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U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon to Visit NREL on Aug. 24

Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon will visit the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on Wednesday, August 24 at 2:30 p.m. The Secretary General will learn about NREL’s International efforts including meeting key staff and researchers who contributed to the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on ...

Aug. 22, 2011

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Department of Energy to Provide $30 Million for Fusion Research on International Facilities

Recently (3/8), the U.S. Department of Energy announced a plan to provide $30 million for experimental research on magnetic fusion energy science at international fusion facilities known as tokamaks. The research will be conducted by U.S. scientists on existing facilities in the European Union, South Korea, and other countries that have existing bilateral agreements with the United ...

Mar. 11, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

DOE to Build Next-Generation Supercomputer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) Center has signed a contract with Cray for NERSC's next-generation supercomputer, a pre-exascale machine slated to be delivered in 2020. Named "Perlmutter," in honor of Berkeley Lab's Nobel Prize winning astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter, it is the ...

Oct. 31, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Sandia National Laboratories’ Stanley Atcitty Wins Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Dr. Stanley Atcitty, an energy storage systems researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, has been named a winner of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). President Obama named 13 U.S. Department of Energy-funded researchers as recipients of the award which is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers, who are ...

Jul. 24, 2012

By US Department of Energy

NREL staff donates more than 1,000 pounds of food for the needy

Employees at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) donated enough food in a recent drive to feed 50 adults and 100 children for a week. “It was a fantastic turnout,” Erika Echols, NREL’s staff council president, said. “Our executive managers set up a booth and boxed all the food that was contributed. We had 24 more boxes than we ...

Jul. 5, 2012

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Denver Post names NREL as a top work place

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been recognized by the Denver Post as a “2013 Top Work Place.” NREL is one of only 15 large Denver-area employers selected this year. “I am very gratified that we were nominated by one of our employees for this award,” NREL Director Dan Arvizu said. “The fact that 75% of our staff ...

Apr. 17, 2013

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Showcase

Adding It Up: 3D-Printed Blade Parts Can Help Take Wind Power to the Next Level

GE has been 3D printing parts for jet engines and gas turbines. In the recent years, the technology also entered another field: wind power. GE Renewable Energy, together with leading research centers, national labs and key industrial partners, has been testing such new manufacturing technologies and materials on large components like wind turbine towers 3D-printed from concrete - and more ...

Feb. 23, 2021

By GE Renewable Energy

DOE Laboratories Sign Memorandum of Understanding For Innovative Coal Research

Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories with energy research expertise are joining forces to pursue research on new ways to use coal to create innovative high-value products. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed today (3/6) by representatives of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) at NETL's Pittsburgh site. DOE ...

Mar. 7, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

National Lab Day: How the National Labs Keep Moving America Forward

Do you love science? The Department of Energy does. In fact, the Department is the single largest funder of basic research in the physical sciences in the nation. This research spans the Energy Department’s 17 National Labs. The National Labs are a national treasure. They perform groundbreaking scientific research -- from game-changing advancements in solar energy to supercomputer ...

Sep. 17, 2014

By US Department of Energy

NREL Launches Electrification Futures Study Series

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is spearheading the Electrification Futures Study, a research collaboration to explore the impacts of widespread electrification in all U.S. economic sectors commercial and residential buildings, transportation, and industry.Over the next two years, NREL and its research partners Electric Power Research Institute, Evolved ...

Jan. 9, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

NREL Seeks National Executive Energy Leadership Academy Participants for 2015

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is accepting applications for its 2015 Executive Energy Leadership Academy. NREL's Executive Energy Leadership Academy, also known as Energy Execs, is a program which enables decision-makers throughout the country to learn about renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, analytical tools and financing. Leaders in the ...

Dec. 15, 2014

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

NREL employees significantly increase their community support

For the second year in a row, employees of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) pledged significantly more to community organizations during its annual charitable giving campaign this holiday season. For 2011, employees have committed more than $430,000 to the Partnership for Colorado and Mile High United Way, a significant increase over the ...

Dec. 17, 2010

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Helping cleantech start-ups with employee compensation

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 Oct. 20 class, “How do you pay your CEO,” will help cleantech entrepreneurs determine how to compensate a team, particularly when the company is ...

Oct. 17, 2011

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

NREL Details Great Potential for Floating PV Systems

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers estimate that installing floating solar photovoltaics on the more than 24,000 man-made U.S. reservoirs could generate about 10 percent of the nation’s annual electricity production. Their findings, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, reveal for the first time the potential for floating PV to produce ...

Jan. 7, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

NREL Research Proves Switchable Solar Window Works, Now Focus Moves to Making it Work Better

A year after Lance Wheeler attracted international attention for his research detailing a window that could both darken and generate electricity, he's starting over almost from scratch. "Our way was the easiest to get to the goal of making a switchable energy-generating window," said Wheeler, a research scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory ...

Jan. 21, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

NREL growth forum features 34 clean energy companies

Thirty-four clean energy companies, including five Colorado companies, will gather in Denver Oct. 19-21 to present their clean energy business cases to a panel of national venture capitalists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory 23rd Industry Growth Forum. In addition to the business case presentations, a comprehensive agenda of speakers and in-depth ...

Oct. 13, 2010

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

NREL Seeks Participants for 2016 National Executive Energy Leadership Program

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is now accepting applications for its 2016 Executive Energy Leadership Program. NREL's Executive Energy Leadership Program, also known as Energy Execs, provides non-technical business, governmental, and community leaders throughout the country an opportunity to learn about renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, ...

Feb. 23, 2016

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Strategic energy analysis institute to hold annual meeting

The Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA), a transdisciplinary global research group focused on the nexus of energy, environment, finance and society, headquartered at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), will address transformational trends in the global energy economy at its annual meeting, March 7-8 in Golden, Colo. The second ...

Mar. 5, 2012

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Statement from U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz on New Leadership at NREL

“The Department of Energy welcomes Dr. Martin Keller as the new director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Martin’s track record in building links between the basic sciences and our Nation’s energy challenges will help NREL reinforce its place as the world’s leading laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. “I ...

Oct. 20, 2015

By US Department of Energy

NREL`s Alex Zunger wins prestigious Tomassoni Physics prize and science medal

Dr. Alex Zunger, a Research Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy"s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has been awarded two prestigious scientific honors - the 2010 Tomassoni Physics Prize and the Science Medal of Scola Physica Romana. These international prizes are administered by the University of Rome, Italy. Dr. Zunger will receive the honors in a ceremony on June 14 at the University ...

Jun. 11, 2010

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

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