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July 2024
IN² at 10 Years: Cohort 1 Participant Uses Liquid To Cool Computers
When NREL Senior Mechanical Engineer Eric Kozubal first learned about the LiquidCool's technology, he was eager to get to work on it through the first IN² cohort.
Digitizing Utilities Prize Round 2 Names Phase 1 Data Track Winners
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity announced nine Phase 1 Utility/Data Challenge track winning teams of the American-Made Digitizing Utilities Prize Round 2.
NREL Researchers Collaborate To Optimize Transmission Modeling Efficiency
Advanced computing plays a pivotal role in accelerating clean energy research at NREL, whether researchers need simulations of traffic systems, models of biomass conversion, or optimization of renewable energy implementation.
Into Another Dimension: Nanoscale Trilayer Exhibits Ultrafast Charge Transfer in Semiconductor Materials
Deriving inspiration from the natural process of photosynthesis, NREL researchers developed a mixed-dimensionality (2D/1D/2D) trilayer of semiconductors to enable exciton dissociation.
Sreekant Narumanchi Travels the Intersection of Heat Transfer, Power Electronics, and Electric Motors to Electrification of Vehicles
Sreekant Narumanchi, who leads NREL's Advanced Power Electronics and Electric Machines group, was chosen as one of NREL's Distinguished Researchers in 2024.
NREL Transportation Researchers Recognized for Teamwork, Leadership, and Expertise at DOE Annual Merit Review
Each year, awards are presented to individuals from Department of Energy national laboratories and other partner organizations for their contributions to overall program efforts and in recognition of their research, development, demonstration, and deployment achievements in specific areas.
Stellar Year for the Solar Market, at Home and Abroad
The year 2023, according to NREL analyst David Feldman, was a year of historic proportions in the solar power industry.
Offshore Wind Turbines Offer Path for Clean Hydrogen Production
Using electricity generated by offshore wind turbines as one pathway to split water to produce clean hydrogen may make economic sense, particularly along the U.S. Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, according to researchers at NREL.
NREL Research Dives Deeper Into the Mysteries of Energy Control in Electron-Bifurcating Enzymes
Since 2019, NREL senior scientist Cara Lubner and her team have made considerable progress toward mapping the energy landscape of an enzymatic reaction.
Facilities Invited To Join New Hydropower Testing Network
The new Hydropower Testing Network connects hydropower technology developers with testing capability providers that can help developers advance their technologies toward commercialization.
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Last Updated April 28, 2025