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December 2024

Dec. 19, 2024

NREL Collaboration Could Realize Significant Energy Savings for Farm Tractors

A collaboration between NREL and Purdue University to create an optimized hydraulic system for farm tractors could increase their hydraulic efficiency by 50%.

Dec. 18, 2024

Partnerships Grow at Clip of One per Day To Fast-Track Advanced Energy Solutions

Bringing new technologies to market is not for the faint at heart. Slow down and you might lose development momentum.

Dec. 18, 2024

How NREL's Brooks Tellekamp Explores the Next Generation of Materials for More Efficient LEDs and Power Electronics

Brooks Tellekamp found his way to science through his high school's computing infrastructure. He helped the school's information technology expert, a retired Honeywell engineer who had worked on NASA contracts, to address computing infrastructure needs.

Dec. 18, 2024

Bethany Frew's Farm Upbringing Led to a Systems Approach and a Renewable Energy Harvest

Because of her curiosity and expertise, she was selected as one of NREL's 2024 Distinguished Members of Research Staff.

Dec. 17, 2024

Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A With Kat Knauer

In this latest Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A, Kat Knauer shares how a backyard fire ant invasion led her to science, what a chief technology officer does, and how the BOTTLE consortium is working with Amazon, Patagonia, and other companies to design more planet-friendly plastics.

Dec. 17, 2024

Beneath the Surface: Salman Husain Ponders the Future of Work, Wave Energy, and World Stewardship

Explore the fascinating world of wave energy with Salman Husain, a lifelong engineer tackling marine energy's toughest challenges. Discover how his passions for problem solving and global stewardship shape his quest for a sustainable future.

Dec. 16, 2024

USAID and NREL Help Energy Utilities Secure Island Infrastructure

The Federal Energy Management Program's distributed energy resource cybersecurity framework supports power sector resilience in the Caribbean and beyond.

Dec. 12, 2024

What Is Driving the Demand for Distribution Transformers?

A new NREL study further examines key factors and segmentation behind transformer demand growth through 2050.

Dec. 12, 2024

Intelligent Campus Program Manager Michelle Slovensky Named Distinguished Member of Operations Staff

Michelle Slovensky was honored for her groundbreaking leadership and named one of the year's thirteen Distinguished Members of Operations Staff.

Dec. 5, 2024

Second Cohort of Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator Continues System Visibility Evaluations

The Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator program, in partnership with DOE's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response and utilities, aims to decrease cybersecurity risk in the electric sector by expediting the deployment of emerging operational technology security technologies.


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Last Updated April 28, 2025