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July 2024
The Grid Can Handle More Renewable Energy, But It Needs Some Help
A new kind of grid technology, called medium-voltage silicon carbide converters, could help the U.S. grid smoothly transition to renewable energy.
June 2024
Q&A With Ana Aday: A Holistic Approach To Advancing Cement and Concrete Sustainability
Ana Aday, a materials science researcher in NREL’s Building Technologies and Science Center, is taking on a whole new challenge: decarbonizing the cement and concrete industry.
May 2024
NREL Battery Supply Chain Database Maps Out the State of North America's Manufacturing Base
As the United States continues to transition to clean energy, strengthening the domestic supply chain by increasing the availability of critical materials and domestic manufacturing is paramount to enabling greater domestic manufacturing.
Water Research Hub Earns 5 More Years of Funding
Launched in 2019, the National Alliance for Water Innovation is a research hub that brings together a world-class team of partners from industry and academia as well as the hub's public membership organization.
Additive Manufacturing Could Turn the Tides for Marine Energy Technologies—Here Is How
Researchers have been exploring how additive manufacturing could complement marine energy technologies. Hint: the two are a promising pair.
News Release: NREL Invites Robots To Help Make Wind Turbine Blades
Researchers at NREL have successfully leveraged robotic assistance in the manufacture of wind turbine blades, allowing for the potential to improve the consistency of the product.
April 2024
News Release: NREL Proof of Concept Shows Path to Easier Recycling of Solar Modules
The use of femtosecond lasers to form glass-to-glass welds for solar modules would make the panels easier to recycle, according to a proof-of-concept study conducted by researchers at NREL.
With Great Power Comes Great Possibility
Three teams are building better conductor systems—or even superconductors—to supercharge transmission lines, wind turbines, MRI machines, electric motors, airplanes, and more.
The (In)Visible Plastic Pollution Problem
Together, BOTTLE's upstream approach and WaterPACT's downstream approach to addressing the plastic pollution problem will enable a better future for humanity and our environment.
Q&A With Travis Lowder: Not All Climate Crusaders Need a Technical Degree
In the latest Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A, Travis Lowder shares why he did not need a technical background to fight climate change (and neither do you!) and why humility might be the most crucial trait for his job.
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Last Updated May 5, 2025