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April 2025
Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A With Matt Ringer
In the latest Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A, Matt Ringer shares how he ended up in a people-centered role despite his shy childhood and why he joined NREL despite knowing nothing about the laboratory and its mission.
January 2025
NREL Calls for Proposals From US Wind Turbine Manufacturers
In January 2025, NREL issued the 2025 Competitiveness Improvement Project funding solicitation, which is designed to support wind energy technology manufacturers like EWT Americas.
Early Career Spotlight: Scientist Carlos Baez-Cotto's Journey From Puerto Rico to NREL
Each month, the Materials, Chemical, and Computational Science Early Career Spotlight features one of the directorate's researchers to explore their interests, motivations, and achievements.
December 2024
Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A With Kat Knauer
In this latest Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A, Kat Knauer shares how a backyard fire ant invasion led her to science, what a chief technology officer does, and how the BOTTLE consortium is working with Amazon, Patagonia, and other companies to design more planet-friendly plastics.
November 2024
NREL Notice of Intent Invites US Manufacturers To Develop Next-Generation Distributed Wind Energy Technology
NREL has issued a Competitiveness Improvement Project notice of intent in advance of a 2025 funding solicitation. The project supports manufacturers of distributed wind energy technology, such as Eocycle.
September 2024
Innovative Materials and Scalable Manufacturing Pathways: New NREL Research Center To Look Toward the Future of Renewable Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Basic Energy Sciences program recently selected NREL to lead A Center for Power Electronics Materials and Manufacturing Exploration (APEX), a new Energy Frontier Research Center.
August 2024
Q&A With Ana Aday: Why a Plucky Engineer Chose Cement Over Rodeo (But Credits Horses for Her Ability To Face a Crowd)
In the latest Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A, Aday shares why Bill Nye inspired her to become a scientist, how 3D manufacturing and artificial intelligence could help the cement and concrete industries decarbonize, and why handling a crowd of 1,000 people is the same as handling a 1,000-pound animal.
'Framing the Future' Photo Contest To Highlight America’s Industrial Transformation
The industrial sector is integral to our daily lives, yet we do not often see the people and technologies that power it in action.
News Release: NREL Advances Method for Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades
Researchers at NREL see a realistic path forward to the manufacture of bio-derivable wind blades that can be chemically recycled and the components reused, ending the practice of old blades winding up in landfills at the end of their useful life.
Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A With Jibo Sanyal: The Nature Lover Who Sees Our Planet From a Bird's-Eye View
In the latest Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A, Jibo shares why a prosthesis changed how he sees himself and how clean energy could help manufacturing facilities do far more than just reduce their emissions.
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Last Updated May 5, 2025