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Dec. 3, 2024
NREL is seeking applicants for its 2025 Executive Energy Leadership Program—otherwise known as Energy Execs.
Nov. 13, 2024
Energy stored in thermochemical materials can effectively heat indoor spaces, particularly in humid regions, according to researchers with NREL.
Sept. 16, 2024
NREL broke ground today on its new Energy Materials and Processing at Scale (EMAPS) facility on the east side of its South Table Mountain Campus in Golden, Colorado.
Sept. 10, 2024
The economic impact of NREL topped $1.9 billion nationwide in fiscal year 2023, according to a study by the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
Aug. 22, 2024
Researchers at NREL see a realistic path forward to the manufacture of bio-derivable wind blades that can be chemically recycled and the components reused, ending the practice of old blades winding up in landfills at the end of their useful life.
July 23, 2024
Researchers working at the forefront of an emerging photovoltaic technology are thinking ahead about how to scale, deploy, and design future solar panels to be easily recyclable.
July 1, 2024
A research effort led by scientists at NREL has made advances that could enable a broader range of currently unimagined optoelectronic devices.
June 5, 2024
NREL has selected 18 leaders to participate in its 2024 Executive Energy Leadership program.
May 3, 2024
NREL gave awards to eight top cleantech innovators at the 2024 NREL Industry Growth Forum on May 1–3, 2024, the most honors ever awarded during the annual event.
May 2, 2024
Researchers at NREL have successfully leveraged robotic assistance in the manufacture of wind turbine blades, allowing for the potential to improve the consistency of the product.
April 25, 2024
The use of femtosecond lasers to form glass-to-glass welds for solar modules would make the panels easier to recycle, according to a proof-of-concept study conducted by researchers at NREL.
Feb. 21, 2024
Participants in a workshop organized by NREL agree on the importance of mitigating degradation rates for the continuing rollout of clean technologies.
Feb. 20, 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory announced the list of 40 presenters for the 2024 NREL Industry Growth Forum today.
Feb. 12, 2024
Millions of U.S. households would benefit from heat pumps, but the cost of installing the technology needs to come down to make their use a more attractive proposition, according to researchers at NREL.
Jan. 16, 2024
NREL has chosen JE Dunn Construction with its design partner SmithGroup to design and build a new research facility on the east side of its South Table Mountain Campus in Golden, Colorado.
Jan. 9, 2024
People who own electric vehicles are more likely to go a step further and add solar panels to their home, according to an analysis of a behavioral study by researchers at NREL.
Jan. 5, 2024
A multidisciplinary approach has enabled researchers with NREL to quantitatively define the relative positioning and arrangement of the polymers in Populus wood and to create a computer model that details the findings.
Jan. 2, 2024
The HelioCon Annual Report: 2023 provides detailed information on progress the Heliostat Consortium team has made since its founding.
