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October 2024
Researcher Melissa Gish Bridges Chemistry and Physics To Improve Solar Energy Technologies
The journal Trends in Chemistry recently honored NREL researcher Melissa Gish in a special issue designed to highlight emerging leaders in chemistry innovating in their respective fields.
Dive Into a Lake of Data: Open Energy Data Initiative Increases Big Data Access for Everyone
When data is widely accessible and available to anyone, anywhere, it can transform communities—especially when that data concerns something as vital as energy.
NREL Helps US Forest Service Go Green After 2024 Lake Fire
During the July 2024 Lake Fire in Santa Barbara County, California, NREL and the U.S. Forest Service successfully piloted several renewable energy solutions that put their sustainable firefighting operations ideas into practice.
September's Sunny Skies Make Perfect Day for Solar Calibrations
From Sept. 21 to 27, groups of scientists and engineers from around the globe gathered at NREL's Solar Radiation Research Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, for the 24th NREL Pyrheliometer Comparisons.
Introducing the Solar District Cup Class of 2024–2025
Students from 38 schools are entering an ever-widening community of competitors and alumni involved in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition.
September 2024
Tim Silverman Likes Breaking Things—and That Is Good for Photovoltaic Reliability
The Materials Science senior scientist was named one of NREL's 2024 Distinguished Members of Research Staff.
Innovative Materials and Scalable Manufacturing Pathways: New NREL Research Center To Look Toward the Future of Renewable Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Basic Energy Sciences program recently selected NREL to lead A Center for Power Electronics Materials and Manufacturing Exploration (APEX), a new Energy Frontier Research Center.
August 2024
DOE Consortium Awards $3 Million for 6 Projects To Advance Heliostat Technology and Workforce for Commercial Readiness
Recognizing the crucial role heliostats play at large-scale concentrating solar power facilities, the U.S. Department of Energy's Heliostat Consortium awarded a combined $3 million across six projects to innovate heliostat controls, deployment, and workforce training.
NREL Research Synthesizes Molecular Aggregates for Solar Energy Applications
No molecule stands alone—they need others, at least when it comes to being able to display useful photophysical, electronic, and chemical properties.
Stronger Together: Coupling Excitons to Polaritons for Better Solar Cells and Higher Intensity LEDs
In solar cells and light-emitting diodes, maintaining the excited state kinetics of molecules against annihilation is a race against time.
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Last Updated May 5, 2025