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Jun 18, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently honored three NREL researchers for their outstanding achievements at the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting.

Jun 17, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Rebecca Hanes and team developed a new ground-breaking analysis, Quantifying Adoption Rates and Energy Savings over Time for Advanced Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Technologies, published in the Journal of Cleaner Production.

Jun 17, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

For the first time, researchers capture 3D images of the crystal structure inside of operating single electrode particles. The images revealed unexpected results, as detailed in a recent journal article.

Jun 16, 2019, 18:00 by Wayne Hicks

A groundbreaking research effort involving scientists at NREL and at other laboratories around the country yielded the prediction of 203 new stable ternary nitride compounds.

Jun 16, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

New Mapping Application Visualizes Costs of Developing Renewable Energy Resources

Jun 12, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

As part of its partnership with ExxonMobil, NREL researchers will take a closer look at air pollutant emissions from the entire biofuels supply chain, as well as the resulting impacts on air quality.

Jun 11, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

The four-month program offers executive decision-makers an in-depth opportunity to learn from some of our laboratory's most prominent scientists, engineers and professionals, tour our research facilities, and visit local renewable energy installations.

Jun 11, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

The Waves to Water Prize invites competitors to help accelerate early-stage technologies through a series of contests. Participants will demonstrate small, modular, cost-competitive desalination systems that use the power of ocean waves to supplement existing technologies that can provide drinking water to remote and coastal communities.

Jun 6, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Scientists and Engineers to Discuss Ways to Surpass Current State-of-the-Art for Transportation and Electrical Grid Applications

Jun 6, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

The range of innovations represented by the competitors include cell and device-related concepts as well as module and application hardware.

Jun 6, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Renewable portfolio standards, or RPSs, can be designed in numerous ways. New research details best practices for ensuring RPS policies meet their desired objectives, highlighting examples from around the globe.

Jun 5, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

The seeds of microbiology were planted in the inquisitive mind of a young Steve Decker when a microscope—gift-wrapped with his name on it—arrived on a cold Wisconsin morning.

Jun 5, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

By looking closely at battery cells, researchers hope to unlock the secret to scalable lithium-ion battery recycling.

Jun 4, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Solar cells made from elements in the third and fifth columns of the periodic table have been shown to be highly efficient at converting sunlight into energy, but their high costs pose a drawback and limited their use to niche applications.

Jun 2, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

Gruchalla's experience working on an icebreaker helps him design, build NREL's visualization lab, show researchers their projects in new ways.

May 29, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

The Solar District Cup challenges student teams across the U.S. to design and model the most reliable, resilient, and cost-effective distributed energy system possible for campuses, urban areas, and other developments in a common electrical distribution network.

May 27, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

We need the ability to plan our power, whichever way the wind blows. This means that system operators need real-time information--easily navigable and visually coherent--to truly build an intuition around wind power. They now have access to such a tool with WindView, a tool for visualizing wind power forecasts, created by NREL, Argonne National Laboratory, and University of Texas-Dallas.

May 27, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

The Solar Prize program supports entrepreneurs as they develop transformative technology ideas into concepts and then into early-stage prototypes ready for industry testing.

May 23, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

NREL's recent groundbreaking advanced manufacturing work was on display at the InnovationXLAB Advanced Manufacturing Summit at Oak Ridge National Laboratory on May 7-8.

May 20, 2019, 18:00 by User Not Found

NREL and Sandia completed a performance evaluation study, determining the Aquarius, high-performance computing cooling system provides a very high percentage of heat capture direct to water--as high as 98% when evaluation computer nodes only.