Grid Modernization News

Jun 24, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

As health care workers continue to fight on the front lines, NREL volunteers do what they can to help by manufacturing face shields for healthcare workers, paramedics, and firefighters in Colorado.

Jun 23, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

As hydrogen fuel cell electric cars and trucks grow in popularity, a new publicly available Hydrogen Filling Simulation (H2FillS) tool is laying the groundwork for the safe design of hydrogen fueling systems.

Jun 22, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

Challenging the best and brightest to unlock the power of the ocean, in August, the MECC will begin accepting applications for the 2021 competition.

Jun 21, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

What if carbon dioxide (CO2), a prevalent greenhouse gas, could be transformed into higher-value fuels and chemicals using low-cost, renewable electricity? Recent results from NREL may enable the scale-up of an electrochemical process to reduce CO2 that has not been possible until now.

Jun 21, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

Motorists can save as much as $14,500 on fuel costs over 15 years by driving an electric vehicle instead of a similar one fueled by gasoline, according to a new analysis conducted by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's NREL and Idaho National Laboratory.

Jun 18, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

Some soul-searching and road-tripping set her on the right route to her goal of working with NREL's System Advisor Model.

Jun 17, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

Eight of the 17 winning teams in the DESIGN stage of the Waves to Water Prize received awards for their entrepreneurial wave-powered desalination designs.

Jun 17, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

Eight teams from across the United States are working with NREL to develop and test novel applications of solar energy in rural communities and commercial-scale settings as part of the second round of the Solar Energy Innovation Network.

Jun 15, 2020, 18:00 by Rebecca Harris Sullivan

NASA is using WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter SIMulator), an open-source code developed by NREL and Sandia National Laboratories, to ensure NASA’s Orion Crew Model uprights and remains upright upon landing in the ocean.

Jun 11, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

NREL experts and industry leaders focus their knowledge on focused sunlight⁠—an on-demand, renewable power source.

Jun 10, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

During National Oceans Month, we celebrate water power researchers who are discovering innovative ways to harness marine energy to generate electricity.

Jun 9, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

NREL has launched MHKiT, an open-source software designed to support marine and hydrokinetic R&D through data processing and analysis.

Jun 9, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

Offshore wind, with its potential for domestic electricity-generating capacity of more than 2,000 gigawatts, could supply enough electricity to meet the needs of the entire United States twice over. NREL researchers are working with partners to make reliable, affordable, and accessible offshore wind energy a reality.

Jun 8, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

This week, the U.S. DOE and NREL announced the winners for the DESIGN Stage and the location for the final DRINK Stage of the American-Made Challenges Waves to Water Prize: Jennette's Pier on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Jun 7, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

NREL is growing its mission space through an expanded collaboration with Alaska's Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC), based in Fairbanks, Alaska. CCHRC has 20 years of experience designing energy efficient, healthy, culturally appropriate homes in some of the harshest conditions on Earth.

Jun 7, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

Passenger cars and light-duty trucks typically account for 55% of U.S. transportation energy use. Recently, sharp increases in demand for deliveries have pressed some commercial trucks—which usually account for more than 25% of transportation-related fuel consumption—into overtime.

Jun 4, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

Global Wind Day, celebrated worldwide on June 15, offers an opportunity to highlight NREL's leadership in wind energy research. On behalf of the U.S. DOE, NREL represents the United States by participating in 16 of the 18 International Energy Agency Wind Technology Collaboration Programme research tasks.

Jun 4, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

From workforce development programs that prepare young people for jobs in the wind industry to a new reference wind turbine that expands capabilities to assess offshore designs, NREL led some exciting projects featured in the Wind Energy Technologies Office's biannual Research and Development Newsletter.

May 31, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

NREL has launched a new website featuring information on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard 1547-2018 for integrating distributed energy resources (DERs) into the modernized electrical grid.

May 31, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

A new National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) technical report details a milestone capability at NREL to develop, emulate, and visualize interconnected power and communications systems for the study of cybersecurity and distributed energy.