Research

NREL offers partners unrivaled clean energy market expertise and deep technology and policy knowledge to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies and transformation of the global energy sector.

Behavioral Science

Examining energy systems, the built environment, and mobility options among populations.

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Decision Science and Informatics

Enabling decision makers with rigorous, technology-neutral, data-backed decision support to maximize the impact of efficiency, renewable energy, and resiliency investments.

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Energy Goal Support

Supporting partners through an integrated system-of-systems approach that addresses the technical, policy, social, and economic barriers to change.

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Technology and Market Risk Reduction

Evaluating potential technical and market impacts of emerging technologies and validating the performance and operation prior to commercialization.