Grid Modernization News

Sep 3, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

The three were chosen for their significant contributions to NREL and the larger scientific community.

Aug 29, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

NREL recently partnered with the midwestern utility company Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) on a project targeted to help the utility reduce energy consumption by 21.5% in the greater Illinois area by promoting more energy efficient technologies for buildings.

Aug 22, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

At NREL's 2019 Partner Forum, the laboratory and Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a new, cutting-edge joint effort to solve complex energy system challenges.

Aug 21, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

A surprising combination of sophisticated sensor technology, tennis balls, a potato gun, and a novel deterrent device could hold the answers to preventing eagles from encountering wind turbines.

Aug 21, 2019, 18:00 by Josh Rasmussen

NREL’s 2019 Partner Forum brought together energy industry leaders across multiple sectors to discuss today’s energy challenges and explore tomorrow’s potential solutions.

Aug 21, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Aug 21, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Installed outside the laboratory's Energy Systems Integration Facility, the bioreactor uses a selectively evolved microorganism that feeds on renewable hydrogen produced at NREL and a diet of carbon dioxide.

Aug 19, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

One of the largest impediments to the mass adoption of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the United States is range anxiety--or, consumers' fear that they will be stranded because the vehicle has insufficient battery power to get them to their destination. A 2012 NREL collaboration with General Motors (GM) continues to inform the improvement of industry apps that help allay range anxiety and increase driver freedom.

Aug 18, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

A new paper reports a cell efficiency of 20.8%, representing a crossing point for the new group V technology relative to historic copper technology.

Aug 18, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

The brothers both previously worked at NREL, although the older one is now a university professor in Wisconsin.

Aug 15, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

NREL researchers believe wind plant operators can increase energy capture using plant-level controls. By steering individual turbine wakes away from downstream turbines, existing facilities can achieve annual energy production gains of 1%-2% depending on the plant size and design.

Aug 14, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Aug 14, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Aug 12, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

NREL's Geothermal Laboratory Program Manager Kate Young and Operations Manager Caity Smith are members of the U.S. team selected as the new global chair of Women in Geothermal (WING), an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the education, professional development, and advancement of women in the geothermal industry.

Aug 11, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Cross-Discipline Team Envisions the Grid of the Future

Aug 8, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Jul 31, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Balancing the needs of food, water, and energy is becoming one of the most important trends in sustainability strategy, and we talked with one of its experts, Jennifer Daw, the group manager of strategy, policy, and implantation within NREL’s Integrated Application Center.

Jul 31, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Cara Lubner's research focuses on a novel method organisms use to generate energy, called flavin-based electron bifurcation. How this works was a mystery until Lubner and other researchers at NREL discovered the secret.

Jul 31, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

NREL has released a 2019 update to the Annual Technology Baseline, a key source of reliable electricity generation technology cost and performance data used to support and inform electric sector analysis in the United States.

Jul 31, 2019, 18:00 by Wayne Hicks

NREL researchers are creating useful software applications designed to help highlight potential costs and savings associated with renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. In doing so, they hope to shorten the path to commercialization and increase overall adoption of those technologies.