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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:28:22 +0000
How Shifting Our Perception of Extreme Weather Can Aid Planning for a Reliable Wind- and Solar-Rich Power System From severe storms to recent unprecedented cold and heat waves, extreme weather events are impacting electric utilities, grid operators, and ultimately customers like never before. At the same time, the energy sources … [continued]
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