Grid Modernization News

Nov 13, 2022, 17:00 by Kelly MacGregor

124 teams from 97 collegiate institutions are working to solve the climate crisis, one building at a time, by participating in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2023 Design Challenge.

Nov 10, 2022, 17:00 by Joanna Allerhand

Finding readily available and easily accessible data sets is a common challenge in the research community. DOE's Livewire Data Platform's growing catalog of transportation and mobility-related projects helps address this need by providing researchers with a unified platform to connect with each other and easily find data sets.

Nov 9, 2022, 17:00 by Ryan Horns

As a child growing up in Massachusetts, Gabriel Prepetit went to football stadiums to watch the games and excitement unfold, but the massive structures around him ultimately made the real lasting impression.

Nov 9, 2022, 17:00 by Anna Squires

Renewable fuels still carry a high burden of proof: They need to be high performing, efficient, and cost-effective. Analysis performed by national laboratory researchers has uncovered a slate of biofuels produced from organic materials, including plants and agricultural waste, that have the potential to replace petroleum-derived fuel.

Nov 8, 2022, 17:00 by Jess Townsend

NREL-developed PRECISE™ automates interconnection assessments to help customers and utilities reach growing solar goals.

Nov 6, 2022, 17:00 by Connor O’Neil

Cybersecurity is gaining significant importance on the power grid as more distributed energy resources (DERs) are connecting to operational technology (OT) networks.

Nov 3, 2022, 18:00 by Nikos Kopidakis

NREL’s cell and module performance team recently commissioned a new testbed for measuring the spectral response of silicon PV modules.

Nov 2, 2022, 18:00 by Mariah Cox and Moriah Petty

Securing the grid from cyberattacks is increasingly important as systems become more distributed, digital, and interdependent. Thanks to serendipitous events in his career, Maurice Martin was able to board the cybersecurity train right as it was taking off.

Nov 2, 2022, 18:00 by Anya Breitenbach

NREL-authored reports provided insights on supply chain issues related to solar photovoltaic, wind power, energy storage, semiconductor, and hydrogen fuel cell and electrolyzer technologies.

Nov 1, 2022, 18:00 by Isabel McCan

A new agreement between NREL and the Lithuanian Energy Agency kicks off a multiyear research collaboration to support Lithuania with achieving 100% clean electricity.

Oct 31, 2022, 18:00 by Ryan Horns

An NREL project is among seven selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to help fast-track affordable housing solutions for disadvantaged communities.

Oct 31, 2022, 18:00 by Connor O’Neil

At the start of Otto Van Geet's career, most research laboratories spent energy freely for science. Thirty years later, laboratories are more likely to be monuments of futuristic sustainability, and that progress is thanks in large part to Otto's creative work in designing efficient buildings.

Oct 30, 2022, 18:00 by Alexis Powers

The U.S. construction industry is facing a housing supply deficit on the order of millions—and growing—at a time when climate targets mean that every unit needs be built as efficiently, sustainably, and affordably as possible.

Oct 30, 2022, 18:00 by User Not Found

Scientists from NREL and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are providing researchers with a guide to how to best measure the efficiency of producing hydrogen directly from solar power.

Oct 27, 2022, 18:00 by Harrison Dreves

To meet its 2050 decarbonization goals, the United States will need to install up to 20 times more solar photovoltaic (PV) modules than are installed today.

Oct 27, 2022, 15:36 by Jeffrey Wolf

For its latest NREL-based cohort, the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN²) formed an all-demonstration group, where each participant would create a demonstration of their technologies as part of the program. Among the first to have its demonstration project underway is San Francisco-based Kit Switch.

Oct 26, 2022, 18:00 by Wayne Hicks

Two recently published papers spell out advances in the field of photovoltaics made from III-V materials. The improvements to the III-V solar cells will help the technology find a terrestrial home. III-V cells—although efficient—carry such a high price tag it only makes economic sense to use them on satellites and Mars rovers.

Oct 25, 2022, 18:00 by Josh Rasmussen

Eleven years ago, the buds of what would become one of NREL's most impactful and successful partnerships began to bloom. NREL commissioned a new data center in the new Energy Systems Integration Facility, designed to house a new supercomputer--and push NREL into the leading edge of high-performance computing.

Oct 24, 2022, 18:00 by Josh Rasmussen

NREL Director Martin Keller stood alongside Kern Community College District Chancellor Sonya Christian to formally announce that the state of California has awarded KCCD $50 million to create a renewable energy hub, called the California Renewable Energy Laboratory, and $200K of that has come to NREL to help get CREL off the ground.

Oct 24, 2022, 18:00 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

Read a summary of the six manufacturing experts profiled throughout the year as part of NREL's Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A profile series.