Grid Modernization News

Sep 29, 2024, 18:00 by Rebecca Martineau

From current on-road vehicles to future electrified aircraft, the safety and reliability of energy storage systems is critical across battery applications.

Sep 29, 2024, 18:00 by Tara McMurtry

Jeremy Stefek is working to understand the needs of the growing wind energy industry, raise awareness of wind energy career opportunities, and develop training programs that ensure a skilled workforce is ready to meet future demands.

Sep 29, 2024, 18:00 by Anna Squires

NREL's world-class power electronics researchers are reimagining the propulsion system for U.S. military ground combat vehicles. Their new silicon carbide (SIC)-based inverter design will give military vehicles 200% greater range at a fourth of the size of predecessor technology.

Sep 29, 2024, 18:00 by Jeffrey Wolf

Invizyne is at the stage where it is preparing an IPO, the first company part of the Shell GameChanger Accelerator Powered by NREL(TM) (GCxN) program to do so.

Sep 25, 2024, 18:00 by Tim Meehan

What is the best way to store energy until it is needed? Finding the answer to this question and others surrounding energy storage is at the heart of Nate Blair's work as the group manager for NREL's Distributed Energy Systems and Storage Analysis team.

Sep 24, 2024, 18:00 by Aishwarya Krishnamoorthy

As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to grow their share of the market, several federal agencies are transitioning their own fleets to EVs, too.

Sep 19, 2024, 18:00 by Justin Daugherty

Internships offer students the opportunity to gain valuable experience in their field before joining the workforce—but for interns at NREL, they have the added motivation of contributing to meaningful work in energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Sep 19, 2024, 18:00 by Wayne Hicks

Barriers that are currently preventing the use of greater percentages of biomass-based diesel fuel blended into petroleum diesel have been identified, along with strategies to overcome them.

Sep 18, 2024, 18:00 by Alyssa Bersine

NREL brings together experts from across the country for the annual Cement and Concrete Decarbonization Meeting.

Sep 18, 2024, 09:04 by Karen Petersen

A decade ago, NREL embarked on an epic expansion of its data center in a push to accelerate the energy transition by enabling big data and reducing market risk.

Sep 17, 2024, 18:00 by Tiffany Plate

A new NREL-authored report provides recommendations for addressing key gaps in the domestic hydropower supply chain.

Sep 17, 2024, 18:00 by Courtney Hausler and Tara McMurtry

Haitian stakeholders are working with USAID and NREL to enhance local workforce capabilities, develop robust regulatory frameworks, and, eventually, deploy cutting-edge technologies.

Sep 17, 2024, 18:00 by Ernie Tucker

The Materials Science senior scientist was named one of NREL's 2024 Distinguished Members of Research Staff.

Sep 15, 2024, 18:00 by Jeffrey Wolf

The third cohort of West Gate, NREL's Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program, includes innovations ranging from pumping carbon dioxide into pit lakes to helping solar arrays adapt to a passing cloud.

Sep 15, 2024, 18:00 by Justin Rickard

A novel DOE Office of Science program builds bridges between minority-serving institutions and national laboratories.

Sep 15, 2024, 18:00 by Kelly MacGregor

Join the Solar Decathlon 2025 Design Challenge to compete with teams from around the globe in zero-energy design.

Sep 15, 2024, 18:00 by User Not Found

NREL broke ground today on its new Energy Materials and Processing at Scale (EMAPS) facility on the east side of its South Table Mountain Campus in Golden, Colorado.

Sep 11, 2024, 18:00 by Tara McMurtry

NREL has released version 2.0 of the Cybersecurity Value-at-Risk Framework, a free, publicly available tool that helps power plant owners and operators assess their cybersecurity risks and make sound cybersecurity investment decisions.

Sep 11, 2024, 18:00 by Natasha Headland

A research team discovered a method to transform materials with three-dimensional atomic structures into nearly two-dimensional structures.

Sep 9, 2024, 18:00 by User Not Found

The economic impact of NREL topped $1.9 billion nationwide in fiscal year 2023, according to a study by the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.