Grid Modernization News

Mar 20, 2025, 18:00 by Hannah Halusker

In Fiscal Year 2024, researchers at NREL submitted a record-breaking 294 innovations, representing potentially patentable inventions or copyrightable software.

Mar 19, 2025, 18:00 by Caitlyn Major

Susan Habas, now a senior scientist and distinguished member of research staff in the Catalytic Carbon Transformation and Scale-Up Center at NREL, had an unconventional start to her career in chemistry.

Mar 16, 2025, 18:00 by Justin Daugherty

Two new materials science papers explore substrate engineering to increase power electronics’ energy efficiency and performance.

Mar 12, 2025, 18:00 by Jenn Fields

Rumbles is known globally for his photochemistry research. At NREL, he has a reputation for creating a culture that has led to innovative ideas in basic energy research.

Mar 9, 2025, 18:00 by Tara McMurtry

Sometimes Ashley Gaulding feels a bit like an investigator on a television crime procedural.

Mar 5, 2025, 06:32 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

Marine energy developers often start with a functional theoretical design. But even the best virtual designs cannot account for every invisible defect or ocean oddity. NREL’s desert facilities offer the comprehensive, computer-to-ocean testing that marine energy researchers and developers need to get their technologies closer to commercial use.

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.