Grid Modernization News

Dec 5, 2022, 17:00 by Anna Nixon

NREL and BioPrincipia, a Georgia-based bioprocess technology company, are partnering to scale NREL's fermentation process for producing 2,3-butanediol.

Dec 4, 2022, 17:00 by Erik F. Ringle

It was not even close. In 2022, seaweed levels floating in the Caribbean smashed the record set in 2018 by 20%. You could see the consequences drifting up on shorelines from Puerto Rico to the Florida coast.

Dec 1, 2022, 17:00 by Susannah Shoemaker

Scott Mauger and Michael Ulsh received awards at this year's International Society of Coating Science and Technology (ISCST) Symposium.

Nov 30, 2022, 17:00 by Connor O’Neil

NREL is enthusiastically supporting development of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) technologies, and a new collaboration with the U.S. Air Force is taking that research to new heights.

Nov 29, 2022, 17:00 by Harrison Dreves

NREL announced 12 communities as winners of Step 1 of the American-Made Solar Automated Permit Processing Plus (SolarAPP+) Prize—a two-step competition to help communities adopt automated processing of residential solar permits, lowering costs and making solar more accessible for homeowners.

Nov 29, 2022, 17:00 by Terri Marshburn and Carol Laurie

Two NREL studies analyze the causes of the wind energy workforce gap and offer solutions to connect industry employers and potential workers.

Nov 29, 2022, 17:00 by Sara Fall and Harrison Dreves

NREL has released its annual cost breakdown of installed solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage systems.

Nov 27, 2022, 17:00 by Connor O'Neil

A plastic-degrading enzyme and an engineered bacterial strain have just been launched into space with an important mission: to convert waste plastics to upcycled materials during spaceflight.

Nov 22, 2022, 17:00 by Moriah Petty

For Stephanie Bostwick's American Indian partners, the primary concern is energy sovereignty. Bostwick is an NREL project manager in the Energy Security and Resilience Center's Resilient Systems Design and Engineering group who supports technical assistance for tribal nations as well as resilience assessments for federal partners.

Nov 22, 2022, 17:00 by Harrison Dreves

As human knowledge grows deeper and broader, new and more complex scientific problems require multidisciplinary teams with more diverse ideas and skills.

Nov 21, 2022, 17:00 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

Over the last four years, NREL has been part of a multilaboratory team that explored deployable wind turbine systems—including a few solar panels and batteries—using standard shipping containers to power military and disaster relief purposes.

Nov 17, 2022, 17:00 by Patrick Hayes

A new technical report published by researchers with NREL, the University of Colorado Boulder, and WinBuild Inc. proposes new methods to evaluate how long windows sustain their energy performance.

Nov 17, 2022, 17:00 by Wayne Hicks

Skyscrapers dominate city skylines, but these massive glass-walled structures can be made more energy efficient through the addition of thermally efficient photovoltaic (PV) windows, according to an analysis by researchers at NREL.

Nov 17, 2022, 17:00 by Wayne Hicks and Harrison Dreves

There is a new way to explore NREL's famous chart spotlighting the efficiency of solar cells. The Best Research-Cell Efficiency Chart is now interactive, with the ability to pull up decades of research data and create custom charts that focus on specific technologies or time periods. You can also dive deeper into the data behind many points on the chart, going beyond just efficiency.

Nov 17, 2022, 17:00 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

An accessible, centralized data library for all things marine energy is making it easier for everyone in marine energy—from small startups to big universities—to get the data they need to accelerate technology development.

Nov 16, 2022, 17:00 by Jeffrey Wolf

For its 10th cohort, the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN²) formed an all-demonstration group, where each participant would scope and perform a demonstration of their technologies as part of the program.

Nov 16, 2022, 17:00 by Rebecca Martineau

Developing a secure supply chain—from material extraction to manufacturing battery cells and packs—is essential for a competitive edge in lithium-ion domestic and global markets.

Nov 16, 2022, 17:00 by Josh Rasmussen

Central to NREL's mission is the research and development of novel and desperately needed technologies germane to the imminent energy transition. Pursuing this mission, NREL generates tremendous impact alongside motivated partners, together maximizing decades of taxpayer investment in the laboratory.

Nov 15, 2022, 17:00 by Nadia Panossian

Electric vehicle adoption is increasing—and fast. At this point, you may own one or probably know someone who does.

Nov 14, 2022, 17:00 by Wayne Hicks

Eight scientists from NREL were named today to the Highly Cited Researchers list, including two who are making their first appearance.