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June 2025
A Deeper Look at Hidden Damage: Nano-CT Imaging Maps Internal Battery Degradation
NREL researchers are exploring an alternative method in direct recycling, which aims to preserve and refurbish battery components for a more efficient and cost-effective process.
Artificial Intelligence Models Improve Efficiency of Battery Diagnostics
NREL researchers have developed and demonstrated a groundbreaking physics-informed neural network (PINN) model that can predict battery health nearly 1,000 times faster than traditional models.
Beneath the Surface: Why Bri Friedman Embraces Failure
This NREL engineer is working with the laboratory’s marine energy team to develop a device called the small underwater research flap wave energy converter—or SURF-WEC, for short.
January 2025
Reducing Data Center Peak Cooling Demand and Energy Costs With Underground Thermal Energy Storage
A new project led by NREL aims to incorporate geothermal underground thermal energy storage (UTES) technology for data centers.
News Release: Floating Solar Panels Could Support US Energy Goals
Scientists and analysts at NREL quantified for the first time exactly how much energy could be generated from floating solar panel projects installed on federally owned or regulated reservoirs.
Closing the Loop: How NREL's Advanced Diagnostics Enable a Circular Battery Future
Battery experts at NREL are teaming up with researchers from Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Baker Hughes' Waygate Technologies to resolve bottlenecks facing the EV battery supply chain.
December 2024
Two NREL Researchers Selected as Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Two researchers from NREL have been named fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The New York-based organization bestowed the honor this fall to Zhiwen Ma and Bidzina Kekelia. Both men are senior engineers, and each holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering.
November 2024
Heavy Metal Debut: A World-Class Metal Hydride System
Multiple industry sectors are beginning to harness hydrogen as a nearly emission-free pathway to generate power and fuel and to address a key challenge facing future energy systems: energy storage.
News Release: Thermochemical Tech Shows Promising Path for Building Heat
Energy stored in thermochemical materials can effectively heat indoor spaces, particularly in humid regions, according to researchers with NREL.
October 2024
Are Carbon-Free Energy Systems Possible? NREL Has a Way To Find Out
Live power experiments using NREL’s ARIES platform solve future energy challenges in the present.
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Last Updated May 5, 2025