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News Release: NREL Names FAST Prize Concept Stage Winners
The nine winners of the Concept Stage were selected from a field of 22 finalists. They will now move on to the "incubation stage" of the competition, which will culminate in pitch presentations on Oct. 8.Full story -
Greater Training and Education Needed To Meet Future Demand for U.S. Hydropower Workers
Expanded training and education programs are needed to meet future hydropower industry workforce needs, according to a new report produced jointly by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Center for the New Energy Economy.Full story -
A Global Energy GameChanger
Leveraging the innovative spirit of the world’s startup community along with Shell and NREL’s resources, expertise, and facilities, the Shell GameChanger Accelerator Powered by NREL (GCxN) identifies and helps advance emerging transformative energy technologies with the potential to significantly impact the future energy landscape.Full story -
White House Honors Two NREL Researchers with Early Career Awards
Winners of the PECASE are nominated by a participating federal agency--the Department of Energy in this case--with the final selections made by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.Full story -
Modeling and Analysis Guide Use of Gallium Oxide Material in Power Electronics
NREL research could lead to the development of leading-edge, high-performance vertical transistors.Full story -
NREL/Volvo Partnership Demonstrates Approach to Quantify Automated Vehicle Fuel Savings
The researchers leveraged on-road data from Volvo vehicles driving around Gothenburg, Sweden, and compared fuel efficiency for cars that used adaptive cruise control to those that did not.Full story -
Beyond Lithium-Ion XII Imagines the Future of Next-Generation Batteries
NREL hosted twelfth annual symposium on energy storage.Full story -
Researchers Propose Techno-Ecological Synergy for Solar-Sustainability Win-Win
While solar generation helps to significantly reduce emissions in the energy sector, ground-mounted solar arrays can still lead to environmental impacts. NREL analysts argue that a new framework can help mitigate, or even avoid, environmental degradation.Full story -
Tall Towers Tap Greater Wind Resource Potential
As wind technology grows in scale and productivity, researchers continue to look for ways to boost the energy captured while driving down costs.Full story -
Could Batteries Provide Peaking Capacity on the Grid? With Declining Cost Projections, NREL Analysts See Potential
Declining cost trajectory could pave the way for battery storage to serve peak electricity demand.Full story -
Rachel Romero Accepts ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award
NREL engineer Rachel Romero has been recognized with an ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award at the society's annual conference in Kansas City, Missouri.Full story -
NREL Determines Cheaper Path to High-Octane Gasoline
Finding a solution wasn't easy. The NREL-developed process at first ran into the problem of a hydrogen deficiency.Full story -
NREL Report Sheds Light on Community Choice Aggregation in the United States
Researchers provide early insights into the potential market impacts of the expansion of community choice aggregations, including how they might drive demand for renewable electricity.Full story -
Improving Access to Accelerate Innovation: Two of NREL's Largest Datasets Now Publicly Available on the Cloud
As part of the DOE-sponsored Open Energy Data Initiative, NREL collaborated with Amazon Web Services to bring the lab’s WIND Toolkit and National Solar Radiation Database to the cloud, enabling unprecedented access to massive solar and wind resource dataFull story -
ARPA-E Investment in NREL Pays Dividends in Advancing Energy Tech
Modeled on a Department of Defense effort to put emerging technologies into the hands of the military, ARPA-E provides funds to overcome roadblocks that would otherwise prevent promising energy ideas from reaching the public.Full story -
DOE Program Awards NREL $3.2 Million for Selected Energy Research
Matching funds from the private sector will contribute $3,229,096 toward the commercialization of emerging energy technologies.Full story -
Co-Optima Homes in on Promising Fuels for Passenger Vehicles, Revs Up Strategies for Commercial Trucks
Researchers with the Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines initiative have identified the six blendstocks from two chemical families that exhibit the greatest potential to dramatically increase efficiency when combined with petroleum-based fuels in boosted (or turbocharged) spark-ignition engines for light-duty vehicles.Full story -
NREL Researchers Garner DOE Awards at Annual Merit Review
The U.S. Department of Energy honored two NREL research teams for their outstanding achievements at the Vehicle Technologies Office's Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting.Full story -
Ron Judkoff Receives ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award for 41 Years of Pioneering Buildings Research
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NREL Supports Popular Kinetic Sculpture Camp, STEM Education
This summer, NREL supported a local camp that explores the intersection of art and science, giving campers the opportunity to make connections between creativity and future career paths.Full story
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Last Updated Jan. 9, 2025