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.

Offshore Wind Market Projections Indicate Accelerated Growth Over Next Decade

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

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.