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Published on November 16, 2016 - 20:28 GMT

NREL 2016 Standard Scenarios Outlook Shows Continued Growth in Renewables and Gas in the U.S. Power Sector

November 16, 2016 Renewable energy penetration in the U.S. power sector as projected by a subset of the Standard Scenarios, where the dashed line shows historical values. Penetration is defined as the fraction of load met by renewable energy. Source: NREL. …

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Published on November 4, 2016 - 21:26 GMT

NREL Technologies Honored at R&D 100 Awards Ceremony

November 4, 2016 The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) last night received three R&D 100 Awards, an honor presented by R&D Magazine and considered to be the Oscars of innovation. The prize in the Mechanical/ …

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Published on October 28, 2016 - 19:29 GMT

NREL Researchers Discover How a Bacterium, Clostridium thermocellum, Utilizes both CO2 and Cellulose to Make Biofuels

October 28, 2016 NREL scientists Pin-Ching Maness (left), Katherine J. Chou and Wei Xiong hold test tubes containing the bacterium Clostridium thermocellum. (Photo by Amy Glickson / NREL) Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable …

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Published on October 28, 2016 - 15:24 GMT

NREL Selected to Spearhead Four Projects in DOE’s Newest Lab Impact Program

October 28, 2016 The Energy Department (DOE) recently announced a new pilot program called Lab-Bridge that will make it easier for DOE national laboratories to transfer their innovative technologies to the marketplace. The National Renewable Energy …

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Published on October 24, 2016 - 15:19 GMT

NREL to Lead New Consortium to Develop Advanced Water Splitting Materials for Hydrogen Production

October 24, 2016 The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has formed a new consortium with five other national labs intended to accelerate the development of commercially viable pathways for hydrogen production from renewable …

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Published on October 19, 2016 - 15:06 GMT

NREL Announces Innovation Challenge Winner for Crowdsourced Residential Buildings Energy-Efficiency Ideas

October 19, 2016 The Energy Department's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced the grand prize winner in the JUMP Smart Phone Call for Innovation. Industry partner CLEAResult provided a $3,000 prize and recognized the winner …

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Published on October 17, 2016 - 18:14 GMT

NREL, International Colleagues Propose Strategy for Stable, Commercial Perovskite Solar Cells

October 17, 2016 NREL Scientists Keith Emery and Kai Zhu collaborated with renowned scientists from Korea, Switzerland, and Japan to propose a strategy for producing stable and commercially available perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Photo by Dennis Schroeder …

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Published on October 6, 2016 - 18:56 GMT

Nanoscale Confinement Leads to New All-inorganic Perovskite with Exceptional Solar Cell Properties

October 6, 2016 Ashley Marshall, Erin Sanehira and Joey Luther with solutions of all-inorganic perovskite quantum dots, showing intense photoluminescence when illuminated with UV light. Scientists with the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy …

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Published on September 28, 2016 - 19:38 GMT

NREL Report Shows U.S. Solar Photovoltaic Costs Continuing to Fall in 2016

September 28, 2016 NREL U.S. PV system cost benchmarks, from the fourth quarter of 2009 to the first quarter of 2016 The modeled costs to install solar photovoltaic (PV) systems continued to decline in the first quarter of 2016 in the U.S. residential, …

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Published on September 15, 2016 - 15:10 GMT

NREL to Lead New Consortium to Improve Reliability and Performance of Solar Modules

September 15, 2016 The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, will form a new consortium …

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Published on September 14, 2016 - 19:19 GMT

NREL to Lead One Exascale Computing Project, Support Three Others

September 14, 2016 September 14, 2016 — Scientists at the Energy Department's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will lead an effort to model the complex and turbulent flow of wind through large wind plants as part of DOE's Exascale …

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Published on September 13, 2016 - 15:59 GMT

Survey Reveals Projections for Lower Wind Energy Costs

September 13, 2016 Eric Lantz, seen here at the National Wind Technology Center, is co-author of a new study published in the journal Nature Energy about what experts believe wind energy may cost in the future. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL) The cost …

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Published on September 1, 2016 - 17:02 GMT

NREL Releases Updated Baseline of Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies

September 1, 2016 From NREL’s 2016 Annual Technology Baseline, the projected Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) for electricity generating technologies in 2030. The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released the 2016 Annual …

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Published on August 31, 2016 - 19:51 GMT

NREL Discovery Creates Future Opportunity in Quantum Computing

August 31, 2016 NREL scientists Ye Yang and Matt Beard stand in front of a transient absorption spectrometer in their laser lab. Scientists at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered a use for perovskites that …

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Published on August 16, 2016 - 15:48 GMT

MEDIA ADVISORY: Media Call with U.S. Department of Energy Leadership

August 16, 2016 Media Advisory David Friedman, acting assistant secretary for the Energy Department's (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Office, and Zack Baize, deputy director of the Lab Impact Initiative, will share the 43 businesses …

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Published on August 15, 2016 - 19:43 GMT

Companies Can Reduce Carbon Footprint by Giving Consumers Green Choices

August 15, 2016 NREL researchers (left to right) Scott Carmichael and Steven Isley review web sites in the Visualization Lab at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, CO. Companies can reduce the carbon footprint of their supply chains …

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Published on August 11, 2016 - 15:34 GMT

Johney Green to Lead NREL Mechanical and Thermal Systems Engineering Research

August 11, 2016 Photo of Johney Green The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has named Dr. Johney Green Jr. as Associate Laboratory Director for Mechanical and Thermal Systems Engineering. He will oversee the laboratory…

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Published on August 8, 2016 - 15:14 GMT

NREL Assesses Strategies Needed for Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Reduction

August 8, 2016 The White House wants to cut U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80 percent by 2050, but the goal raises questions about one of the greatest sources of those pollutants, light-duty vehicles (LDVs). The Energy Department's National …

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Published on August 3, 2016 - 19:01 GMT

NREL/DOE Launch Energy Profiles for Every U.S. City and a Toolbox for City Energy Actions

August 3, 2016 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched two new tools as part of its Cities Leading through Energy Analysis and Planning (Cities-LEAP) project. Created by DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the tools are designed …

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Published on August 1, 2016 - 15:11 GMT

NREL Technique Leads to Improved Perovskite Solar Cells

August 1, 2016 NREL researcher Mengjin Yang examines hybrid perovskite solar cells in his lab. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL) Scientists at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in collaboration with researchers at …

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