Panels, Presentations, & Posters: NREL Plays Key Role at Premier Wind Energy Conference

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 23:14:57 +0000

NREL’s Wind Expertise Highlighted at Biannual TORQUE Conference In May 2024, amidst ancient marble statues and sweeping centuries-old frescoes, a group of researchers came together to talk about something decidedly more modern: wind energy technologies. The biannual TORQUE Conference, organized by the European Academy of Wind Energy and held this year … [continued]

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NREL Researchers Highlight Opportunities for Manufacturing Perovskite Solar Panels With a Long-Term Vision

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 22:20:53 +0000

Researchers working at the forefront of an emerging photovoltaic (PV) technology are thinking ahead about how to scale, deploy, and design future solar panels to be easily recyclable. Solar panels made of perovskites may eventually play an important role amid global decarbonization efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As the … [continued]

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Small-Scale Distributed Wind Projects Could Leave a Large Impact

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:00:59 +0000

Achieving a clean energy future is going to take energy of all kinds, and every little bit helps. Enter distributed energy resources (DERs), which generate, store, and manage power locally for energy users. Wind energy technology applied as a DER—known as distributed wind—is ideal for a wide range of customers. … [continued]

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12 American Companies Will Help Expand Distributed Wind Across the Rural United States

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:23:48 +0000

Companies Will Work To Boost Clean Energy Options for Farmers, Small Business Owners, and Electric Co-Ops With U.S. Department of Energy Competitiveness Improvement Project Funding The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced plans to award $3.15 million to 12 American component suppliers and manufacturers of small- … [continued]

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Stellar Year for the Solar Market, at Home & Abroad

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 01:15:04 +0000

Spring 2024 Solar Industry Quarterly Update Highlights Significant Progress in 2023 The year 2023, according to National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) analyst David Feldman, was a year of historic proportions in the solar power industry. Four times a year, Feldman and a team of analysts and data experts from NREL … [continued]

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Offshore Wind Turbines Offer Path for Clean Hydrogen Production

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 18:03:23 +0000

NREL Researchers Identify Promising Locations off US Coastlines for Installation of Technology Using electricity generated by offshore wind turbines as one pathway to split water to produce clean hydrogen may make economic sense, particularly along the U.S. Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, according to researchers at the … [continued]

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Escaping the Lab Into the Sunlight: Research Examines Durability of Outdoor Perovskite Solar Cells

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:31:15 +0000

Research on Ultraviolet-Driven Degradation Receives Independent Testing From the Perovskite PV Accelerator for Commercializing Technologies (PACT) Center Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are promising next-generation solar photovoltaic (PV) cells with high performance and low production costs compared to silicon. However, one of the primary challenges to widespread adoption of PSCs is … [continued]

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Bridging The Solar Energy Gap Through Federal Assistance Programs

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:49:34 +0000

NREL Supported the Development of New U.S. Department of Energy Resources to Expand the Reach of Solar Energy Through Assistance Funds for Low-Income Households Solar Deployment Through WAP and LIHEAP   The number of residential solar photovoltaics (PV) installations continues to increase across the United States. But that increase is … [continued]

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Plug Into Newly Released 2024 US Electricity Sector Data

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:39:53 +0000

10th Annual Technology Baseline Features New Data on Offshore Wind Energy, Nuclear Power, Pumped Storage Hydropower, and More Today—nicknamed “ATB Day” by a superfan—marks the release of the 10th annual electricity sector data for the Electricity Annual Technology Baseline (ATB). “For a decade, the Electricity ATB has been supporting consistent, … [continued]

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NREL’s EVI-X Suite Is Premier Resource for EV Charging Infrastructure Analysis at Regional, State, & National Levels

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:15:50 +0000

EVI-X Modeling Suite Accelerates Optimized Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Deployments Massive public and private investments are being made to support the buildout of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in the United States, but efficient planning and deployment require sophisticated analysis to ensure convenient, reliable, affordable, and equitable charging for all … [continued]

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