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October 2023
NREL-Developed Dashboard Fuels Decarbonization Across Commercial Fleets
Commercial vehicle fleet owners and operators face a pressing question: Can zero-emissions alternatives, like battery-electric and hydrogen-fueled trucks, accomplish the same work as their diesel-powered fleets? To answer this question, NREL has released a new web-based data platform called Fleet Research, Energy Data, and Insights (FleetREDI).
Athena ZEV Takes Up Challenge of Electrifying Airports and De-Risking Investment
NREL met with stakeholders and partners at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to launch Athena ZEV—the next phase of Athena—which aims to electrify transportation and de-risk airport investments, with an initial focus on rental cars.
September 2023
Solar Data Bounty Prize Stage 1 Finalists Selected
On Oct. 2, the DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office announced seven Stage 1 finalists for the American-Made Solar Data Bounty Prize, with each team receiving a $5,000 cash prize. The seven teams will now move on to Stage 2 to compete for part of $1.4 million in cash prizes.
Moving Toward Equity, One House at a Time
NREL has worked with eight rural villages across Alaska on HUD Healthy Homes projects to improve the health, safety, and energy efficiency of homes in extreme climates.
Boosting Building Efficiency in Unincorporated Norcross, Georgia
Community members from Unincorporated Norcross, Georgia, partnered with NREL researchers through the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Energy to Communities Expert Match program to learn how to improve the energy efficiency of hundreds of commercial buildings.
Making the Uncertain (More) Certain: How Malik Hassanaly Approaches the Invitation to Wonder
NREL researcher Malik Hassanaly embraces uncertainty—uncertainty quantification, that is—and using computational science to devise simpler methods of solving complex energy challenges.
NREL Enhances REopt Web Tool With Hybrid Geothermal Heat Exchange Technology
A new capability of the REopt® web tool helps commercial building owners and energy managers more effectively evaluate the costs associated with geothermal heat pump (GHP) projects: the ability to integrate hybrid heat exchange with GHPs.
What Will It Take To Unlock U.S. Floating Offshore Wind Energy?
Investment in a port system and domestic supply chain could enable the United States to efficiently deploy floating offshore wind energy at a commercial scale on the West Coast, according to an NREL study.
At a Glance: How Renewable Energy Is Transforming the Global Electricity Supply
Even as fossil energy still provides most of the world’s electricity, new electricity generating capacity is dominated by renewable energy projects.
New Modeling Approach Ensures All Community Members Are Considered in Electricity System Evolution
NREL's Elaine Hale discusses the importance of integrated modeling and analysis that capture the characteristics and behavior of multistakeholder systems with diverse objectives in how the electricity system evolves.
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Last Updated May 5, 2025