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July 2021

July 29, 2021

Celebrating NREL Women Advancing Energy Storage

This year, NREL joined the Department of Energy's Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC) in celebrating just a few of the women making significant contributions within energy storage programs.

July 29, 2021

Liz Weber, Rising Star in Clean Energy Project Management, Leads High-Impact Projects

JISEA program manager Liz Weber knew in 2010 she was ready to become an environmental leader. She did not know she would become a leading project manager within the U.S. Department of Energy complex.

July 29, 2021

New Financial Analysis Tool for Long-Duration Energy Storage In Deeply Decarbonized Grids

Researchers at NREL have developed a rigorous new Storage Financial Analysis Scenario Tool (StoreFAST) model to evaluate the levelized cost of energy (LCOE), also known as the levelized cost of storage (LCOS).

July 29, 2021

Competitors From Industry Tapped for Drinking Water Challenge

Waves to Water Prize competitors are using their industry expertise to help advance marine energy technologies that could harness the power of ocean waves to produce clean drinking water.

July 28, 2021

Scientists To Develop CO₂-Free Fermentation Technology Amid Surging Demand for Low-Carbon Biofuel

After receiving a nearly $3 million award from the DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), an NREL-led project will integrate electrochemistry with sugar fermentation to produce lipids used to make biofuels, while avoiding the release of CO₂ into the atmosphere.

July 27, 2021

Lower Battery Costs, High Value of Backup Power Drive Distributed Storage Deployment

There is economic potential for 490 gigawatts per hour of behind-the-meter battery storage in the United States by 2050, or 300 times today's installed capacity. But only a small fraction could be adopted by customers, according to the latest phase of NREL's Storage Futures Study.

July 27, 2021

'Fort Renewable' Shows Benefits of Batteries and Microgrids for Military and Beyond

Early-stage companies used microgrid validations at NREL to size-up commercial systems, and the results have high-impact lessons for the larger grid.

July 26, 2021

Emerson Acquisition of 7AC Propels NREL HVAC Technology to Market

In November 2020, multinational powerhouse Emerson acquired a startup company, 7AC. It was a big deal in the world of cleantech startups—a fairy-tale ending for a startup company whose technology had made it to the HVAC commercial market.

July 22, 2021

News Release: NREL Chooses Mortenson To Complete RAIL Facility

The 15,700-square-foot Research and Innovation Laboratory (RAIL) will provide multipurpose lab space for cross-disciplinary research at the intersection of chemistry, materials science, bioscience, and engineering in support of a breadth of energy efficiency and renewable energy research areas.

July 21, 2021

Using Direct Lithium Extraction To Secure U.S. Supplies

NREL is driving innovation in geothermal lithium extraction through research, expertise, and prize incentives.


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