National Renewable Energy Laboratory Press Releases

• Published on May 20, 2016 - 17:17 GMT

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

  May 20, 2016 The Energy Department's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), along with industry partner CLEAResult, will launch a Call for Innovation as part of the DOE JUMP initiative during the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo, Calif., …

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• Published on May 18, 2016 - 18:06 GMT

  NREL Helps DOE Assess Progress “On the Path to SunShot”

  May 18, 2016 Analysts and researchers at the Energy Department's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) played a significant role in a suite of studies released today by DOE's SunShot Initiative that identify the progress made by the U.S …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:13 GMT

  High School Students Compete to Represent Colorado at the 26th Annual National Science Bowl™ in Washington, DC

  February 18, 2016 Forty-five student teams from Colorado high schools will answer on-the-spot science and math questions during the 26th Colorado Science Bowl on Saturday, February 20, at Dakota Ridge High School. The competition is organized and hosted by …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:13 GMT

  NREL analysis finds tax credit extensions can impact renewable energy deployment and electric sector CO2 emissions

  February 22, 2016 The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today released new analysis exploring the potential impact of recently extended federal tax credits on the deployment of renewable generation technologies and related …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:13 GMT

  Ridgeview Classical Charter Schools Wins 26th Colorado Science Bowl

  February 22, 2016 Students from Ridgeview Classical Charter Schools won the Colorado High School Science Bowl. They will represent the state of Colorado at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Science Bowl in Washington D.C., April 28- May 2, …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:13 GMT

  NREL Seeks Participants for 2016 National Executive Energy Leadership Program

  February 23, 2016 The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is now accepting applications for its 2016 Executive Energy Leadership Program. NREL's Executive Energy Leadership Program, also known as Energy Execs, provides …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:13 GMT

  Belgium's Red Electrical Devils Win $1 Million for Innovative Inverter Design

  February 29, 2016 Google and IEEE announced today that Belgium's Red Electrical Devils, a team from CE+T Power, has won the Little Box Challenge, a competition to invent a much smaller inverter for interconnecting solar power systems to the power grid. …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:12 GMT

  NREL Collaboration Boosts Potential for CdTe Solar Cells

  February 29, 2016 A critical milestone has been reached in cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell technology, helping pave the way for solar energy to directly compete with electricity generated by conventional energy sources. Scientists at the Energy …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:12 GMT

  MEDIA ADVISORY - Media Call with U.S. Department of Energy Leadership - SMALL BUSINESS VOUCHERS UPDATE

  March 8, 2016 On Thursday, March 10, David Danielson, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), and Victor Kane, Director of EERE's National Laboratory Impact Initiative, will speak to reporters about breaking updates …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:12 GMT

  NREL to Collaborate with Small Clean Energy Businesses as Part of DOE Pilot Program

  March 10, 2016 The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will help the first group of small clean energy businesses advance their products under the Small Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot launched last July by DOE. …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:12 GMT

  NREL's Capabilities Boost a Wide Range of Innovative ARPA-E Research

  March 17, 2016 The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will play key roles in a variety of projects recently funded by the Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). NREL's innovative approaches …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:12 GMT

  NREL Raises Rooftop Photovoltaic Technical Potential Estimate

  March 24, 2016 Analysts at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have used detailed light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data for 128 cities nationwide, along with improved data analysis methods and simulation tools, to …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:12 GMT

  Global Gathering Addresses PV Role in Energy Prosperity and Climate Change Mitigation

  March 30, 2016 Scientists from the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), along with their counterparts from solar energy research institutes in Germany and Japan, gathered recently to discuss the future of photovoltaics (PV) …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:12 GMT

  NREL, SLAC Scientists Pinpoint Solar Cell Manufacturing Process

  April 1, 2016 Scientists at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have been able to pinpoint for the first time what happens during a key manufacturing process of silicon solar …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:12 GMT

  NREL Reveals Potential for Capturing Waste Heat via Nanotubes

  April 4, 2016 A finely tuned carbon nanotube thin film has the potential to act as a thermoelectric power generator that captures and uses waste heat, according to researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:12 GMT

  NREL Demonstrates Light-Driven Process for Enzymatic Ammonia Production

  April 21, 2016 A new process using light to reduce dinitrogen into ammonia, the main ingredient in chemical fertilizers could inspire development of new, more sustainable processes that eliminate the energy-intensive, lengthier processes now commonly in …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:12 GMT

  NREL Theory Establishes a Path to High-Performance 2D Semiconductor Devices

  April 22, 2016 Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have uncovered a way to overcome a principal obstacle in using two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors in electronic and optoelectronic devices. 2D …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:12 GMT

  NREL Finds Nanotube Semiconductors Well-suited for PV Systems

  April 25, 2016 Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered single-walled carbon nanotube semiconductors could be favorable for photovoltaic systems because they can potentially convert sunlight to …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:12 GMT

  MEDIA ADVISORY: NREL Hosts Energy Department’s National Lab Impact Summit

  April 29, 2016 Media AdvisoryOn May 4, the Energy Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) will host an event at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to bring together the nation's public- and private-sector …

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• Published on May 14, 2016 - 21:12 GMT

  NREL’s Romero Chosen Top Young Professional in U.S.

  April 29, 2016 Rachel Romero, a building systems engineer at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has been named a 2016 New Faces of Engineering recipient by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air- …

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