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Mobile Homes & Municipalities Find Heat Pumps To Fit Their Needs

October 11, 2024 admin heat pumps, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, oak ridge national laboratory, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 03:20:52 +0000

Whether it is a sweltering summer or a frigid winter, digging just a few feet into the earth provides relief from the temperatures above. That is because, on average, the ground temperature is warmer than the air during the winter and cooler in the summer. This relatively constant subsurface temperature … [continued]

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NREL Researchers Survey the State of Smart Charge Management Nationwide

October 4, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, green economy, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), lithium-ion batteries, national renewable energy laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 02:17:32 +0000

Smart charge management—intelligently managing the flow of electricity that charges electric vehicles (EVs)—can have incredible benefits for drivers, utility companies, governments, and fleets. Yet smart charge management strategies have not been widely deployed nationwide. In response, two national laboratories, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory … [continued]

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NREL Advances Method for Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades

August 28, 2024 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, recycling, research, SCIENCE, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 22:10:22 +0000

Resin Made From Biomass Enables Chemical Recycling at End of Useful Lifespan Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (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 … [continued]

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America’s Growing Wind Energy Future — 3 New Reports

August 25, 2024 admin bureau of ocean energy management, bureau of ocean energy management (boem), clean power, department of the interior (doi), inflation reduction act of 2022., national renewable energy laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), us department of energy (doe), us wind, us wind energy, wind energy, wind energy technologies office

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:25:06 +0000

The Three New Wind Energy Reports Highlight Industry Development, Expansion, and the Policies and Incentives Driving Wind Energy Forward WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over the past year, the U.S. wind energy sector showcased its resilience and potential, as detailed in the 2024 editions of the annual market reports released today by the … [continued]

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Perspective Pivot: Mapping a Landscape of Voices in Oahu Changes Energy Planning

August 20, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, clean transport, Energy Storage, Hawaii, hawaiian electric, lithium-ion batteries, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), oahu, sandia national laboratories, Solar energy, university of hawaii, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 21:12:16 +0000

At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), researchers often serve as guides who help communities navigate the world of renewable energy solutions. But in community-based technical assistance projects, the guiding role goes both ways: Researchers need local perspectives to fill contextual knowledge gaps and create more meaningful energy solutions. “Energy … [continued]

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Stronger Together: Coupling Excitons to Polaritons for Better Solar Cells & Higher Intensity LEDs

August 12, 2024 admin clean power, energy efficiency, led, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), research, SCIENCE, solar cells, Solar energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 01:42:43 +0000

In solar cells and light-emitting diodes, maintaining the excited state kinetics of molecules against annihilation is a race against time. These systems need to strike a careful balance between different processes that lead to loss of energy and those that lead to the desired outcome. A major loss mechanism especially … [continued]

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Soft Cost Analysis of EV Charging Infrastructure

August 9, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), research, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 21:19:52 +0000

Private and public electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE)—the charging infrastructure necessary to support the rapid rise in electric vehicles (EVs)—are essential to the transformation of the transportation sector, yet associated expenses outside of the actual hardware, software, and construction called “soft costs” are not well understood. A new multilaboratory initiative … [continued]

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Flipping the Script On Traditional Wind Turbine Technologies

August 6, 2024 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 13:25:12 +0000

NREL Wind Researchers Undertake Sweeping Validation Study of a Downwind Turbine Most wind turbines face the wind—and there is a good reason for that. Since the 1980s, wind turbine developers have been using what is called the “Danish concept” for their designs—three blades, positioned upwind (i.e., facing the wind), that … [continued]

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Decades of NREL Research Power Electric Vehicle Revolution Progress

August 5, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), research

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 12:15:39 +0000

Depending upon where you work or live, the most visible sign of the clean energy transition you see may be an electric vehicle (EV). An ever-increasing number of motorists are bypassing the gas pump and plugging in instead. Electric vehicles have moved beyond novelty to ubiquity. To wit: Approximately 1.6 … [continued]

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The Grid Can Handle More Renewable Energy, But It Needs Some Help

July 31, 2024 admin clean power, florida state university, grid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, the ohio state university, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 23:23:33 +0000

New Testbed Could Advance Novel Grid Technologies To Build a Resilient Renewable Energy-Based Power System The grid needs to change. To electrify everything from vehicles to heating systems to stovetops, the U.S. grid must expand by about 57% and get more flexible, too. Solar and wind energy are the renewables most likely … [continued]

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