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Dec. 6, 2023

NREL Will Lead Two $19M Research Centers To Spur Decarbonization Efforts as Part of DOE's Energy Earthshots Initiative

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science has announced $264 million in funding for 29 projects to develop clean-energy solutions that will pave the way to achieving a net-zero-carbon economy by 2050.

Nov. 1, 2023

News Release: Deep Decarbonization Scenarios Reveal Importance of Accelerating Zero-Emission Vehicle Adoption

The rapid adoption of zero-emission electric vehicles will move the nation close to an 80% or more drop in transportation greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 from the 2019 level according to NREL.

Oct. 19, 2023

NREL's Phil Parilla Named Fellow of American Physical Society

The American Physical Society honored Phil Parilla of NREL by naming him a fellow of the 124-year-old organization.

Sept. 18, 2023

News Release: Predictive Model Could Improve Hydrogen Station Availability

Consumer confidence in driving hydrogen-fueled vehicles could be improved by having station operators adopt a predictive model that helps them anticipate maintenance needs, according to researchers at NREL and Colorado State University.

Sept. 15, 2023

Honeywell Aerospace and NREL Partner To Scale Novel Hydrogen Fuel Storage Solution for Drones

Electric unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are versatile for industrial applications but face performance challenges. A new collaboration is scaling an efficient and long-lasting hydrogen storage solution for UAVs.

Sept. 7, 2023

Abhishek Roy's Research Is Insane in the Membrane

NREL Researcher Abhishek Roy is working to make fuel cells, water-purification devices, and carbon-capture technologies more efficient and cost effective to help save the planet.

Aug. 23, 2023

10 Years of Leading Energy Systems Innovation

Ten advancements that represent the full uniqueness, foresight, and continued importance of NREL's Energy Systems Integration Facility.

June 29, 2023

News Release: Two NREL Researchers Named Fellows of Electrochemical Society

The Electrochemical Society has selected two researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's NREL among this year's class of its fellows: Bryan Pivovar and Jeff Blackburn.

June 22, 2023

Hydrogen to the Rescue: Delivering Power to Disaster Recovery Sites with Zero Emissions

Imagine an emergency vehicle that can provide reliable power to disaster recovery sites, operating in near silence and emitting only water vapor. H2Rescue is just that.

June 21, 2023

Climate Justice Champions Celebrated at Finale of Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize

Six teams competing in the the inaugural Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize have been named grand prize winners after their year-long efforts to advance an equitable and just clean energy ecosystem within their communities.

May 23, 2023

NREL Adds Lab Space With New Building, Preps Other Projects

NREL's newest building, the Research and Innovation Laboratory (RAIL), which will house multipurpose lab space, is the first laboratory building to open at NREL's Golden, Colorado, campus since the fall of 2013.

May 10, 2023

Meet the Researcher: Katherine Hurst, Hydrogen

Katherine Hurst's career is dedicated to investigating how to make hydrogen more affordable and accessible to use across multiple energy sectors.

April 18, 2023

NREL Tapped To Help Electrify 4 Major Freight Corridors

NREL will collaborate with industry partners on four projects to plan zero-emission electric vehicle charging and hydrogen fuel infrastructure spanning more than half of the United States.

March 30, 2023

Combined 'SuperLab' Demonstrates Unique Hybrid Power Plant

For a 60-minute period in January 2023, a power plant like no other existed in the U.S. Mountain West.

March 28, 2023

Advanced Computing Powers 300-Plus Clean Energy Projects

In Fiscal Year 2022, NREL played a critical role in computing advancements for 300-plus clean energy research projects through high-performance computing (HPC), efficient data center operation, and state-of-the-art data visualization.

March 14, 2023

NREL Teams With Australia's Fortescue Future Industries on a Colorado Innovation Center

It is about 10,000 miles between the main NREL campus and Western Australia. But that distance shrank considerably when Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) announced a partnership with NREL for a U.S.-based FFI Worldwide Green Hydrogen research and development center in Colorado.

Feb. 21, 2023

Powering Forward: NREL, Puerto Rican Universities Train Next Generation of Energy Scientists

A new NREL initiative will bring Puerto Rican university students to NREL for hands-on training in cutting-edge hydrogen research.

Jan. 24, 2023

Hydrogen Blending as a Pathway Toward U.S. Decarbonization

To reduce the emissions from natural gas service, blending hydrogen into natural gas pipelines could prove to be a promising, cost-effective pathway.

Jan. 10, 2023

NREL Team Wins 2023 Cooperative Research Award in Polymer Science and Engineering

NREL Materials Scientists Mou Paul and Abhishek Roy won the 2023 Polymer Science and Engineering (PMSE) Cooperative Research Award for their work in global water sustainability.

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