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

July 20, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, onshore wind farms, us department of energy (doe), us wind, us wind energy, wind energy, wind turbines

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

July 18, 2024 admin clean power, market research, national renewable energy laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe)

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

July 17, 2024 admin clean power, green hydrogen, hydrogen, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, offshore wind energy, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

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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Bridging The Solar Energy Gap Through Federal Assistance Programs

June 30, 2024 admin clean power, community solar, grid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar energy, us solar, us solar energy

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

June 28, 2024 admin clean power, Energy Storage, geothermal energy, green economy, grid, hydroelectric, market research, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, nuclear energy, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, research, Solar energy, wind energy, wind turbines

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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Aday Leads Research & Development of Cement & Concrete Alternatives To Decarbonize the Value Chain of Industrial Processes

June 19, 2024 admin buildings, cement, cement emissions, clean power, concrete, green concrete, green economy, Manufacturing, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 14:04:36 +0000

When people think of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), it is often solar, wind, and other clean energy generation technologies that come to mind. However, Ana Aday, a materials science researcher in NREL’s Building Technologies and Science Center, is taking on a whole new challenge: decarbonizing the cement and … [continued]

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Behind-the-Meter Generation & Storage Offer Cost- & Energy-Efficient Route to Bus Electrification in New York, Potentially Saving $2 Million Each Year

June 18, 2024 admin clean transport, electric bus charging, electric buses, Electric vehicles, ev charging, green economy, green jobs, investment, mass transit / public transit, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), New York, NEW YORK CITY, nrel

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 22:53:45 +0000

Electrification is vital to decarbonizing the transportation sector, which includes public transit fleets. Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles—including trucks and buses—are the second largest source of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions, and their zero-emission vehicle sales are expected to reach 30% by 2030 and 100% by 2040. Although adoption of electric buses … [continued]

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