About Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems

Nov 22, 2022, 17:00 by Moriah Petty

For Stephanie Bostwick's American Indian partners, the primary concern is energy sovereignty. Bostwick is an NREL project manager in the Energy Security and Resilience Center's Resilient Systems Design and Engineering group who supports technical assistance for tribal nations as well as resilience assessments for federal partners.

Nov 22, 2022, 17:00 by Harrison Dreves

As human knowledge grows deeper and broader, new and more complex scientific problems require multidisciplinary teams with more diverse ideas and skills.

Nov 21, 2022, 17:00 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

Over the last four years, NREL has been part of a multilaboratory team that explored deployable wind turbine systems—including a few solar panels and batteries—using standard shipping containers to power military and disaster relief purposes.

Nov 17, 2022, 17:00 by Patrick Hayes

A new technical report published by researchers with NREL, the University of Colorado Boulder, and WinBuild Inc. proposes new methods to evaluate how long windows sustain their energy performance.

Nov 17, 2022, 17:00 by Wayne Hicks

Skyscrapers dominate city skylines, but these massive glass-walled structures can be made more energy efficient through the addition of thermally efficient photovoltaic (PV) windows, according to an analysis by researchers at NREL.

Nov 17, 2022, 17:00 by Wayne Hicks and Harrison Dreves

There is a new way to explore NREL's famous chart spotlighting the efficiency of solar cells. The Best Research-Cell Efficiency Chart is now interactive, with the ability to pull up decades of research data and create custom charts that focus on specific technologies or time periods. You can also dive deeper into the data behind many points on the chart, going beyond just efficiency.

Nov 17, 2022, 17:00 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

An accessible, centralized data library for all things marine energy is making it easier for everyone in marine energy—from small startups to big universities—to get the data they need to accelerate technology development.

Nov 16, 2022, 17:00 by Jeffrey Wolf

For its 10th cohort, the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN²) formed an all-demonstration group, where each participant would scope and perform a demonstration of their technologies as part of the program.

Nov 16, 2022, 17:00 by Rebecca Martineau

Developing a secure supply chain—from material extraction to manufacturing battery cells and packs—is essential for a competitive edge in lithium-ion domestic and global markets.

Nov 16, 2022, 17:00 by Josh Rasmussen

Central to NREL's mission is the research and development of novel and desperately needed technologies germane to the imminent energy transition. Pursuing this mission, NREL generates tremendous impact alongside motivated partners, together maximizing decades of taxpayer investment in the laboratory.

Nov 15, 2022, 17:00 by Nadia Panossian

Electric vehicle adoption is increasing—and fast. At this point, you may own one or probably know someone who does.

Nov 14, 2022, 17:00 by Wayne Hicks

Eight scientists from NREL were named today to the Highly Cited Researchers list, including two who are making their first appearance.

Nov 13, 2022, 17:00 by Kelly MacGregor

124 teams from 97 collegiate institutions are working to solve the climate crisis, one building at a time, by participating in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2023 Design Challenge.

Nov 10, 2022, 17:00 by Joanna Allerhand

Finding readily available and easily accessible data sets is a common challenge in the research community. DOE's Livewire Data Platform's growing catalog of transportation and mobility-related projects helps address this need by providing researchers with a unified platform to connect with each other and easily find data sets.

Nov 9, 2022, 17:00 by Ryan Horns

As a child growing up in Massachusetts, Gabriel Prepetit went to football stadiums to watch the games and excitement unfold, but the massive structures around him ultimately made the real lasting impression.

Nov 9, 2022, 17:00 by Anna Squires

Renewable fuels still carry a high burden of proof: They need to be high performing, efficient, and cost-effective. Analysis performed by national laboratory researchers has uncovered a slate of biofuels produced from organic materials, including plants and agricultural waste, that have the potential to replace petroleum-derived fuel.

Nov 8, 2022, 17:00 by Jess Townsend

NREL-developed PRECISE™ automates interconnection assessments to help customers and utilities reach growing solar goals.

Nov 6, 2022, 17:00 by Connor O’Neil

Cybersecurity is gaining significant importance on the power grid as more distributed energy resources (DERs) are connecting to operational technology (OT) networks.

Nov 3, 2022, 18:00 by Nikos Kopidakis

NREL’s cell and module performance team recently commissioned a new testbed for measuring the spectral response of silicon PV modules.

Nov 2, 2022, 18:00 by Mariah Cox and Moriah Petty

Securing the grid from cyberattacks is increasingly important as systems become more distributed, digital, and interdependent. Thanks to serendipitous events in his career, Maurice Martin was able to board the cybersecurity train right as it was taking off.