News and Feature Stories
The following news stories take an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at how NREL is advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.
January 2018
January 9, 2018
Fleet DNA Brings Fleet Data to Life, Informs R&D
The Fleet DNA clearinghouse of commercial vehicle operations data features over 11.5 million miles of real-world data from more than 1,700 medium- and heavy-duty vehicles operating across a variety of vocations. This massive data repository provides vehicle duty-cycle summaries and visualizations to help users understand the broad operational range of today's commercial vehicles across vocations and weight classes, enabling insight critical to the development of energy-efficient vehicle technologies that meet performance requirements and reduce operating costs.
January 9, 2018
News Release: Multi-model Effort Highlights Progress, Future Needs in Renewable Energy Modeling
Four agencies, including the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), hosted two workshops that led to a new report where the teams identified areas of importance for modeling variable renewable energy, performed experiments to determine key assumptions, and compiled a set of recommendations for future research in this area.
January 8, 2018
News Release: NREL Launches Electrification Futures Study Series
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is spearheading the Electrification Futures Study, a research collaboration to explore the impacts of widespread electrification in all U.S. economic sectors--commercial and residential buildings, transportation, and industry.
January 4, 2018
Three-peat NREL Intern Pushes Boundaries of Early-Stage Fuels Research on Way to Master's Degree
Drew Cameron completed two Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships and one Research Participant Program internship at NREL, culminating in her successful master's thesis in December, 2017.
January 3, 2018
Student-Designed Flume Arrives at NWTC
An NREL collaboration with the Colorado School of Mines stimulated an innovative water flume design.