Making Solar Work for Everybody — How NREL Helps Envision A More Just Energy System

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:00:56 +0000

Analysts Share Tools for Communities, Tribes, and Jurisdictions Looking for Ways To Make Solar Energy Meet Their Needs Solar energy … [continued]

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The National Community Solar Partnership Summit

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 03:36:17 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office invites you to register for the annual National Community Solar Partnership … [continued]

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Request for Information: Receiver & Reactors for Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power Plants and Solar Industrial Process Heat

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 18:35:03 +0000

On January 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) issued a request for information … [continued]

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Solar On Businesses, Schools, & Other Non-Residential Buildings Affect Residential Adoption Trends

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 03:01:29 +0000

Previous research has shown that social influence can drive rooftop solar adoption. Research to date has primarily focused on influence … [continued]

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NREL Awards $1.8 Million in Second Round of Contracts To Support Development of Cheaper, More Efficient Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:39:13 +0000

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), has … [continued]

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Solar Prize Round 7 Semifinalists Bring Bold, Bright Ideas to Competition

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 22:52:54 +0000

20 Teams Win $50,000 and Move on to Set! Contest A new crop of semifinalists has been selected to move … [continued]

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American-Made Prize Accelerates Community Solar Initiatives Across the US

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 04:40:58 +0000

Round 2 of the Community Power Accelerator Prize Names 25 Phase 1 Winning Teams The American-Made Community Power Accelerator Prize, … [continued]

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Success Story: New Tool Connects Multiple Microgrids to Increase Community Resilience

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 23:15:16 +0000

To ensure continual power during an outage, communities and local energy planners can install microgrids, which have their own power sources … [continued]

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New Method Addresses Problem With Perovskite Solar Cells

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 14:54:12 +0000

NREL Researchers Provide Growth Approach That Boosts Efficiency, Stability A new approach to manufacturing perovskite solar cells has addressed previous problems and yielded devices with high efficiency and excellent stability, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) report in the new issue of the journal Science. Developing highly stable and efficient perovskites based on a […]

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Researchers Bring More Reliable Electricity to Puerto Rican Microgrids

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 01:49:58 +0000

Oak Ridge National Laboratory are partnering with local organizations, nonprofits and universities to build resilience into independent microgrids

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