Grid Modernization News

Feb 26, 2025, 17:00 by Jeffrey Wolf

Coconino County Schools selected Ponderosa as the focus of an advanced energy initiative through the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator managed by NREL.

Feb 23, 2025, 17:00 by Ernie Tucker

After the Dec. 30, 2021, Marshall Fire burned his family's home to the ground, Kevin Lombardo, an NREL Client and Infrastructure Services manager, was struck by the enormity of what they faced.

Feb 20, 2025, 17:00 by Hannah Halusker

NREL has selected Maureen McCann, an internationally renowned plant biologist, to its highest technical position for a scientist: Senior Research Fellow.

Feb 19, 2025, 17:00 by Madelyn Weirich

The stakes were high on Feb. 8, 2025, with 24 teams from 19 Colorado schools vying for the chance to represent Colorado in the National Science Bowl Finals in Washington, D.C.

Feb 18, 2025, 17:00 by Hannah Halusker

Andrea Watson has been selected to serve as the next associate laboratory director for the Innovation, Partnering, and Outreach directorate at NREL.

Jan 17, 2025, 11:43 by Sara Fall and Kamyria Coney

The Solar Energy Innovation Network (SEIN) Round 3 brought together eight multistakeholder teams from various locations across the United States to develop new approaches to solar deployment, focusing on residential and commercial buildings in underserved communities.

Jan 16, 2025, 17:00 by Mariah Cox

The Critical Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator has launched a new track to help technologies across the U.S. Department of Energy's 17 national laboratories bridge the gap from concept to adoption.

Jan 16, 2025, 17:00 by Tiffany Plate

Request for proposals invites fundamental research efforts to generate validation data that could improve performance and reliability of large commercial wind turbines.

Jan 16, 2025, 17:00 by Mackenzie Reed

Annabelle Pratt is a chief engineer in NREL's power systems engineering center whose motivation for her work runs deep.

Jan 16, 2025, 17:00 by User Not Found

If you have ever struggled to find geothermal degree programs, conferences, trade associations, tax incentives, or other geothermal information, you are not alone.

Jan 16, 2025, 17:00 by Wayne Hicks

The group manager was singled out as a Distinguished Member of Operations Staff "for exemplary leadership, technical acumen, strategic vision, and unwavering passion for mission-oriented collaboration."

Jan 16, 2025, 17:00 by Madeline Geocaris

A new study by NREL and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory provides practical options for developing more interregional transmission infrastructure to move toward a transformed power system.

Jan 16, 2025, 17:00 by Alyssa Bersine

A new project led by NREL aims to incorporate geothermal underground thermal energy storage (UTES) technology for data centers.

Jan 15, 2025, 17:00 by Stacey Baxter

NREL, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy, has launched the Capacity Accelerator for Tribal Offshore Wind Engagement aimed at supporting the capacity of Tribal nations to engage in decision-making processes and projects related to offshore wind energy.

Jan 15, 2025, 17:00 by Katie Ciaglo

The $5.1 million prize, which was launched by the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Energy Technologies Office and is administered by NREL, is tackling the challenge of recycling turbine blades and other hard-to-recycle components.

Jan 15, 2025, 14:57 by Tiffany Plate

Twenty new innovators are now on their way to advancing technologies that can support the solar industry's growth and adoption.

Jan 15, 2025, 05:05 by Anna Squires

Just a few years ago, electric trucks seemed like a distant dream.

Jan 14, 2025, 17:00 by Christin Jeffers

National laboratory researchers and industry collaborators in the ChargeX Consortium have identified a new mechanism called "seamless retry" that could alleviate a common electric vehicle (EV) driver frustration with public charging by automatically restarting failed EV charging sessions, so users do not have to.

Jan 14, 2025, 17:00 by Justin Daugherty and Daniella Frank

Researchers at NREL are investigating methods to make computing more energy efficient.

Jan 14, 2025, 17:00 by Carol Laurie

The NREL Flatirons Campus research technician is celebrated for his meticulous work, attention to detail, and adherence to safety protocols--qualities that earned him a 2024 Distinguished Member of Operations Staff award.