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Cementing the Path to Carbon Neutrality
NREL brings together experts from across the country for the annual Cement and Concrete Decarbonization Meeting.Full story -
Decade of Digital Computing Speeds Transformative Shift to Clean Energy
A decade ago, NREL embarked on an epic expansion of its data center in a push to accelerate the energy transition by enabling big data and reducing market risk.Full story -
Supply Chain Report Tackles Hydropower's Missing Links
A new NREL-authored report provides recommendations for addressing key gaps in the domestic hydropower supply chain.Full story -
USAID-NREL Partnership Works To Bolster Haiti's Energy Resilience
Haitian stakeholders are working with USAID and NREL to enhance local workforce capabilities, develop robust regulatory frameworks, and, eventually, deploy cutting-edge technologies.Full story -
Tim Silverman Likes Breaking Things—and That Is Good for Photovoltaic Reliability
The Materials Science senior scientist was named one of NREL's 2024 Distinguished Members of Research Staff.Full story -
West Gate's Third Cohort Most Diverse Set of Technologies Yet
The third cohort of West Gate, NREL's Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program, includes innovations ranging from pumping carbon dioxide into pit lakes to helping solar arrays adapt to a passing cloud.Full story -
30-Year Friendship Finds a Research Home Through Department of Energy's Visiting Faculty Program
A novel DOE Office of Science program builds bridges between minority-serving institutions and national laboratories.Full story -
College Students—Design for a Better Built World
Join the Solar Decathlon 2025 Design Challenge to compete with teams from around the globe in zero-energy design.Full story -
News Release: NREL Breaks Ground on New Facility To Accelerate Lab-Scale Innovations for Scale-Up and Industry Adoption
NREL broke ground today on its new Energy Materials and Processing at Scale (EMAPS) facility on the east side of its South Table Mountain Campus in Golden, Colorado.Full story -
Advanced Hydropower Cybersecurity: Introducing the Cybersecurity Value-at-Risk Framework 2.0
NREL has released version 2.0 of the Cybersecurity Value-at-Risk Framework, a free, publicly available tool that helps power plant owners and operators assess their cybersecurity risks and make sound cybersecurity investment decisions.Full story -
Researchers Discover New Way To Make 'Atomic Lasagna'
A research team discovered a method to transform materials with three-dimensional atomic structures into nearly two-dimensional structures.Full story -
NREL Partner Forum Tackles the Built Environment
Nearly 150 innovators, energy planners, analysts, entrepreneurs, and researchers converged on NREL's Golden, Colorado, campus to focus on a highly complex, seemingly intractable problem: decarbonizing the built environment.Full story -
News Release: NREL's Economic Impact Hits $1.9 Billion
The economic impact of NREL topped $1.9 billion nationwide in fiscal year 2023, according to a study by the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.Full story -
Partnership With USDA Highlights NREL's Value in Addressing Rural Renewable Energy Questions
Farmers and rural small businesses in the United States are interested in transitioning to renewable energy and increasing energy efficiency for their businesses.Full story -
Innovative Materials and Scalable Manufacturing Pathways: New NREL Research Center To Look Toward the Future of Renewable Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Basic Energy Sciences program recently selected NREL to lead A Center for Power Electronics Materials and Manufacturing Exploration (APEX), a new Energy Frontier Research Center.Full story -
NREL Welcomes Fresh Perspectives From Next Generation of Renewable Energy Researchers
Each year, NREL welcomes hundreds of interns from across the country to contribute to its mission of expanding renewable energy.Full story -
All in the Family: How Heath Garrison Transformed Electrical Safety at NREL
Heath Garrison has significantly raised the standard of electrical safety across the laboratory—so much so that he was named one of NREL's 2024 Distinguished Members of Operations Staff.Full story -
Geothermal Under the Midnight Sun
After winning a collegiate competition, the next step for most teams is to celebrate.Full story -
Q&A With Ana Aday: Why a Plucky Engineer Chose Cement Over Rodeo (But Credits Horses for Her Ability To Face a Crowd)
In the latest Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A, Aday shares why Bill Nye inspired her to become a scientist, how 3D manufacturing and artificial intelligence could help the cement and concrete industries decarbonize, and why handling a crowd of 1,000 people is the same as handling a 1,000-pound animal.Full story -
'Framing the Future' Photo Contest To Highlight America’s Industrial Transformation
The industrial sector is integral to our daily lives, yet we do not often see the people and technologies that power it in action.Full story
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Last Updated Jan. 9, 2025