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The following news stories take an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at how NREL is advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.

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March 2025

March 31, 2025

Q&A With NREL Scientist Effie Kisgeropoulos

Kisgeropoulos is a full-time researcher in NREL's Biosciences Center, responsible for helping manage the Advanced Spin Resonance Facility, which houses the electron paramagnetic resonance equipment.

March 25, 2025

NREL Researcher Steven R. Spurgeon Wins Burton Medal From Microscopy Society of America

NREL materials data scientist Steven R. Spurgeon has been honored with the Microscopy Society of America's Burton Medal award.

March 21, 2025

46 Patents, One Fiscal Year

In Fiscal Year 2024, researchers at NREL submitted a record-breaking 294 innovations, representing potentially patentable inventions or copyrightable software.

March 20, 2025

Researcher Spotlight: Susan Habas' Journey to Catalytic Innovation at NREL

Susan Habas, now a senior scientist and distinguished member of research staff in the Catalytic Carbon Transformation and Scale-Up Center at NREL, had an unconventional start to her career in chemistry.

March 17, 2025

NREL Researchers Advance Substrate Engineering Pathways To Improve Power Electronics

Two new materials science papers explore substrate engineering to increase power electronics’ energy efficiency and performance.

March 13, 2025

How NREL Researcher Garry Rumbles Has Advanced Science Through Mentorship

Rumbles is known globally for his photochemistry research. At NREL, he has a reputation for creating a culture that has led to innovative ideas in basic energy research.

March 10, 2025

Early-Career Spotlight: Ashley Gaulding

Sometimes Ashley Gaulding feels a bit like an investigator on a television crime procedural.

March 5, 2025

Ocean Energy Is Almost Ready, But It Needs a Boost Over the Testing Barrier

Marine energy developers often start with a functional theoretical design. But even the best virtual designs cannot account for every invisible defect or ocean oddity. NREL’s desert facilities offer the comprehensive, computer-to-ocean testing that marine energy researchers and developers need to get their technologies closer to commercial use.

February 2025

Feb. 27, 2025

Making Innovation Happen: New IN² Cohort Focuses on Advanced Energy Implementation

Coconino County Schools selected Ponderosa as the focus of an advanced energy initiative through the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator managed by NREL.

Feb. 24, 2025

Kevin Lombardo's Family Rebuilt Their Home and Lives After Marshall Fire

After the Dec. 30, 2021, Marshall Fire burned his family's home to the ground, Kevin Lombardo, an NREL Client and Infrastructure Services manager, was struck by the enormity of what they faced.


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Last Updated April 28, 2025