December 2024
News Release: NREL Seeks Applications for 2025 Executive Energy Leadership Program
NREL is seeking applicants for its 2025 Executive Energy Leadership Program—otherwise known as Energy Execs.
November 2024
JISEA Convenes Science Fiction Storytellers Team and NREL Researchers To Envision the Future
Eight science fiction writers recently converged upon NREL for "Visioning Energy: A Science Fiction Author-Energy Researcher Collaboration Workshop."
Clean Energy to Communities Agrivoltaics 101 Resources Provide a Guide Toward Implementation
Clean Energy to Communities has helped numerous communities plan for and implement agrivoltaic systems, and technical assistance providers at NREL are working to share key learnings from those projects with other communities looking to follow in their footsteps.
NREL Notice of Intent Invites US Manufacturers To Develop Next-Generation Distributed Wind Energy Technology
NREL has issued a Competitiveness Improvement Project notice of intent in advance of a 2025 funding solicitation. The project supports manufacturers of distributed wind energy technology, such as Eocycle.
Rachel Sullivan Brings Strategy and Creativity to NREL Communications
The Communications group manager was named one of 13 Distinguished Members of Operations Staff in 2024.
21st Century Power Partnership Celebrates 15 Years of Wins in Transforming the Global Power Sector
21st Century Power Partnership continues progress, from country-specific action plans to thought leadership that helps shape the future of power systems.
Summer 2024 Was One for the Power Grid History Books
Grid operators in several regions kept the lights on this summer with more solar, storage, and wind.
Lighting the Way for Agrivoltaics: How NREL Empowers Communities To Capture the Benefits of Solar Energy, Agriculture, and Ecosystems
NREL's research helps farmers, local communities, and global partners navigate the complexities of bringing solar onto the farm.
What Does the Horizon of Wind Energy Look Like?
A new NREL study examines the visual impacts of wind turbines on a national scale.
Utility-Scale Solar Fields Can Foster Abundant Biodiversity
Researchers take a deep look at the interactions between habitat, pollinators, and solar energy production on three large working solar farms in Minnesota.
6 NREL Researchers Named to Global Highly Cited List
Six researchers from NREL are included in this year's list of the most highly cited researchers.
Aquatic Acrobatics: University Collaboration Visualizes the Future of Flexible Wave Energy
A Ph.D. student, her professor, and a team of NREL researchers pioneer visual diagnostics to characterize flexible wave energy devices.
Heavy Metal Debut: A World-Class Metal Hydride System
Multiple industry sectors are beginning to harness hydrogen as a nearly emission-free pathway to generate power and fuel and to address a key challenge facing future energy systems: energy storage.
NREL's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center Catapults Emerging Technologies, Startups, and NREL Research Into Investor and Industry Networks
The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) held the NREL Innovation Showcase in Avon, Colorado, to gather cleantech and climate-tech entrepreneurs, industry experts, investors, and NREL researchers.
Device Deployments Help NREL Researchers Identify What Is Broken—So They Can Get To Work Fixing It
After deploying NREL's wave-powered desalination device multiple times, researchers are drawing on lessons learned to build a stronger, simpler design.
News Release: Thermochemical Tech Shows Promising Path for Building Heat
Energy stored in thermochemical materials can effectively heat indoor spaces, particularly in humid regions, according to researchers with NREL.
NREL Partnership Demonstrates Computationally Efficient Analysis of Hybrid Plants
At NREL's Computational Science Center, the Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization Capability (MSOC) team regularly partners with other NREL researchers to help make advanced computing serve them better.
2024 Transportation Annual Technology Baseline Update Now Available
The one-stop shop for the latest transportation technology cost and performance data is back with even more data.
Call for Input: Capacity Accelerator for Tribal Offshore Wind Energy Engagement
Do you have ideas about how to build Tribal capacity to engage in offshore wind energy decision-making? We want to hear from you!
NREL To Support $50 Million Investment in Distributed Energy Systems by Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
The DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations selected NREL to provide technical assistance with integrating distributed energy resources (DERs) in Colorado, Massachusetts, and Virginia to make the electric grids safer and more responsive, resilient, and affordable.
Last Updated May 28, 2025