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Impacts of Federal Tax Credit Extensions on Renewable Deployment and Power Sector Emissions
Executive SummaryFederal tax credits for renewable energy (RE) have served as one of the primary financial incentives for RE deployment over the last two decades in the United States. In December ...
NREL Report Shows U.S. Solar Photovoltaic Costs Continuing to Fall in 2016
NREL U.S. PV system cost benchmarks, from the fourth quarter of 2009 to the first quarter of 2016The modeled costs to install solar photovoltaic (PV) systems continued to decline in the first quarter ...
NREL releases report on testing electric vehicles to optimize their performance with power grids
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have released a technical report that could help improve the performance of electric vehicles (EVs) and the efficiency of the electric utility grids that power them.The report documents a series of test procedures designed to enable engineers, designers and utilities to evaluate the performance of various EVs and hybrids to optimize how they connect with electric utility grids today – and “smart grids”...
NREL Industry Growth Forum Attracts Clean Energy Entrepreneurs and Investors
Thirty clean energy companies will present their business cases to a panel of investors and industry experts Oct. 28 and 29 in Denver, as the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) hosts its annual Industry Growth Forum. The 30 emerging clean energy startup companies were selected through an application and review process and will compete for the 2014 NREL Clean Energy Venture Awards. For more than 20 years, NREL’s Industry Growth Forum has been the nation’s premier...
Helping cleantech start-ups with strategic messaging
The Colorado Center for Renewable Energy Economic Development (CREED) at U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) invites cleantech entrepreneurs to attend the next event in its Entrepreneur Series. The Dec. 8 class, “Strategic Messaging: Finding the Words to Win,” will help cleantech entrepreneurs learn how to craft language about their companies that can be used in pitches, press releases, and on websites. “If there`s one thing we know about entrepreneurs,...
NREL Director Announces His Retirement
Dr. Dan E. Arvizu today announced that he intends to retire at the end of September from his role as the Director and Chief Executive of the Energy Department`s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado. Arvizu also expects to retire as President of Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, at the end of September. Alliance manages NREL on behalf of the Energy Department. Arvizu has held the role of laboratory director at NREL since January 2005. "NREL`s work is critical to DOE`s mission...
NREL names new deputy lab director for science and technology
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has appointed Dana C. Christensen as its new Deputy Laboratory Director for Science and Technology. Dr. Christensen comes to NREL from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he has been Associate Laboratory Director for Energy and Engineering Services. Dr. Christensen’s “depth and breadth of energy science and management experience will be of great value as NREL accelerates its efforts to develop important new clean energy...
