Grid Modernization News

Jul 4, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

As part of the DOE-sponsored Open Energy Data Initiative, NREL collaborated with Amazon Web Services to bring the lab’s WIND Toolkit and National Solar Radiation Database to the cloud, enabling unprecedented access to massive solar and wind resource data

Jul 2, 2019, 18:00 by Wayne Hicks

Modeled on a Department of Defense effort to put emerging technologies into the hands of the military, ARPA-E provides funds to overcome roadblocks that would otherwise prevent promising energy ideas from reaching the public.

Jun 25, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Matching funds from the private sector will contribute $3,229,096 toward the commercialization of emerging energy technologies.

Jun 24, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Researchers with the Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines initiative have identified the six blendstocks from two chemical families that exhibit the greatest potential to dramatically increase efficiency when combined with petroleum-based fuels in boosted (or turbocharged) spark-ignition engines for light-duty vehicles.

Jun 23, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

The U.S. Department of Energy honored two NREL research teams for their outstanding achievements at the Vehicle Technologies Office's Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting.

Jun 23, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

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

This summer, NREL supported a local camp that explores the intersection of art and science, giving campers the opportunity to make connections between creativity and future career paths.

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

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently honored three NREL researchers for their outstanding achievements at the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting.

Jun 17, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Rebecca Hanes and team developed a new ground-breaking analysis, Quantifying Adoption Rates and Energy Savings over Time for Advanced Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Technologies, published in the Journal of Cleaner Production.

Jun 17, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

For the first time, researchers capture 3D images of the crystal structure inside of operating single electrode particles. The images revealed unexpected results, as detailed in a recent journal article.

Jun 16, 2019, 18:00 by Wayne Hicks

A groundbreaking research effort involving scientists at NREL and at other laboratories around the country yielded the prediction of 203 new stable ternary nitride compounds.

Jun 16, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

New Mapping Application Visualizes Costs of Developing Renewable Energy Resources

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

As part of its partnership with ExxonMobil, NREL researchers will take a closer look at air pollutant emissions from the entire biofuels supply chain, as well as the resulting impacts on air quality.

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

The four-month program offers executive decision-makers an in-depth opportunity to learn from some of our laboratory's most prominent scientists, engineers and professionals, tour our research facilities, and visit local renewable energy installations.

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

The Waves to Water Prize invites competitors to help accelerate early-stage technologies through a series of contests. Participants will demonstrate small, modular, cost-competitive desalination systems that use the power of ocean waves to supplement existing technologies that can provide drinking water to remote and coastal communities.

Jun 6, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Scientists and Engineers to Discuss Ways to Surpass Current State-of-the-Art for Transportation and Electrical Grid Applications

Jun 6, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

The range of innovations represented by the competitors include cell and device-related concepts as well as module and application hardware.

Jun 6, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Renewable portfolio standards, or RPSs, can be designed in numerous ways. New research details best practices for ensuring RPS policies meet their desired objectives, highlighting examples from around the globe.

Jun 5, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

The seeds of microbiology were planted in the inquisitive mind of a young Steve Decker when a microscope—gift-wrapped with his name on it—arrived on a cold Wisconsin morning.

Jun 5, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

By looking closely at battery cells, researchers hope to unlock the secret to scalable lithium-ion battery recycling.