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July 2024
The Grid Can Handle More Renewable Energy, But It Needs Some Help
A new kind of grid technology, called medium-voltage silicon carbide converters, could help the U.S. grid smoothly transition to renewable energy.
NREL Project Sets Stage for Quantifying Future Energy System Cyber Risks
Researchers at NREL recently explored a model of risk evaluation to energy system upgrades in a project called Cyber100 Compass.
Second Cohort of Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator Evaluates System Visibility
Evolving cybersecurity risks to the U.S. energy sector can challenge rapidly transforming system architectures and technologies. To understand and adapt to cybersecurity threats utilities need first to understand their own environment.
News Release: NREL Researchers Highlight Opportunities for Manufacturing Perovskite Solar Panels With a Long-Term Vision
Researchers working at the forefront of an emerging photovoltaic technology are thinking ahead about how to scale, deploy, and design future solar panels to be easily recyclable.
NREL's Camp Cleantech To Empower Startups for Success
A new event from NREL, Camp Cleantech aims to give startups the tools and lessons to overcome the surprises that await them on the journey to the market.
NREL Model Fast-Tracks Hydrogen Supply Chain Infrastructure Deployment
Reducing capital and viability risks for infrastructure investment decisions will accelerate the adoption of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. NREL is helping stakeholders forecast demand and minimize infrastructure buildout costs.
Farmers, Rural Businesses To Harvest Benefits of New Project Selections
A new crop of Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP) award selections will benefit farmers and small rural businesses by focusing on how to remove market barriers to distributed wind turbine deployment in agricultural settings.
IN² at 10 Years: Cohort 1 Participant Uses Liquid To Cool Computers
When NREL Senior Mechanical Engineer Eric Kozubal first learned about the LiquidCool's technology, he was eager to get to work on it through the first IN² cohort.
Digitizing Utilities Prize Round 2 Names Phase 1 Data Track Winners
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity announced nine Phase 1 Utility/Data Challenge track winning teams of the American-Made Digitizing Utilities Prize Round 2.
NREL Researchers Collaborate To Optimize Transmission Modeling Efficiency
Advanced computing plays a pivotal role in accelerating clean energy research at NREL, whether researchers need simulations of traffic systems, models of biomass conversion, or optimization of renewable energy implementation.
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Last Updated May 5, 2025