NREL's Top Stories of 2024 (Text Version)

 

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NREL’s 2024 Top News Stories.

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NREL Is Simulating Sustainable Aviation Fuel Combustion. Computational science and fuels and combustion researchers teamed up on combustion model simulations.

Benefits of Heat Pumps Outlined in New NREL Report. Millions of homes could benefit today, but the installation costs keep the technology out of reach.

BatMan Project Revolutionizes Battery Manufacturing. An NREL project has developed a laser patterning process to alter the microstructure of battery electrode materials.

 NREL Collaborates on $15M Effort To Commercialize CO₂ Removal. NREL is supporting a multilaboratory effort to improve CO₂ removal technologies.

The Solution to Energy Storage May Be Beneath Your Feet. Thermal energy storage shows promise as a low-cost alternative to existing energy storage technologies.

NREL Shows Live Grid Impacts From the Solar Eclipse.

The (In)Visible Plastic Pollution Problem. The WaterPACT project is developing technologies to detect, quantify, and collect plastic from U.S. waterways.

How To Power the South Pole With Renewable Energy Technologies.

NREL Advances Method for Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades. A resin made from biomass enables chemical recycling at the end of a useful lifespan.

National Transmission Analysis Maps Next Chapter of US Grid Evolution. A multiyear study identifies solutions to help revamp the U.S. power grid to support the next generation of transmission needs.

Read these stories and more by visiting NREL.gov/news.

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