October 2015
News Release: NREL’s Enhanced Scenario Framework for Electricity Sector Analysis Provides Cost, Performance Data
Projections of potential energy futures are highly dependent on the assumptions associated with specific technologies, market conditions, and energy policies. A new framework from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) that includes generation technology cost assumptions and an ensemble of future scenarios is being used to improve the robustness and comparability of electric sector analysis by the lab, academia and other entities in the energy analysis community.
News Release: NREL Dedicates Advanced Hydrogen Fueling Station
The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today dedicated its 700 bar hydrogen fueling station, the first of its kind in Colorado and in the national lab system, as part of a celebration of National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day.
NREL Seeks to Optimize Individual Comfort in Buildings
Pioneering buildings research uses NREL's new Comfort Suite to enable comfort-driven energy conservation.
News Release: NREL Fills Leadership Role at Wind Technology Center
Dr. Daniel Laird will join the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory on Oct. 12 as director of the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC), the country’s premier wind energy technology research facility.
NREL Leading DOE's Lab-Corps Pilot, Bringing Entrepreneurial Concepts to Lab Researchers
NREL is leading program efforts in support of the $2.3 million Lab-Corps pilot program, helping 14 entrepreneurial teams from eight U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national labs identify private sector opportunities for commercializing promising sustainable transportation, renewable power, and energy efficiency technologies.
NREL Evaluates Performance of Hydraulic Hybrid Refuse Vehicles
NREL is evaluating the in-service performance of hydraulic hybrid vehicles and comparable conventional diesel vehicles operated by Miami-Dade County's Public Works and Waste Management Department in Florida.
September 2015
NREL Assesses Costs of Adding New Generation to Existing Power Systems
New study uses a quantitative approach to characterize the integration-related costs of making changes to an existing grid.
News Release: Small Businesses Invited to Participate in DOE National Lab Vouchers Pilot
Small businesses in the clean energy sector are invited to apply for assistance from the Energy Department’s national laboratories through the department’s new Small Business Vouchers Pilot.
NREL Collaborates with Trucking Industry to Prioritize R&D Opportunities
Semi-automated truck platooning is just one of the many advances being tested and analyzed.
News Release: NREL Signs Agreement With China’s National Utility
Representatives of the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and China’s State Grid Energy Research Institute today signed a first-ever memorandum of understanding between the two organizations.
News Release: NREL Industry Growth Forum Attracts Clean Energy Startups and Investors
Thirty clean energy companies will present their business cases to a panel of investors and industry experts Nov. 3 and 4 in Denver, Colorado, as the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) hosts its annual Industry Growth Forum.
Vision for NREL Technology Has Entrepreneur Seeing Clearly
Company formed to capitalize on electrochromic window research.
August 2015
News Release: Wirth Chair Honors NREL’s Dan Arvizu
Dr. Dan E. Arvizu was honored at the 16th annual Wirth Chair Sustainability Awards Luncheon in Denver today for his longtime leadership at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The longest-serving director and chief executive in the research organization’s history, Arvizu is retiring after 10 years at its helm.
NREL-Statoil Collaborate to Make the First Multi-Turbine Floating Offshore Array a Reality
A recent study performed by the National Wind Technology Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory is helping Norway-based Statoil prepare for the installation of what may be the world’s first multi-turbine floating offshore array.
News Release: IT Industry’s Renewable Energy Procurement is Significant, Set to Climb
The percentage of renewable electricity purchased by U.S. companies in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector is growing and will likely increase significantly by the start of the next decade, according to a first-ever analysis by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
NREL Helps Federal Agencies Reach New Efficiency Targets
Recent executive order puts increased importance on NREL’s expertise.
NREL Leads Effort to Get Traffic Moving in the Right Direction
NREL will serve as the lead organization in developing a tool travelers and transportation officials can use in helping guide people through a city in the most energy-efficient way possible.
News Release: NREL Leads Effort to Get Traffic Moving in Right Direction
The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will serve as the lead organization in developing a tool travelers and transportation officials can use in helping guide people through a city in the most energy-efficient way possible.
ESIF 2015 Mid-Year Report Highlights Facility's Latest Successes
The ESIF 2015 Mid-Year Report provides an overview of recent work at the Energy Systems Integration Facility from October 2014 to March 2015.
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