Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) is the U.S. Department of Energy's advanced research platform to validate our future integrated energy system with increasing integration of renewables, storage, and interactive loads at a size and scale that matters.

Aerial view of ARIES platform on NREL Flatirons Campus

Are Carbon-Free Energy Systems Possible? NREL Has a Way To Find Out

Live power experiments using NREL's ARIES platform solve future energy challenges in the present

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Fast Flow Future for Heavy-Duty Hydrogen Trucks

June 8, 2022

NREL Builds Out National Capability To De-Risk Big Changes in Grid Infrastructure

April 28, 2022

NREL and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Demonstrate Multi-Lab Capabilities in Live Demonstration

Feb. 10, 2022

Landmark Demonstration Shows How Common Wind Turbine Can Provide Fundamental Grid Stability

Jan. 14, 2022

Clean Energy to Communities In-Depth Partnerships

NREL's capabilities, such as the ARIES research platform, support a new set of in-depth partnership teams recently announced by the U.S. Department of Energy.

ARIES Impacts

Read examples of how communities, companies, governments, and other energy leaders are making an impact using the ARIES platform to achieve their energy transition goals.

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Capabilities

Aerial view of the hydrogen infrastructure and grid integration research pads at National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) Flatirons Campus.

The ARIES platform is supported by the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.