September 2024
USAID-NREL Partnership Works To Bolster Haiti's Energy Resilience
Haitian stakeholders are working with USAID and NREL to enhance local workforce capabilities, develop robust regulatory frameworks, and, eventually, deploy cutting-edge technologies.
Tim Silverman Likes Breaking Things—and That Is Good for Photovoltaic Reliability
The Materials Science senior scientist was named one of NREL's 2024 Distinguished Members of Research Staff.
West Gate's Third Cohort Most Diverse Set of Technologies Yet
The third cohort of West Gate, NREL's Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program, includes innovations ranging from pumping carbon dioxide into pit lakes to helping solar arrays adapt to a passing cloud.
30-Year Friendship Finds a Research Home Through Department of Energy's Visiting Faculty Program
A novel DOE Office of Science program builds bridges between minority-serving institutions and national laboratories.
College Students—Design for a Better Built World
Join the Solar Decathlon 2025 Design Challenge to compete with teams from around the globe in zero-energy design.
News Release: NREL Breaks Ground on New Facility To Accelerate Lab-Scale Innovations for Scale-Up and Industry Adoption
NREL broke ground today on its new Energy Materials and Processing at Scale (EMAPS) facility on the east side of its South Table Mountain Campus in Golden, Colorado.
Advanced Hydropower Cybersecurity: Introducing the Cybersecurity Value-at-Risk Framework 2.0
NREL has released version 2.0 of the Cybersecurity Value-at-Risk Framework, a free, publicly available tool that helps power plant owners and operators assess their cybersecurity risks and make sound cybersecurity investment decisions.
Researchers Discover New Way To Make 'Atomic Lasagna'
A research team discovered a method to transform materials with three-dimensional atomic structures into nearly two-dimensional structures.
NREL Partner Forum Tackles the Built Environment
Nearly 150 innovators, energy planners, analysts, entrepreneurs, and researchers converged on NREL's Golden, Colorado, campus to focus on a highly complex, seemingly intractable problem: decarbonizing the built environment.
News Release: NREL's Economic Impact Hits $1.9 Billion
The economic impact of NREL topped $1.9 billion nationwide in fiscal year 2023, according to a study by the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
Partnership With USDA Highlights NREL's Value in Addressing Rural Renewable Energy Questions
Farmers and rural small businesses in the United States are interested in transitioning to renewable energy and increasing energy efficiency for their businesses.
Innovative Materials and Scalable Manufacturing Pathways: New NREL Research Center To Look Toward the Future of Renewable Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Basic Energy Sciences program recently selected NREL to lead A Center for Power Electronics Materials and Manufacturing Exploration (APEX), a new Energy Frontier Research Center.
NREL Welcomes Fresh Perspectives From Next Generation of Renewable Energy Researchers
Each year, NREL welcomes hundreds of interns from across the country to contribute to its mission of expanding renewable energy.
All in the Family: How Heath Garrison Transformed Electrical Safety at NREL
Heath Garrison has significantly raised the standard of electrical safety across the laboratory—so much so that he was named one of NREL's 2024 Distinguished Members of Operations Staff.
August 2024
Geothermal Under the Midnight Sun
After winning a collegiate competition, the next step for most teams is to celebrate.
Q&A With Ana Aday: Why a Plucky Engineer Chose Cement Over Rodeo (But Credits Horses for Her Ability To Face a Crowd)
In the latest Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A, Aday shares why Bill Nye inspired her to become a scientist, how 3D manufacturing and artificial intelligence could help the cement and concrete industries decarbonize, and why handling a crowd of 1,000 people is the same as handling a 1,000-pound animal.
'Framing the Future' Photo Contest To Highlight America’s Industrial Transformation
The industrial sector is integral to our daily lives, yet we do not often see the people and technologies that power it in action.
DOE Consortium Awards $3 Million for 6 Projects To Advance Heliostat Technology and Workforce for Commercial Readiness
Recognizing the crucial role heliostats play at large-scale concentrating solar power facilities, the U.S. Department of Energy's Heliostat Consortium awarded a combined $3 million across six projects to innovate heliostat controls, deployment, and workforce training.
First Camp Cleantech Becomes Hub for Startup Collaboration and Innovation
Held Aug. 12–14, 2024, at CSU Spur in Denver, Colorado, Camp Cleantech was hosted by NREL's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center and sponsored by Wells Fargo.
Next Installment of 'Powered By' Series Starts Sept. 10
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is extending its "Powered By" webinar series to feature more grid planning and analysis tools starting on Sept. 10.
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