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August 2024
Last Year in Review: Commercial Offshore Wind Energy Making Tangible Gains
Annual NREL-authored report outlines last year's advancements in the offshore wind energy industry, including major milestones that signal positive growth.
How 8 Hours of Constant Explosions Can Help Make Concrete Carbon Neutral
DTE Materials has access to NREL expertise and equipment through the Shell GameChanger Accelerator Powered by NREL (GCxN) program. DTE’s patented process, called Clearwash, is designed to make anatomical changes to biomass to make it integrate with ceramic binders more effectively.
Inspiring and Creative: Three NREL Researchers Recently Honored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced approximately $11.5 million in funding through its new Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy 2024 (IGNIITE 2024) program. Three researchers from NREL are among the inaugural class of selectees.
Chemist Rebecca Smaha Knows It: Next-Gen Clean Energy Technologies Hinge on Basic Materials Science
Call it fate or happenstance, but NREL's Rebecca Smaha found her chemistry specialization in an auditorium at Princeton University during her junior year.
With Critical Systems Under Attack, a New Workplace Culture Could Be the Best Defense
The workforce in critical sectors is short-staffed and undertrained in cybersecurity. To address this gap, the U.S. government has taken steps to expand, diversify, and educate the critical infrastructure workforce, and that agenda is already in action at NREL.
Kestrel Supercomputer Ready To Energize Renewable Energy Research
After more than two years of hard work, the Kestrel supercomputer completes its full buildout to reach 44 petaflops of computing power focused on renewable energy and energy efficiency research.
Perspective Pivot: Mapping a Landscape of Voices in Oahu Changes Energy Planning
At NREL, researchers often serve as guides who help communities navigate the world of renewable energy solutions.
Beneath the Surface: Anuj Sanghvi’s Journey From Toy Tinkerer to Cybersecurity Defender
Anuj Sanghvi, now an NREL cybersecurity researcher and network security engineer, always knew he wanted to work in engineering. He was one of those children—the ones who take toys and electronics apart to play with the circuit boards.
Final Winners of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Energy Education Prize's Inspire Track Announced
DOE launched the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Clean Energy Education Prize through the American-Made program to address the growing need for a robust energy workforce. Today, the final winners of the HBCU Energy Education Prize in the Inspire Track were announced.
Researcher Shafquat Khan Elevated to Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers Senior Member
Khan is a researcher within NREL's Center for Integrated Mobility Sciences and has been named a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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