May 2024
On the Road to Increased Transmission: Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems
Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems provide a way to steer electricity to less-congested transmission lines, like a navigation app.
Longtime NRELian Arthur Nozik Elected Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
NREL Senior Research Fellow Emeritus Arthur Nozik investigates methods to turn photons from our solar system's star into fuels, chemicals, and electricity.
Understanding Bifurcating Enzymes Could Lead to More Efficient Renewable Fuel and Chemical Production
One method organisms control and manipulate energy for cellular metabolism and survival is the focus of an award-winning NREL research team: flavin-based electron bifurcation.
Asimily Joins Second Cohort of Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator
The Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator (CECA) program recently selected Asimily for Cohort 2. Asimily joins runZero as the cohort's second participant.
Behind the Blades: How Jason Roadman's Daily Commute Inspired a New Career Path
Jason Roadman's interest in wind turbines began during his daily commute past the NREL Flatirons Campus. This curiosity, coupled with a desire to use his aerospace engineering skills to make a positive impact, led him to a career at NREL.
Zero-Energy Design From The University of Arizona Earns Top Honors in the Solar Decathlon 2024 Design Challenge
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon®—DOE's longest-running student competition—announced the winners of the 2024 Design Challenge at a livestreamed awards ceremony on April 21!
Star Tech: Eric Payne on Joy of Taking an Idea, Getting a Patent, and Helping Create a Company
Senior Licensing Executive Eric Payne was named a Distinguished Member of Operations Staff in NREL's first cohort.
DuraMAT Forecasts How New Photovoltaic Module Technologies Might Perform Over 20, 30, or 50 Years
For the solar photovoltaics (PV) industry, rapid growth can produce rapid—and sometimes unpredictable—changes.
Startups Break New Ground at 2024 Industry Growth Forum
NREL's 29th annual Industry Growth Forum sold out for the second year in a row with nearly 900 attendees.
Venu Garikapati Designated as Chair of Transportation Research Board Committee on Travel Choices
NREL's Venu Garikapati, a senior transportation data researcher, started his three-year term as chair of the Transportation Research Board's Technical Committee on the Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Travel Choices on April 15, 2024.
NREL's Open-Source Vehicle and Mobility Tools Offer Routes to Reduce Transportation Energy Use, Emissions
Energy efficiency and on-road performance are central to the future of transportation and the clean energy transition.
On the Road to Increased Transmission: Dynamic Line Ratings
Dynamic line ratings provide one way to increase transmission on the U.S. grid while cutting costs and improving reliability.
Resilience at the Edge: City of Eastport Considers Harnessing Tidal Power for Island Microgrid
The 1,300 people who call Eastport, Maine, home live in the easternmost point in the continental United States. The bridged island, connected to the mainland by a single causeway, faces powerful Atlantic Ocean winds and is susceptible to disruptive power outages. But it was not always that way.
Mastering the Fundamentals: A First Step for Promising New Sustainable Vehicle Fuels
NREL's fuels and combustion researchers studied the combustion and chemical properties of a potential new biodiesel made by sugar-eating bacteria. This fundamental research is a necessary step to creating well-vetted, reliable, and appropriate new vehicle fuels to hasten the clean energy transition.
NREL Battery Supply Chain Database Maps Out the State of North America's Manufacturing Base
As the United States continues to transition to clean energy, strengthening the domestic supply chain by increasing the availability of critical materials and domestic manufacturing is paramount to enabling greater domestic manufacturing.
Winners of Second Phase of Wind Prize Bring Floating Offshore Wind Energy Closer to Fruition
The U.S. Department of Energy just announced the five teams who took home $450,000 each in Phase Two of the FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize.
New Device Architecture Enables Streamlined Production of Formic Acid From CO₂ Using Renewable Electricity
A research team led by NREL developed a conversion pathway to produce formic acid from CO₂ with high energy efficiency and durability while using renewable electricity.
NREL Celebrates Fiscal Year 2023 Staff Awards and Tech Awards
NREL's Staff Awards event has taken place annually since 1980.
New Database Aims To Accelerate Electrocatalyst Development Through Atomic-Scale Insights
The quest for more productive catalysts for the creation of sustainable fuels and commodity chemicals via electrochemical reactions just became easier.
Water Research Hub Earns 5 More Years of Funding
Launched in 2019, the National Alliance for Water Innovation is a research hub that brings together a world-class team of partners from industry and academia as well as the hub's public membership organization.
Last Updated May 28, 2025