Grid Modernization News

Nov 20, 2024, 17:00 by Tim Meehan

A new NREL study examines the visual impacts of wind turbines on a national scale.

Nov 19, 2024, 17:00 by Sara Fall

Researchers take a deep look at the interactions between habitat, pollinators, and solar energy production on three large working solar farms in Minnesota.

Nov 18, 2024, 17:00 by Wayne Hicks

Six researchers from NREL are included in this year's list of the most highly cited researchers.

Nov 14, 2024, 17:00 by Tara McMurtry

A Ph.D. student, her professor, and a team of NREL researchers pioneer visual diagnostics to characterize flexible wave energy devices.

Nov 13, 2024, 17:00 by Natasha Headland

Multiple industry sectors are beginning to harness hydrogen as a nearly emission-free pathway to generate power and fuel and to address a key challenge facing future energy systems: energy storage.

Nov 13, 2024, 17:00 by Monica Kurtz

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) held the NREL Innovation Showcase in Avon, Colorado, to gather cleantech and climate-tech entrepreneurs, industry experts, investors, and NREL researchers.

Nov 13, 2024, 17:00 by Tiffany Plate

After deploying NREL's wave-powered desalination device multiple times, researchers are drawing on lessons learned to build a stronger, simpler design.

Nov 12, 2024, 17:00 by User Not Found

Energy stored in thermochemical materials can effectively heat indoor spaces, particularly in humid regions, according to researchers with NREL.

Nov 12, 2024, 17:00 by Justin Daugherty

At NREL's Computational Science Center, the Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization Capability (MSOC) team regularly partners with other NREL researchers to help make advanced computing serve them better.

Nov 11, 2024, 17:00 by Daniella Frank

The one-stop shop for the latest transportation technology cost and performance data is back with even more data.

Nov 6, 2024, 17:00 by User Not Found

Do you have ideas about how to build Tribal capacity to engage in offshore wind energy decision-making? We want to hear from you!

Nov 5, 2024, 17:00 by Thomas Young

The DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations selected NREL to provide technical assistance with integrating distributed energy resources (DERs) in Colorado, Massachusetts, and Virginia to make the electric grids safer and more responsive, resilient, and affordable.

Oct 29, 2024, 18:00 by Jenn Fields

In its 2024 annual report, HelioCon details its advancement of a third-party technique to improve heliostat accuracy for manufacturers, the launch of an open-source CSP platform, and the growth of the HelioCon community in the past year.

Oct 29, 2024, 18:00 by Julia Medeiros Coad

The perfect winter coat should be comfortable to wear—not too warm and not too cold. It's affordable, sturdy, and protects you well from the wind, rain, and snow.

Oct 29, 2024, 18:00 by Justin Daugherty

The journal Trends in Chemistry recently honored NREL researcher Melissa Gish in a special issue designed to highlight emerging leaders in chemistry innovating in their respective fields.

Oct 29, 2024, 18:00 by Connor O’Neil

Live power experiments using NREL’s ARIES platform solve future energy challenges in the present.

Oct 28, 2024, 18:00 by Anna Squires

Researchers from NREL have released a new version of the Transportation Technology Total Cost of Ownership tool, known as T3CO—the most sophisticated open-source commercial vehicle TCO tool available today.

Oct 24, 2024, 18:00 by Wayne Hicks

Research led by scientists at NREL and the Center for Hybrid Organic Inorganic Semiconductors for Energy, an Energy Frontier Research Center, discovered a new process to induce chirality in halide perovskite semiconductors.

Oct 22, 2024, 18:00 by Justin Rickard

With National Bioenergy Day 2024 upon us, NREL reflects on some of the team's scientific discoveries over the past year that have helped strengthen the bioeconomy.

Oct 22, 2024, 18:00 by Justin Daugherty

When data is widely accessible and available to anyone, anywhere, it can transform communities—especially when that data concerns something as vital as energy.