Energy Transitions

NREL supports energy transitions at city, state, national, and international levels working with government entities and other stakeholders to establish long-term energy visions and successfully implement efficient, renewable, and resilient energy solutions.

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Our Work

We increase the understanding of current and future interactions and roles of energy policies, markets, resources, technology systems and components, environmental impacts, and infrastructure related to energy transitions around the world. Our broad understanding and experience with the integrated nature of energy transitions uniquely positions us to support, analyze, and report on these transitions at varying scales.

Our system-of-systems approach allows for rigorous, thorough exploration of alternative energy scenarios. It enables unique analyses of large-scale simulations and ensembles of simulations.

We provide technology and policy analysis on various issues related to advancing worldwide energy transitions, reducing technology and market risks, and increasing resilience and security in the energy sector. Learn more about our technical analysis.

We also support the U.S. Department Energy's Energy Transformation in the U.S. Virgin Islands.