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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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Behind the Blades: How Jeremy Stefek Delivers Wind Energy Workforce Solutions To Meet Growing Industry Needs

October 4, 2024 admin clean power, nrel, research, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 03:51:16 +0000

Workforce Development Researcher Leads Efforts To Illuminate Wind Energy Career Pathways and Foster a Skilled Wind Workforce Forget “brat summer.” Jeremy Stefek is ready for “demure fall.” “Maybe I’ll take a trip to the San Juan mountains, do some work during the day, take some evening hikes, and watch the … [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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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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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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Panels, Presentations, & Posters: NREL Plays Key Role at Premier Wind Energy Conference

July 31, 2024 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, onshore wind farms, wind energy, wind turbines

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

July 30, 2024 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, perovskite solar cells, perovskite solar modules, perovskite solar panels, perovskites, research, Solar energy

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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Follow The Money: Kitemill Aims For Wind Energy With 90% Less Infrastructure

July 25, 2024 admin airborne wind energy, airborne wind turbine, clean power, Energy, Europe, green economy, investment, kitemill, Manufacturing, nrel, policy & politics, renewable energy, US Marine Corps, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 18:49:22 +0000

Despite skeptics, the airborne wind energy field is gathering momentum and attracting more investor dollars, both public and private.

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Small-Scale Distributed Wind Projects Could Leave a Large Impact

July 21, 2024 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, onshore wind farms, research, small wind turbines, us department of energy (doe), wind energy, wind energy technologies office (weto), wind turbines

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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