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New Estimating Tool Providing Catalyst Cost Information
More than 85% of chemical processes rely on catalysts, but limited information on their cost can lead to roadblocks during early-stage research and development and along the path to commercialization.…
Q&A with Adarsh Nagarajan: Energy Storage as an Entity and Asset
Adarsh Nagarajan is the group manager for Power System Design and Planning at NREL. One of his specializations includes finding solutions and understanding grid integration challenges of various…
Submission
SUNSPOT Solar Electric Cooking System Solar powered electric induction cooking is cost competitive with biomass. A 24V cooktop is needed to reduce costs and improve efficiency. SUNSPOT American-Made…
Full Committee Hearing to Examine Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Efforts in…
The hearing will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at 10:15 a.m. EDT in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. The purpose of the hearing is to examine opportunities to…
New Study Compares, Contrasts Cleantech Incubators and Accelerators
Clean technology incubators come in different flavors – from those based purely on philanthropic missions, to those designed to give investors a first look at the technologies that will change world…
NREL’s Matthew Beard Honored by Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry this year presented its Chemical Dynamics Award to Matthew Beard, a researcher in the Chemistry and Nanoscience Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory…
These flexible solar cells bring us closer to kicking the fossil-fuel habit
Perovskite solar panels can be produced in rolls by coating liquid on to plastic, like printing newspapers
NREL Supports Agtech Innovation Through IN²
CoverCress, one of five startup companies selected for participation in the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), is developing a crop that protects soil during winter and provides renewable fuel…
American-Made FAST Commissioning for Pumped-Storage Hydropower Prize
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Evergreen students dubbed the ‘Green Team Superheroes’ receive presidential award
EVERGREEN, Colo. -- A group of elementary school students are being called the "Green Team Superheroes" and President Donald Trump has taken notice. The superheroes have capes and they come in the…
Solar Prize Set! Demo Day
Join Greentown Labs, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office in Boston for a national demonstration day event for the American-Made…
Intrinsic Security Design for Tomorrow’s Energy Systems
With the introduction of smart devices and rise in distributed, networked energy systems, diligent focus on cybersecurity for an evolving grid is crucial. Wa...
A critical step to reduce climate change
Bill Gates highlights the three key solutions we’ll need for the transition to clean electricity.
Top Cleantech Innovators Announced at the Industry Growth Forum
NREL’s 2019 Industry Growth Forum and Emerging Markets Day recognized five cleantech startup companies for excellence in innovation. Photo by Kira Vos. Being a cleantech start up takes skill and…
FAST Commissioning for Pumped-Storage Hydropower Prize
For next-generation pumped-storage hydropower development and the encouragement of exploration for new use cases of PSH.
A Reformulation of the Pseudo2D Battery Model Coupling Large Electrochemical-Mechanical Deformations at…
doi: 10.1149/2.0101908jes J. Electrochem. Soc. 2019 volume 166, issue 8, A1330-A1339 Articles by Mai, W. Articles by Smith, K.
DOE Cyber Conference
ABOUT THE CONFERENCEThe Cyber Conference brings together the DOE enterprise, the federal interagency, academia, international partners, and private industry to advance cyber and IT modernization…
Top Cleantech Innovators Announced at the Industry Growth Forum
NREL’s 2019 Industry Growth Forum and Emerging Markets Day recognized five cleantech startup companies for excellence in innovation. Photo by Kira Vos. Being a cleantech start up takes skill and…
International Activities
NREL applies its expertise worldwide to scale up use of advanced energy technologies for the power, transport, buildings, and industrial sectors and optimize overall energy system performance. We have…
To amp up solar cells, scientists ditch silicon
New perovskite tandem cell promises to be cheaper than conventional ones, and almost as efficient
New I-JEDI Online Tool Examines Jobs and Economic Impacts of Clean Energy…
The USAID-NREL Partnership has launched the new International Jobs and Economic Development Impacts (I-JEDI) website, which houses the I-JEDI tool. I-JEDI can estimate the potential economic impacts…