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Distributed Wind Energy Innovation: NREL Issues Competitiveness Improvement Project Request for Proposals

March 6, 2022 admin bergey windpower, carter wind turbines, clean power, eocycle america, intergrid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), pecos wind power, primus windpower, qed wind power, us wind energy, wind energy, wind energy technologies office (weto), wind turbines

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2022 16:30:26 +0000

The Program, Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Will Build on 10 Years of Successful Distributed Wind Energy Innovation The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP). New this year is an opportunity for manufacturers of small and medium-sized […]

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Research Team Advances Biological Alternative to Producing Common Petrochemical

March 6, 2022 admin clean power, ethylene, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), research, SCIENCE, Solar energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2022 04:59:51 +0000

For decades engineers have dreamed of programming organisms to sustainably produce ethylene, a chemical that is nicknamed “the king of petrochemicals” for its importance in plastics. Now, one hopeful pathway to this petrochemical is nearing reality, via a photosynthetic bacterium that is genetically specialized to turn sunlight and carbon dioxide (CO2) into ethylene. But before […]

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35 Years of Advancing Concentrating Solar Power Research

February 27, 2022 admin clean power, concentrating solar power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), Solar energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 19:40:15 +0000

NREL Pioneer Celebrates 35 Years of Advancing Concentrating Solar Power Research When it comes to concentrating solar power (CSP) research, Mark Mehos has seen the industry growth and solar boom firsthand. CSP technologies — capturing sunlight to produce heat that drives thermoelectric generation systems — had their beginnings in the mid-1980s, at the dawn of his 35-year career […]

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Net-Zero Energy Blok-By-Blok: Lower Emissions & Costs With Net-Zero Energy Modules

February 23, 2022 admin blokable, buildings, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), net zero energy, net zero energy homes, policy research, research, SCIENCE, wells fargo innovation incubator

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 21:57:41 +0000

A new report from Blokable, the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) details actionable pathways to developing and building net zero energy (NZE) housing without increasing costs yet still reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. IN2 is managed by NREL’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. The newly released report, Decarbonization During Predevelopment of […]

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NREL To Collaborate With Eight Teams on Innovations To Unlock Equitable Solar in Underserved Communities

February 23, 2022 admin clean power, community solar, energy trust of oregon, houston advanced research center, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), pecan street, re-volv, rethink energy, Salt Lake City, Solar energy, solar energy innovation network (sein), texas energy poverty research institute, u.s. national renewable energy laboratory, us energy information agency

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:19:29 +0000

Teams Will Receive Direct Funding and More Than a Year of Technical Support as They Explore New Forms of Equitable Solar Adoption in Residential and Commercial-Scale Settings Solar energy is taking off in the United States. The U.S. Energy Information Agency projects that solar power will account for nearly half of all new electricity-generating capacity in 2022. […]

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Leader in Buildings Research Receives Prestigious Black Engineer of the Year STEM Award

February 17, 2022 admin buildings, energy efficiency, national renewable energy laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), research, roderick jackson, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:00:03 +0000

Roderick Jackson Follows His Passion for Science, Students, and Social Justice At the age of 3, Roderick Jackson, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) laboratory program manager for buildings research, landed his first job. He was tasked with picking up straight nails as a member of the framing crew for his father’s construction business. As glamorous […]

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Concentrating Solar Power Research Heats Up At NREL

February 10, 2022 admin brayton energy, clean power, concentrating solar power, csp molten salts, gen3, molten salts, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), research, sandia national laboratories, SCIENCE, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 22:05:01 +0000

Molten Salts Can Melt Down the Price of Concentrating Solar Power-Plus-Storage Concentrating solar power (CSP) has long held promise as a renewable energy technology. CSP uses mirrors, or heliostats, to harness the power of the sun by heating and storing an inexpensive medium such as sand, rocks, or molten salt for on-demand energy dispatch. To […]

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Building a Solar-Powered Future

February 10, 2022 admin clean power, market research, national renewable energy laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), research, Solar energy, solar futures study, us department of energy (doe), us renewable energy, us solar energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:57:27 +0000

Solar Futures Study Draws Insights From Across NREL’s Expertise and Tools To Deliver Detailed Analysis of Solar Energy’s Future in United States The next 30 years of solar energy is likely to look very different than the past 30. Photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar power are likely to continue to grow rapidly — the National […]

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NREL-Led Solar Permitting Software Reduces Project Times By 12 Days

February 3, 2022 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), policy & politics, rooftop solar, rooftop solar permitting, Solar energy, solar permitting, solarapp

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:21 +0000

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a new pilot study on the Solar Automated Permit Processing (SolarAPP+) tool — a free, web-based platform for automating residential solar permit approval—revealing the platform’s impact in the communities where it is deployed. The results of the study are impressive: The software substantially reduces the time it takes to permit, […]