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.
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November 2024
American-Made Program Shines Light on Innovation at RE+
Prize program has become a mainstay of the nation's biggest renewable energy conference, connecting prize competitors with partners, sponsors, and more.
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.
NREL's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center Catapults Emerging Technologies, Startups, and NREL Research Into Investor and Industry Networks
The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) held the NREL Innovation Showcase in Avon, Colorado, to gather cleantech and climate-tech entrepreneurs, industry experts, investors, and NREL researchers.
Device Deployments Help NREL Researchers Identify What Is Broken—So They Can Get To Work Fixing It
After deploying NREL's wave-powered desalination device multiple times, researchers are drawing on lessons learned to build a stronger, simpler design.
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.
NREL Partnership Demonstrates Computationally Efficient Analysis of Hybrid Plants
At NREL's Computational Science Center, the Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization Capability (MSOC) team regularly partners with other NREL researchers to help make advanced computing serve them better.
2024 Transportation Annual Technology Baseline Update Now Available
The one-stop shop for the latest transportation technology cost and performance data is back with even more data.
Call for Input: Capacity Accelerator for Tribal Offshore Wind Energy Engagement
Do you have ideas about how to build Tribal capacity to engage in offshore wind energy decision-making? We want to hear from you!
NREL To Support $50 Million Investment in Distributed Energy Systems by Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
The DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations selected NREL to provide technical assistance with integrating distributed energy resources (DERs) in Colorado, Massachusetts, and Virginia to make the electric grids safer and more responsive, resilient, and affordable.
Interactive Playbook Helps Communities Boost Electric Vehicle Charging
As communities look for tools to navigate their electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure projects, NREL and the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation developed a one-stop shop playbook to help communities plan for their EV charging needs.
October 2024
Heliostat Consortium Delivers New Tools To Ensure Quality of Precision Mirrors and Support the Concentrating Solar Industry
In its 2024 annual report, HelioCon details its advancement of a third-party technique to improve heliostat accuracy for manufacturers, the launch of an open-source CSP platform, and the growth of the HelioCon community in the past year.
NREL Celebrates Industry Advancements on Weatherization Day
The perfect winter coat should be comfortable to wear—not too warm and not too cold. It's affordable, sturdy, and protects you well from the wind, rain, and snow.
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.
Researcher Melissa Gish Bridges Chemistry and Physics To Improve Solar Energy Technologies
The journal Trends in Chemistry recently honored NREL researcher Melissa Gish in a special issue designed to highlight emerging leaders in chemistry innovating in their respective fields.
NREL's Commercial Electric Vehicle Cost-of-Ownership Tool Is Best in Class—And Free
Researchers from NREL have released a new version of the Transportation Technology Total Cost of Ownership tool, known as T3CO—the most sophisticated open-source commercial vehicle TCO tool available today.
NREL-Backed Research Effort Twists Halide Perovskites From a Distance
Research led by scientists at NREL and the Center for Hybrid Organic Inorganic Semiconductors for Energy, an Energy Frontier Research Center, discovered a new process to induce chirality in halide perovskite semiconductors.
Celebrating Bioenergy Day 2024 With a Research Retrospective
With National Bioenergy Day 2024 upon us, NREL reflects on some of the team's scientific discoveries over the past year that have helped strengthen the bioeconomy.
Dive Into a Lake of Data: Open Energy Data Initiative Increases Big Data Access for Everyone
When data is widely accessible and available to anyone, anywhere, it can transform communities—especially when that data concerns something as vital as energy.
NREL Helps US Forest Service Go Green After 2024 Lake Fire
During the July 2024 Lake Fire in Santa Barbara County, California, NREL and the U.S. Forest Service successfully piloted several renewable energy solutions that put their sustainable firefighting operations ideas into practice.
NREL Explores How Corporate Procurement Can Advance Renewable Energy Deployment
NREL team researches the important role of corporate investments in clean energy development through a new partnership.
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Last Updated May 1, 2025