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These Innovative Approaches Harness the Benefits of Rooftop Solar Energy for Homes & Small Businesses

March 1, 2025 admin clean power, green economy, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 04:10:12 +0000

Multistakeholder Teams of Community-Based Organizations, Local Governments, Utilities, and Others Share Insights Gained Through the Solar Energy Innovation Network Round 3 The Solar Energy Innovation Network (SEIN) Round 3 brought together eight multistakeholder teams from various locations across the United States to develop new approaches to solar deployment, focusing on … [continued]

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Making Innovation Happen: New IN² Cohort Focuses on Advanced Energy Implementation

March 1, 2025 admin avangrid, clean power, COLORADO, energy efficiency, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, schneider electric, Solar energy, Southern Company, university of colorado, university of colorado-boulder

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:36:28 +0000

At Ponderosa High School in Coconino County, Arizona, students are determined to overcome obstacles on their path to graduation. Some arrive behind on credits, while others are returning to the classroom after time away. The alternative school offers more than a second chance—it is an opportunity for transformation. That is … [continued]

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Reducing Data Center Peak Cooling Demand and Energy Costs With Underground Thermal Energy Storage

February 6, 2025 admin batteries, data centers, Energy Storage, geothermal technologies office, lithium-ion batteries, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, thermal energy storage, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 04:31:36 +0000

As US Data Centers Continue To Grow, Integrating Geothermal UTES Cooling Could Change the Game As the demand for U.S. data centers grows with the expansion of artificial intelligence, cloud services, and big data analytics, so do the energy loads these centers require. By some estimates, data center energy demands … [continued]

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Introducing GeoBridge, a New Launch Point for Geothermal Information

February 6, 2025 admin clean power, geothermal energy, geothermal technologies office, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, policy & politics, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 04:20:03 +0000

A New Web Portal Developed by NREL and DOE Connects More Communities to Geothermal If you have ever struggled to find geothermal degree programs, conferences, trade associations, tax incentives, or other geothermal information, you are not alone. “The geothermal industry has been around for decades and is a well-established community … [continued]

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New Interagency Study Finds Further Expansion of Renewable Energy Production on Federal Lands Could Power Millions More American Homes by 2035

January 16, 2025 admin clean power, jennifer granholm, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, policy & politics, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 04:30:14 +0000

Massive Potential for Additional Solar, Geothermal, and Onshore Wind Power Growth on Federal Lands to Boost American Energy Production WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in coordination with the U.S. Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Defense, today released a study showing that there is significant … [continued]

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Avoiding Collateral Damage From Trump’s War On Wind, Small Wind Turbine Edition

January 9, 2025 admin clean power, Donald Trump, Energy, investors, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, pecos wind power, renewable energy, small wind, small wind power, small wind turbine, startups, us department of energy (doe), usa, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 23:55:56 +0000

The US small wind turbine industry is finally on track to hit mainstream agricultural and rural markets, after years of playing second fiddle to gigantic, utility-scale turbines.

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New Study Examines the Impacts of Wind Turbines on Our Visual Landscape

November 29, 2024 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, wind energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:37:36 +0000

Between 70% and 90% of Americans support using wind energy. One study that examined decades of national popular acceptance of wind energy makes that claim. However, local opposition to wind-generating projects can occasionally (or often) impede them, partly due to people’s perceptions of turbines once they are coming near. Over … [continued]

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US Grid Operators Kept the Lights on This Summer with More Solar, Storage, & Wind

November 28, 2024 admin clean power, climate change, demand response, electric reliability council of texas (ercot), Energy Storage, ercot, grid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, Solar energy, solar panels, wind energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:21:14 +0000

The demand for electricity is generally at its peak during summer afternoons, when many people use their air conditioners. Until this year, the bulk power system — the network of generators and transmission lines — met this demand through hydropower and fossil fuel generation. What a shift this past summer … [continued]

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