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July 2019
Improving Access to Accelerate Innovation: Two of NREL's Largest Datasets Now Publicly Available on the Cloud
As part of the DOE-sponsored Open Energy Data Initiative, NREL collaborated with Amazon Web Services to bring the lab’s WIND Toolkit and National Solar Radiation Database to the cloud, enabling unprecedented access to massive solar and wind resource data
June 2019
The Man Behind the Goggles: Meet NREL's Visualization Guru, Kenny Gruchalla
Gruchalla's experience working on an icebreaker helps him design, build NREL's visualization lab, show researchers their projects in new ways.
May 2019
Aquarius HPC Cooling System Yields Impressive Energy Efficiency Results After NREL/Sandia Test
NREL and Sandia completed a performance evaluation study, determining the Aquarius, high-performance computing cooling system provides a very high percentage of heat capture direct to water--as high as 98% when evaluation computer nodes only.
February 2019
Data-Driven Simulations Mirror a City's Traffic Patterns to Reduce Mobility-Related Energy Use
NREL is participating in a project led by Oak Ridge National Lab to create a large-scale, real-time “digital twin” of traffic conditions in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
January 2019
NREL's New Supercomputer, Eagle, Takes Flight
Now in production use, the ultra-efficient Eagle high-performance computer will power scientific insights to accelerate our energy system transformation.
December 2018
NREL Garners Top Sustainability Honor at Data Center Dynamics Awards
International award cements NREL’s status as a world leader in energy-efficient and sustainable data centers.
NREL-Led ExaWind Project Demonstrates New Capability for Simulating Modern Wind Turbines
NREL and partners have created a new blade-resolved model of a large modern wind turbine, enabling scientists and engineers to begin understanding the complex flow physics in multi-turbine wind farms that will take advantage of future exascale modeling and simulation capability.
November 2018
NREL Leadership in Grid-Mod Projects Highlights National Progress
The challenge to modernize our grid is not a maintenance task or an everyday repair. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium (GMLC) is responding to a grid transformation unlike anything the nation has experienced.
October 2018
News Release: NREL to Lead $5 Million Initiative to Reduce Energy Use and Increase Energy Efficiency of Major Transportation Hub
Working with DFW and the surrounding region, NREL and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will identify technology approaches that maximize mobility energy productivity of passenger and freight options in this major transportation hub.
September 2018
Views of the ESIF: Five Years Back, Five Years Forward
In celebration of five years since the ESIF's dedication, the facility's leadership reflect on its use now, and looking ahead.
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