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Albuquerque Journal
March 17, 2018
The NSF previously awarded a $225,000 phase I grant in 2016, allowing UbiQD to test and validate its technology at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado. ADVERTISEMENT. Those studies showed photovoltaic efficiency for the quantum-dot windows, which captured about 50 percent ofÃâà...
POWER magazine
March 17, 2018
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located in beautiful Golden, Colorado, is a leader in the U.S. Department of Energy's effort to secure an energy future for the nation that is environmentally and economically sustainable. Technology Transfer and Agreement Specialist. Job Req R2967.
Denver Business Journal
March 17, 2018
Companies gunning for a piece of Xcel Energy Inc.'s massive purchase of new power supplies include big names in the energy industry — including Tesla, which in 2017 offered to build a giant battery capable of churning out 75 megawatts of power for four hours, the Denver Business Journal hasÃâà...
ThinkGeoEnergy
March 17, 2018
The DOE, through the EERE, ARPA-E, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and other national labs, have been instrumental in the research, development and deployment of many important electric power innovations. Investments made through the Office of EERE and the individual technologyÃâà...
Chemistry World
March 16, 2018
One of my favourite graphics is a visual paean to scientific and technological progress. Curated by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory, it charts all of the record-breaking efficiencies of various kinds of photovoltaic cells, noting where and when they were achieved. Most of the lines on the graphÃâà...
FactCheck.org
March 15, 2018
Coal's carbon footprint is almost 90 times larger than that of wind energy, and the footprint of natural gas is more than 40 times larger, according to the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Zinke also said wind energy kills “as many as 750,000 birds a year.” This estimate is high,Ãâà...
Denver Business Journal
March 14, 2018
Democrat Noel Ginsburg, the CEO of Intertech Plastics, called the goal “interesting” but unlikely based on his discussions with experts at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden and environmental advocates. “It's important that we don't look at bold promises and take them at face value.
Power Engineering Magazine
March 9, 2018
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory released a video demonstrating its wind turbine blade testing capabilities. The facility conducts structural research with servo-hydraulic equipment and data acquisition systems to ensure blades live up to the International Electrotechnical Commission 61400-23Ãâà...
Biomass Magazine
March 8, 2018
Word of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's deep transportation web development expertise recently sparked interest in the United States' neighbor to the north, kicking off a collaborative international effort to launch a powerful new alternative fueling station tool on the other side of the border.
MIT News
March 1, 2018
At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Adcock leveraged field data to improve a wind farm model; at Navigant Consulting, she assessed grid modernization efforts; at Tesla Motors, she analyzed vehicle data to improve reliability; and at Natel Energy, she designed components for a novelÃâà...
pv magazine USA
March 1, 2018
A study by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) offers recommendations that can reduce the levelized cost of electricity of PV in the residential market from an estimated $0.151/kilowatt-hour (kWh) in 2017 down to $0.05/kWh by 2030. The study notes theÃâà...
Utility Products
March 1, 2018
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) selected a microgrid control system from Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) for installation in their Energy Systems Integration Facility. The choice was made following a 21-week microgrid control and cybersecurityÃâà...
The Express Tribune
February 28, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The United States would explore ways and means to assist the Power Division in establishing Pakistan's first renewable energy institute and share expertise of the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory to help it work in line with international standards, the US envoy said. “The US willÃâà...
Greentech Media
February 28, 2018
A new study by researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in collaboration with Clean Energy Group, a Vermont-based nonprofit, finds that “accounting for the cost of electric grid power outages can change the breakeven point for PV and storage system investment.” In a summaryÃâà...
Motherboard
February 27, 2018
A 2012 report commissioned by the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory claimed that the US could meet 80 percent of its electricity needs with renewable energy by 2050. Likewise, a 2016 study published in Nature found that it is possible to reduce 80 percent of US carbonÃâà...
Phys.Org
February 13, 2018
Modeled installed system costs of PV at time of roof replacement and new construction as compared to NREL's 2017 Q1 benchmark. Credit: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Leveraging cost-reduction opportunities in the roof replacement or new construction markets for residential photovoltaic (PV)Ãâà...
Daily Energy Insider
February 9, 2018
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently promoted Katherine Young, a senior geothermal analyst and engineer in the lab's Strategic Energy Analysis Center, to laboratory program manager for geothermal energy. Katherine Young. In her new role,Ãâà...
The Denver Post
January 31, 2018
If the cut goes forward, it would weaken the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, the agency's primary facility for this kind of research. Currently, the laboratory employs about 1,700 workers and hundreds of contractors, interns and visiting researchers, who all contribute to the facility's missionÃâà...
