Grid Modernization News

Aug 24, 2022, 18:00 by Josh Rasmussen

On Aug. 9-10, 2022, NREL convened its sixth Partner Forum at its Golden, Colorado, campus, pulling together public and private sector leaders to collaboratively explore solutions for sustainable aviation.

Aug 23, 2022, 18:00 by User Not Found

A cooperative research project with Toyota will study the scaling and integration of fuel cell systems for stationary power generation.

Aug 21, 2022, 18:00 by Molly Rettig

In 2019, Washington, D.C., started using the Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED) Platform, a web-based software created by NREL and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to manage data from large groups of buildings and help cities reduce the energy consumption and carbon emissions of their building stock.

Aug 21, 2022, 18:00 by User Not Found

R&D World magazine today presented NREL with one of its annual R&D 100 Awards for research innovations. The Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED) Platform, developed in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is a data management and analysis tool that helps cities improve their building stock and reduce carbon emissions.

Aug 18, 2022, 18:00 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

The free, publicly available Marine Energy Atlas just got some new features, making it even easier for marine energy developers to learn how much electricity their device could produce at various U.S. sites.

Aug 17, 2022, 18:00 by Harrison Dreves

It is hard to find a flock of sheep nestled under an array of solar panels. But both solar developers and those in the local community who care for the land—whether as farmland, rangeland, or native habitats—can benefit from agrivoltaics.

Aug 15, 2022, 18:00 by Molly Rettig

Whaling season had just begun when the housing survey team from NREL's Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC) showed up in Point Lay this spring.

Aug 10, 2022, 18:00 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

A small project in New Hampshire could help tidal energy go global.

Aug 10, 2022, 18:00 by Rebecca Martineau

New sustainable aviation technologies are providing actionable pathways for lowering greenhouse gas emissions for aircraft travel. Advancements in electrification and fueling are one exciting aspect, but research at NREL goes beyond power generation with a holistic approach to optimize energy use throughout the entire system design.

Aug 9, 2022, 18:00 by Anya Breitenbach

This week, aviation industry experts join with the nation's top energy researchers to discuss strategies for cleaner air transportation that makes the nation less reliant on traditional fossil fuels while slowing climate change.

Aug 9, 2022, 18:00 by Madeline Geocaris

NREL's energy analysts use the "three Rs" concept to provide a fuller picture of power system reliability with changing resource mixes and grid conditions.

Aug 9, 2022, 18:00 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

At NREL, Ritu Treisa Philip focuses her energy—and expert analyses—on marine energy technologies, which could provide renewable, reliable, and locally sourced power to coastal communities.

Aug 8, 2022, 18:00 by Brittany Enos and Laura Carter

Three winners of the Ocean Observing Prize BUILD Contest share a cash prize pool in recognition of their prototypes' potential to one day power ocean observing technologies after wave tank testing.

Aug 8, 2022, 18:00 by Carol Laurie

In a collaborative effort, NREL researchers joined 100 worldwide wind energy experts in writing a series of 10 publications to summarize and clarify the most critical needs to advance wind energy science.

Aug 8, 2022, 18:00 by Madeline Geocaris

State and local zoning laws and ordinances influence how and where wind and solar energy projects can be sited and deployed—which can have a measurable impact on U.S. renewable energy resource potential.

Aug 7, 2022, 18:00 by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy

On July 11, 2022, NREL experts hosted two workshops at the 2022 HydroVision International Conference in Denver, Colorado.

Aug 7, 2022, 18:00 by Erik F. Ringle

A critical pathway for producing large quantities of low- to negative-carbon sustainable aviation fuel is enroute to market following a collaborative research and development agreement between NREL and Alder Fuels.

Aug 7, 2022, 18:00 by Josh Rasmussen

NREL and DFW Airport have committed to working from the ground up at the system level on sustainability, decarbonization, and energy-efficiency overhauls, designing upgrades and implementations that can integrate intelligently across the board.

Aug 4, 2022, 18:00 by User Not Found

Over 10 years and more than 2.6 million downloads later, the Department of Energy's Geothermal Data Repository has taken the geothermal field from siloed science to becoming an industry leader in the open data movement.

Aug 3, 2022, 18:00 by Wayne Hicks

Researchers at NREL ran hundreds of millions of simulations to gauge the contribution buildings make to gross grid value and created a publicly available dataset for others to use.