave-powered desalination research is charting new waters by improving the robustness, reliability, and deployability of the hydraulic and electric reverse osmosis wave energy converter—or HERO WEC.

May 13, 2025, 09:52 by Aishwarya Krishnamoorthy

This year, the Transportation Secure Data Center turns 15 years old, continuing to increase the availability and usability of travel and transit surveys and studies from municipalities, transit agencies, and other entities that want to share their results while protecting participant privacy.

May 12, 2025, 11:35 by User Not Found

Eighteen teams earn division winner titles for solar and solar-plus-storage design proposals.

May 7, 2025, 11:08 by Molly Rettig

A team of NREL researchers and Tribal staff are tackling the problems as part of a $1 million award through the U.S. Housing and Urban Development's Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.

May 7, 2025, 09:22 by Rory McIlmoil

In this installment of NREL's Tell Me Something Grid series, Rory McIlmoil, a researcher in NREL's Grid Planning and Analysis Center, shares how microgrids could unlock greater grid resilience in the wake of natural disasters like Hurricane Helene.

May 6, 2025, 13:27 by Jenn Fields

Turchi returned to NREL with a savvy outlook on concentrating solar power (CSP) systems analysis and innovation after serving as the principal investigator for a technology startup.

May 1, 2025, 12:42 by Connor O'Neil

Working with local quantum companies, an NREL team is developing benchmarks for quantum computers on the problems that are important to energy science, enabling NREL and industry to prioritize practical utility for the next generation of quantum software and hardware.

Apr 30, 2025, 14:13 by Wayne Hicks

Using an ionic salt to replace the fullerene layer in perovskite solar cells boosted their performance, efficiency, and durability, according to a global research effort led by scientists at NREL.

Apr 29, 2025, 15:16 by Jeffrey Wolf

History was made this year at the NREL Industry Growth Forum, which reached a record high number for attendance with more than 1,000 people.

Apr 28, 2025, 16:13 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

In the latest Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A, Matt Ringer shares how he ended up in a people-centered role despite his shy childhood and why he joined NREL despite knowing nothing about the laboratory and its mission.

Apr 28, 2025, 15:58 by Jeffrey Wolf

SPAN is the only startup company to go through two of NREL's startup assistance programs: the Shell GameChanger Accelerator Powered by NREL (GCxN) and the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2).

Apr 22, 2025, 15:23 by Erik Ringle

The aviation fuel technology being codeveloped by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NREL yields aromatic-rich SAF by deconstructing lignin in plants and hydrodeoxygenating the resulting molecules to jet-range blendstocks.