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June 2019
Collaborative Research Charts Course to Hundreds of New Nitrides
A groundbreaking research effort involving scientists at NREL and at other laboratories around the country yielded the prediction of 203 new stable ternary nitride compounds.
First-ever Spatial Estimate of Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) Reveals Abundant, Cost-Competitive Potential for Wind and Solar PV Across Southeast Asia
New Mapping Application Visualizes Costs of Developing Renewable Energy Resources
Scalable Solutions: NREL Researchers to Help ExxonMobil Slash Biofuels Emissions
As part of its partnership with ExxonMobil, NREL researchers will take a closer look at air pollutant emissions from the entire biofuels supply chain, as well as the resulting impacts on air quality.
News Release: NREL Announces Participants for 2019 Executive Energy Leadership Program
The four-month program offers executive decision-makers an in-depth opportunity to learn from some of our laboratory's most prominent scientists, engineers and professionals, tour our research facilities, and visit local renewable energy installations.
NREL Accelerates the Development of Wave Energy Water Desalination Technologies in New Prize Competition
The Waves to Water Prize invites competitors to help accelerate early-stage technologies through a series of contests. Participants will demonstrate small, modular, cost-competitive desalination systems that use the power of ocean waves to supplement existing technologies that can provide drinking water to remote and coastal communities.
NREL Hosting the12th Annual Beyond Lithium-Ion Symposium Focused on Transformational Advances in Energy Storage Technologies
Scientists and Engineers to Discuss Ways to Surpass Current State-of-the-Art for Transportation and Electrical Grid Applications
NREL Announces Finalists in Round 1 of American-Made Solar Prize
The range of innovations represented by the competitors include cell and device-related concepts as well as module and application hardware.
Shining Light on Best Practices for Global Renewable Portfolio Standard Policies
Renewable portfolio standards, or RPSs, can be designed in numerous ways. New research details best practices for ensuring RPS policies meet their desired objectives, highlighting examples from around the globe.
From Goldfish Blood Cells to SIMB President-Elect, Microbiology Is Steve Decker's Passion
The seeds of microbiology were planted in the inquisitive mind of a young Steve Decker when a microscope—gift-wrapped with his name on it—arrived on a cold Wisconsin morning.
Small-Scale Images May Hold the Key to Large-Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling
By looking closely at battery cells, researchers hope to unlock the secret to scalable lithium-ion battery recycling.
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Last Updated May 5, 2025