Grid Modernization News

Aug 13, 2017, 18:00 by Carol Laurie

Bolstered by the nation’s first commercial offshore wind project, the U.S. offshore wind industry could be on the brink of a multigigawatt surge in development.

Aug 9, 2017, 18:00 by User Not Found

The Hands-On PV Experience gave thirteen graduate students a chance to spend one week at NREL, deepening their knowledge of photovoltaics and learning from top solar scientists.

Aug 7, 2017, 18:00 by User Not Found

Finding new ways to manage fuel costs of heavy-duty off-highway vehicles can go a long way towards reducing overall operating costs in industries such as construction and mining, which can help contractors and operators remain competitive in the marketplace. This requires equipment that can perform optimally, while minimizing expenses.

Aug 7, 2017, 18:00 by Wayne Hicks

Path to producing hydrogen from sunlight becomes even clearer

Jul 30, 2017, 18:00 by User Not Found

Roderick Jackson is the new laboratory program manager for buildings-related research at the Energy Department's (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Jul 30, 2017, 18:00 by User Not Found

Detail of NREL analysis showing clear-sky versus cloudy-sky probabilities for the August solar eclipse.

Jul 26, 2017, 18:00 by User Not Found

NREL is leading one of four regional technical exchange centers to expand the domestic supply chain of fuel cell and hydrogen components and systems and improve U.S. manufacturing competitiveness.

Jul 26, 2017, 18:00 by User Not Found

Twenty-four homes in New York City will be at the forefront of NREL home energy management systems (HEMS) research. The goal is to identify strategies for broad market adoption of smart home technologies that can bring comfort, convenience, and energy savings to residents across New York and the country.

Jul 25, 2017, 18:00 by Wayne Hicks

Paul King and Katherine Brown wanted answers. To produce ammonia from nitrogen, could they use a biomolecular reaction similar to one that boosts the production of hydrogen from water?

Jul 23, 2017, 18:00 by Heather Lammers

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is again receiving national recognition for its 40th Anniversary with a prestigious public service award.

Jul 20, 2017, 18:00 by User Not Found

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is partnering with Panasonic Corporation and Xcel Energy to simulate and optimize the energy load profile of Peña Station NEXT, a planned 382-acre mixed-use development in Denver, Colo.

Jul 13, 2017, 18:00 by User Not Found

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced major funding awards for six geothermal Deep Direct-Use research projects, including a National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study that will explore the feasibility of geothermal heat integration at natural gas power plants in East Texas.

Jul 13, 2017, 18:00 by User Not Found

The Solar Energy Innovation Network is a new three-year program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, designed to remove soft cost (non-hardware) barriers to wide-scale integration of distributed solar photovoltaics within the U.S. electricity system.

Jul 11, 2017, 18:00 by User Not Found

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has confirmed the technical and economic viability of integrating 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy into India's grid by 2022.

Jul 10, 2017, 18:00 by Jamie Wiebe

A new NREL survey is designed to determine if the Gulf Coast region can transform 50 years of offshore manufacturing and deployment expertise into a thriving offshore industry

Jul 9, 2017, 18:00 by Jamie Wiebe

Wake steering allows wind power plant operators to turn the front row of turbines out of the wind, which researchers theorize would decrease wake losses and increase overall plant production.

Jul 5, 2017, 18:00 by User Not Found

A recently completed study by NREL and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, of the anisotropic thermal conductivity of packed copper wire for electric-drive vehicle (EDV) motor applications, provides a baseline for the assessment of new materials and winding structures.

Jul 4, 2017, 18:00 by User Not Found

NREL and Texas A&M University have characterized the thermal performance of new, high-performance thermal interface materials (TIMs) capable of thermal resistance one-third lower than any other state-of-the-art TIM.

Jul 4, 2017, 18:00 by Wayne Hicks

Student teams from across Colorado enjoy a day racing model electric cars at NREL

Jul 4, 2017, 18:00 by Wayne Hicks and Don Gwinner

Groundbreaking work in advanced energy research sprang from lab's 1977 start as SERI.