Grid Modernization News

Jul 31, 2025, 12:13 by Julia Thomas

This month's Materials, Chemical, and Computational Science Early-Career Spotlight features Hilary Egan, who has been a data scientist at NREL since 2020.

Jul 30, 2025, 11:48 by Aishwarya Krishnamoorthy

Transportation researchers from NREL received awards at the 2025 Annual Merit Review meeting for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office.

Jul 30, 2025, 09:32 by Julia Medeiros Coad

From Sugar Land, Texas, to Chenega, Alaska, NREL is advancing affordable, community-driven energy solutions across the nation through the DOE Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program.

Jul 29, 2025, 14:44 by Justin Daugherty

Innovators bring exciting ideas to the fourth cohort of West Gate—NREL’s Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program.

Jul 22, 2025, 11:09 by User Not Found

The Alliance for Sustainable Energy announced the appointment of Jud Virden, Ph.D., as director of NREL and president of the Alliance, which manages the laboratory for the Department of Energy. Virden will officially join NREL in this role on Oct. 1, 2025.

Jul 22, 2025, 09:34 by Kerrin Jeromin

NREL and Google teamed up to host a hackathon, bringing together researchers from nine DOE national laboratories to explore and leverage Google's generative artificial intelligence and large language model tools to address an array of critical challenges related to energy limitations for U.S. data centers.

Jul 15, 2025, 10:10 by Anna Nixon

In the summer of 2015, Violeta Sanchez i Nogue joined NREL as a postdoctoral researcher working on a project to produce carbon fibers.

Jul 11, 2025, 11:15 by Julia Medeiros Coad

NREL researcher Cory Chovanec uses his field experience to help increase energy affordability for Americans through the Weatherization Assistance Program.

Jul 10, 2025, 09:39 by Hannah Halusker

New energy storage research from NREL has demonstrated a way to store and reuse heat underground to meet the heating demands of cold regions like Alaska.

Jul 9, 2025, 09:25 by Wayne Hicks

A collaborative effort between NREL and CubicPV has yielded a perovskite minimodule that belongs in the record books.

Jul 8, 2025, 11:25 by Connor O'Neil

Researchers at NREL are using the Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) platform and other capabilities to analyze energy options for airports, utilities, and public regulators. In many cases, they find a win-win for on-site energy generation and storage.

Jul 8, 2025, 09:00 by Wayne Hicks

A team of scientists across several national laboratories has unraveled how light and a previously unknown form of certain nickel-based catalysts together unlock and preserve reactivity.

Jul 1, 2025, 10:00 by User Not Found

NREL's Advanced Computing Annual Report for FY 2024 showcases the significant contributions of advanced computing.

Jun 30, 2025, 09:00 by User Not Found

A successful collaboration involving a trio of research institutions has yielded a roadmap toward an economically viable process for using enzymes to recycle plastics.

Jun 26, 2025, 08:00 by Julia Medeiros Coad

There is no bridge to the island of Martha’s Vineyard from mainland Massachusetts: If you want to get there, you have to take a ferry or plane.

Jun 24, 2025, 14:00 by Emily Mercer

NREL's new Procurement Analysis Tool helps energy buyers explore cost-effective, utility-scale electricity options tailored to their goals.

Jun 24, 2025, 11:00 by User Not Found

Deconstructing epoxy resins with hot acetic acid has the potential to provide a scalable and affordable solution for recycling a material used in a range of high-value consumer products, according to new research from the BOTTLE consortium.

Jun 24, 2025, 09:00 by Thomas Young

NREL is excited to announce the 30 local leaders that will join two new Energy to Communities (E2C) peer-learning cohorts covering electricity load growth and utility engagement.

Jun 18, 2025, 09:00 by Wayne Hicks

Researchers wanted to find out whether tomatoes would grow better using a specifically designed light filter that leverages a rapidly emerging photovoltaic cell technology that’s more flexible, lightweight, and inexpensive.

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.