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May 2024
NREL Battery Supply Chain Database Maps Out the State of North America's Manufacturing Base
As the United States continues to transition to clean energy, strengthening the domestic supply chain by increasing the availability of critical materials and domestic manufacturing is paramount to enabling greater domestic manufacturing.
Winners of Second Phase of Wind Prize Bring Floating Offshore Wind Energy Closer to Fruition
The U.S. Department of Energy just announced the five teams who took home $450,000 each in Phase Two of the FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize.
New Device Architecture Enables Streamlined Production of Formic Acid From CO₂ Using Renewable Electricity
A research team led by NREL developed a conversion pathway to produce formic acid from CO₂ with high energy efficiency and durability while using renewable electricity.
NREL Celebrates Fiscal Year 2023 Staff Awards and Tech Awards
NREL's Staff Awards event has taken place annually since 1980.
New Database Aims To Accelerate Electrocatalyst Development Through Atomic-Scale Insights
The quest for more productive catalysts for the creation of sustainable fuels and commodity chemicals via electrochemical reactions just became easier.
Water Research Hub Earns 5 More Years of Funding
Launched in 2019, the National Alliance for Water Innovation is a research hub that brings together a world-class team of partners from industry and academia as well as the hub's public membership organization.
NREL Biomass Technology a Cornerstone of SAFFiRE Renewables Biofuel Pilot Plant Going Up in Kansas
On its path to opening a facility designed to turn agriculture residue into a scalable biofuel business, SAFFiRE Renewables, LLC plans to break ground on its pilot plant near Liberal, Kansas, in late 2024.
Zooming in on Electric Vehicles: How Duluth, Minnesota, Is Preparing for the EV Future
Nearly 33 million electric vehicles (EVs) nationwide—that is the number of vehicles the Unites States should be prepared to support through a national charging network by the year 2030, researchers at NREL estimated in a recent landmark study.
NREL’s Artificial Intelligence Work Reveals Benefits to Wind Industry
The wind industry could benefit from the use of artificial intelligence to design and deploy wind plants, according to an article in Nature Energy written by researchers at NREL.
Streamlined Life Cycle Assessments of Natural Gas Systems Can Inform Near-Term Energy Transition
The natural gas industry is one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the United States, and significant amounts of natural gas are used for electricity, heating, and industrial and chemical processes.
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Last Updated May 5, 2025