Grid Modernization News

Apr 23, 2019, 18:00 by Cassandra Frankovich

NREL's Industry Growth Forum helps move technology to market through increased funding opportunities, mentorship, networking, and investor-entrepreneur interaction.

Apr 21, 2019, 18:00 by Wayne Hicks

While hundreds of millions of tons of trash continue to be dumped into American landfills annually, a growing percentage has been diverted to recycling centers since the first Earth Day in 1970. But these centers aren't set up for renewable energy technologies.

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

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory report making a significant breakthrough by producing a tandem perovskite solar cell that pushes the technology closer to its maximum efficiency.

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

With support from USAID, NREL's International Jobs and Economic Development Impacts (I-JEDI) Model is a free, online tool for analyzing the economic impacts of renewable energy development in a specific country.

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

As a founding member of the Bats and Wind Energy Cooperative, NREL has spent 15 years working to protect bats by developing innovative technological solutions to monitor and minimize wind energy's impacts to bats.

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

NREL and Georgia Institute of Technology announce a new joint appointment program as part of an effort to enhance research collaboration between the lab and universities.

Apr 15, 2019, 18:00 by Dean Levi

NREL's cell and module performance recently developed a new procedure for measuring the power of commercial crystalline-silicon photovoltaic modules that reduces the uncertainty in module maximum power.

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

More than 85% of chemical processes rely on catalysts, but limited information on their cost can lead to roadblocks during early-stage research and development and along the path to commercialization. To address this challenge, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed a catalyst cost estimation tool that incorporates industry-standard estimation methods into an intuitive, user-friendly suite of tools.

Apr 1, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

NREL is supporting a new water prize to fund innovators who are working to address the non-regulatory challenges pumped-storage hydropower developers face when deploying new projects. The team aims to shorten commissioning times and reduce both risk and required up-front investments.

Mar 31, 2019, 18:00 by Harrison Dreves

Low-impact development of solar installations can shelter vegetation and boost energy production, creating a win-win-win for food, water, and renewable energy.

Mar 26, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

The patented device eliminates leaking air that comes with a window-mounted unit, reduces noise, and operates with more efficiency.

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

When a series of cyberattacks surged through the Denver Tech Center, NREL Cybersecurity Analysts Joshua Rivera, Adarsh Hasandka, and Anuj Sanghvi could just watch--and wait. That's because they were volunteers at the eighth Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.

Mar 20, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

A special NREL Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) procurement team is responsible for directly supporting almost $14 billion worth of upgrades to federal energy infrastructure projects using unique contracting and financing mechanisms, ensuring federal facilities received the energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades they needed.

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

Since its inception, the Colorado High School Science Bowl has given students the opportunity to engage in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) enrichment beyond the classroom.

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

Advancements in wind energy have allowed the amount of carbon emitted into the atmosphere to drop considerably, and all without raising the levelized cost of energy. However, disposing of the materials used to create these energy-efficient machines can be complicated and have unintended consequences. Thanks to researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), this could soon be a thing of the past.

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

This marks the third consecutive year students from Fort Collins High School won the Colorado competition.

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

The initial Champion Module Efficiencies chart contains 73 data points, dating to 1988, and broken out into 19 different technologies.

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

The new study estimates NREL's impact on Colorado's economy at nearly $748 million.

Mar 10, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

This year's edition is the first to include data and trends for electric vehicles and energy storage technologies, in addition to data-centric charts for wind, solar, hydropower, and alternative fuels.

Mar 5, 2019, 17:00 by User Not Found

The selected projects will focus on reducing the total cost of ownership of NGVs, increasing vehicle efficiency, decreasing local air pollution, and advancing technology development to increase the use of more affordable medium- and heavy-duty natural gas engines and vehicles.