NREL Announces Project Selections to Address Wind-Wildlife Operations Challenges

NREL has selected a new project to receive a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-funded Technology Development and Innovation (TD&I) subcontract. The recipient will collaborate with researchers and technology developers to advance early-stage wildlife monitoring and minimization technologies for use at wind energy facilities.

News Release: NREL Appoints Three Scientists as Senior Research Fellows

The three were chosen for their significant contributions to NREL and the larger scientific community.

NREL Collaborates with ComEd on Evaluating Highly Efficient Technologies for Buildings Energy Savings

NREL recently partnered with the midwestern utility company Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) on a project targeted to help the utility reduce energy consumption by 21.5% in the greater Illinois area by promoting more energy efficient technologies for buildings.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NREL Expand Partnership with New Focus on Edge and Data-Centric Computing

At NREL's 2019 Partner Forum, the laboratory and Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a new, cutting-edge joint effort to solve complex energy system challenges.

Oregon State University Partners with NREL To Improve Wildlife Impact Minimization System

A surprising combination of sophisticated sensor technology, tennis balls, a potato gun, and a novel deterrent device could hold the answers to preventing eagles from encountering wind turbines.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Notice of Intent to Release Request for Proposal (RFP) for Collegiate Wind Competition 2021

Exploring Tomorrow's Energy Solutions, Together

NREL’s 2019 Partner Forum brought together energy industry leaders across multiple sectors to discuss today’s energy challenges and explore tomorrow’s potential solutions.

NREL Marks Partner Forum With Dedication of Bioreactor

Installed outside the laboratory's Energy Systems Integration Facility, the bioreactor uses a selectively evolved microorganism that feeds on renewable hydrogen produced at NREL and a diet of carbon dioxide.

NREL's Past Collaboration with GM Continues to Proffer Rewards for Battery Electric Vehicles

One of the largest impediments to the mass adoption of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the United States is range anxiety--or, consumers' fear that they will be stranded because the vehicle has insufficient battery power to get them to their destination. A 2012 NREL collaboration with General Motors (GM) continues to inform the improvement of industry apps that help allay range anxiety and increase driver freedom.

NREL, First Solar Collaboration Improves Thin-Film Solar Cells

A new paper reports a cell efficiency of 20.8%, representing a crossing point for the new group V technology relative to historic copper technology.

Twin Scientists Advance Understanding of PV Windows

The brothers both previously worked at NREL, although the older one is now a university professor in Wisconsin.

Field Trials Validate Wind Turbine Wake Steering Impact at Scale

NREL researchers believe wind plant operators can increase energy capture using plant-level controls. By steering individual turbine wakes away from downstream turbines, existing facilities can achieve annual energy production gains of 1%-2% depending on the plant size and design.

Marine Energy Collegiate Competition Empowers Students to Energize a Growing Blue Economy

Offshore Wind Market Projections Indicate Accelerated Growth Over Next Decade

NREL Experts Give Added Steam to Geothermal Industry

NREL's Geothermal Laboratory Program Manager Kate Young and Operations Manager Caity Smith are members of the U.S. team selected as the new global chair of Women in Geothermal (WING), an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the education, professional development, and advancement of women in the geothermal industry.

From the Bottom Up: Designing a Decentralized Power System

Cross-Discipline Team Envisions the Grid of the Future

NREL Wind Researchers Partner with PNNL to Validate ThermalTracker Software and Protect Wildlife

Atomic-Level Look at Energy Already Solved One Mystery

Cara Lubner's research focuses on a novel method organisms use to generate energy, called flavin-based electron bifurcation. How this works was a mystery until Lubner and other researchers at NREL discovered the secret.

Q&A with Jennifer Daw: Working at the Crossroads of Energy, Water, and Land

Balancing the needs of food, water, and energy is becoming one of the most important trends in sustainability strategy, and we talked with one of its experts, Jennifer Daw, the group manager of strategy, policy, and implantation within NREL’s Integrated Application Center.

Virtual Tools Developed at NREL Create Real-World Savings

NREL researchers are creating useful software applications designed to help highlight potential costs and savings associated with renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. In doing so, they hope to shorten the path to commercialization and increase overall adoption of those technologies.