Grid Modernization News

Oct 4, 2023, 18:00 by Tiffany Plate

As one of six core partners in the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, NREL just received an additional round of funding for research to help lower the cost and boost quality and sustainability of wind turbine blades.

Oct 4, 2023, 18:00 by User Not Found

As a sub-recipient on nine awards through the Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers and Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) funding opportunity, NREL will be diligently working with a variety of partners to advance building technologies and retrofit practices that enable healthier households and communities.

Oct 2, 2023, 18:00 by Sara Fall

In a bid to address the ever-evolving needs of the energy industry and bolster the clean energy workforce, the DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office proudly shares the colleges and universities participating in the Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition Class of 2023-2024.

Oct 2, 2023, 18:00 by Anna Squires

Commercial vehicle fleet owners and operators face a pressing question: Can zero-emissions alternatives, like battery-electric and hydrogen-fueled trucks, accomplish the same work as their diesel-powered fleets? To answer this question, NREL has released a new web-based data platform called Fleet Research, Energy Data, and Insights (FleetREDI).

Oct 1, 2023, 18:00 by Justin Daugherty

NREL met with stakeholders and partners at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to launch Athena ZEV—the next phase of Athena—which aims to electrify transportation and de-risk airport investments, with an initial focus on rental cars.

Sep 28, 2023, 18:00 by Molly Rettig

NREL has worked with eight rural villages across Alaska on HUD Healthy Homes projects to improve the health, safety, and energy efficiency of homes in extreme climates.

Sep 28, 2023, 18:00 by User Not Found

On Oct. 2, the DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office announced seven Stage 1 finalists for the American-Made Solar Data Bounty Prize, with each team receiving a $5,000 cash prize. The seven teams will now move on to Stage 2 to compete for part of $1.4 million in cash prizes.

Sep 26, 2023, 18:00 by Brooke Van Zandt

Community members from Unincorporated Norcross, Georgia, partnered with NREL researchers through the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Energy to Communities Expert Match program to learn how to improve the energy efficiency of hundreds of commercial buildings.

Sep 26, 2023, 18:00 by Justin Daugherty

NREL researcher Malik Hassanaly embraces uncertainty—uncertainty quantification, that is—and using computational science to devise simpler methods of solving complex energy challenges.

Sep 25, 2023, 18:00 by Courtney Hausler

A new capability of the REopt® web tool helps commercial building owners and energy managers more effectively evaluate the costs associated with geothermal heat pump (GHP) projects: the ability to integrate hybrid heat exchange with GHPs.

Sep 25, 2023, 18:00 by Carol Laurie

Investment in a port system and domestic supply chain could enable the United States to efficiently deploy floating offshore wind energy at a commercial scale on the West Coast, according to an NREL study.

Sep 25, 2023, 18:00 by Harrison Dreves

Even as fossil energy still provides most of the world’s electricity, new electricity generating capacity is dominated by renewable energy projects.

Sep 25, 2023, 18:00 by Elaine Hale

NREL's Elaine Hale discusses the importance of integrated modeling and analysis that capture the characteristics and behavior of multistakeholder systems with diverse objectives in how the electricity system evolves.

Sep 24, 2023, 18:00 by Ryan Horns

Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is moving forward at a rapid rate. However, the plan for supporting infrastructure—where, when, and how to deploy EV chargers and upgrade the power grid—is a complex and moving target.

Sep 24, 2023, 18:00 by Carol Laurie

The offshore wind energy pipeline continued to grow last year, according to an NREL analysis recently released in the Offshore Wind Market Report: 2023 Edition. If fully developed, the projects would be enough to power more than 18 million homes.

Sep 21, 2023, 18:00 by Carol Laurie

Near-commercial wind turbine innovations will allow for cost-effective wind power in additional regions of the United States.

Sep 19, 2023, 18:00 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

Charles Candon and Rebecca Fao are part of NREL’s testing team, which helps test and hone water power technologies as they journey from model to market. We spoke to them about their career origins and their day-to-day work.

Sep 17, 2023, 18:00 by Tiffany Plate

Visit Renewable Energy Discovery (REDi) Island to virtually see cutting-edge marine energy technologies in action.

Sep 17, 2023, 18:00 by User Not Found

Consumer confidence in driving hydrogen-fueled vehicles could be improved by having station operators adopt a predictive model that helps them anticipate maintenance needs, according to researchers at NREL and Colorado State University.

Sep 14, 2023, 18:00 by Natasha Headland

Electric unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are versatile for industrial applications but face performance challenges. A new collaboration is scaling an efficient and long-lasting hydrogen storage solution for UAVs.