Grid Modernization News

Mar 15, 2020, 18:00 by User Not Found

In November, DOE announced the 20 CONCEPT stage winning teams, each awarded $10,000 from a $200,000 cash prize pool. Wielding their book smarts, seven academic teams were among the 20 winners.

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

NREL researchers demonstrated a new advanced material used to manufacture wind turbine blades to manufacturing industry representatives during a Women in Manufacturing (WiM) event.

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

NREL has released a new version of its FLOw Redirection and Induction in Steady State (FLORIS) model for wind plant performance optimization. The latest update enhances FLORIS's ability to accurately design and analyze wind farm control strategies for larger arrays of turbines.

Mar 5, 2020, 17:00 by User Not Found

Science fiction authors and graphic artists from the Denver area joined NREL researchers as they unharnessed their imaginations during a unique workshop that used science fiction as a lens to explore the technological, social, and cultural aspects of a transition to a clean energy future powered by renewables.

Mar 4, 2020, 17:00 by User Not Found

A change in chemical composition enabled scientists to boost the longevity and efficiency of a perovskite solar cell developed at NREL. The new formula enabled the solar cell to resist a stability problem that has so far thwarted the commercialization of perovskites.

Mar 2, 2020, 17:00 by User Not Found

More than 500 cleantech investors, entrepreneurs, and industry representatives are expected to attend this year's Industry Growth Forum, April 29-30, in Denver, Colorado. Among them will be 40 of the most promising start-up companies from the United States and countries around the world.

Mar 2, 2020, 17:00 by User Not Found

To unlock the power of the ocean and the burgeoning field of marine energy, the U.S. Department of Energy Water Power Technologies Office launched the first-ever Marine Energy Collegiate Competition. Fifteen teams, comprising undergraduate and graduate students, answered the call to participate, putting their heads together to develop innovative marine energy solutions to power the Blue Economy.

Mar 1, 2020, 17:00 by User Not Found

Biennial data compilation identifies changes in markets and power system operations as renewables are integrated onto the grid.

Mar 1, 2020, 17:00 by User Not Found

Traditional solar modules convert light to electricity using photovoltaic cells on the top side of the panels. Now, NREL researchers are shining a light on what lies beneath. Data from June through November 2019 revealed up to a 9% gain in energy production using bifacial panels compared with their one-sided cousins.

Feb 27, 2020, 17:00 by User Not Found

A recent report from NREL has provided the first demonstration of how the revised standard helps improve stability of the overall power system.

Feb 26, 2020, 17:00 by User Not Found

At a glance, the towns of Norman, Oklahoma, and Potsdam, New York, have little in common. You can say the same about Lakewood, Colorado, and Grayson, Georgia. In fact, all of these towns have one thing in common: a small business that applied for, and won funding from, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP) for distributed wind.

Feb 25, 2020, 17:00 by User Not Found

The REopt Lite web tool evaluates the economic viability of grid-connected photovoltaics, wind, and battery storage at a site. REopt Lite Open Source lets programmers, software developers, and researchers access the code behind the web tool.

Feb 20, 2020, 17:00 by User Not Found

As new group manager for NREL's Energy Security and Resilience Center, Eliza Hotchkiss is developing resilience strategies for community, state, and federal agencies and organizations.

Feb 19, 2020, 17:00 by User Not Found

Researchers at NREL and the University of Southern California demonstrated a new process to synthesize metal carbide nanoparticles that may be used to convert waste carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels or precursors to chemical products.

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

What does it take to fast-track pumped-storage hydropower projects? Four hard-working teams of innovators may hold the answer.

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

Researchers at NREL and Northern Illinois University have developed a technique to sequester the lead used to make perovskite solar cells, a highly efficient emerging photovoltaic technology.

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

New Data Compilation Includes Information on Industrial Energy Prices and Economic Activity for 2016-2018.

Feb 17, 2020, 17:00 by User Not Found

Across the country, teams of entrepreneurs are competing to build an innovative supply chain that addresses the collection, separating and sorting, safe storage and transportation, and reverse logistics of recycling lithium-ion batteries.

Feb 17, 2020, 17:00 by User Not Found

New edition also shows continued growth in U.S. installed wind and solar photovoltaic capacity, energy storage, and electric vehicle sales.

Feb 17, 2020, 17:00 by User Not Found

The Waves to Water Prize competition invites participants to develop wave-powered desalination systems that can be deployed in disaster-relief scenarios and remote coastal locations to provide potable drinking water. DOE selected 20 teams as winners of the CONCEPT Stage of the prize.