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According to project lead Jonathan Keller, senior engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory the technology is meeting design projections and working as researchers expected.

The program, known simply as LDRD, promotes innovations in science and technology.

Editor’s note: Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) teamed up with the wind industry at the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) to study the flight patterns of two eagles. Data collected will lead to the development of systems to better detect birds and prevent collisions with turbines. Here is information from NREL Project Manager, Kelly Yaker, as…

The act extended the solar and wind tax credit deadlines by five years from their prior scheduled expiration dates, but included ramp downs in tax credit value during the latter years of the five-year period.

The analysis finds that, in both natural gas price cases, tax credit extensions can spur renewable capacity investments at least through the early 2020s, and can help lower CO2emissions from the U.S. electricity system.

The study’s results show wind energy is highly effective at reducing carbon pollution while also protecting ratepayers against fuel price increases, a critical message for states and utilities as they begin to craft plans to reduce emissions to comply with EPA’s Clean Power Plan.

A new study estimates that $2.2 billion in benefits came from reduced greenhouse gas emissions and $5.2 billion from reductions in other air pollution for state renewable portfolio standard (RPS) policies operating in 2013.

NODES project teams will develop technologies that coordinate load and generation on the electric grid to create a virtual energy storage system.

Published annually by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on behalf of the Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Data Book illustrates United States and global energy statistics, including renewable electricity generation, renewable energy development, clean energy investments, and technology-specific data and trends.

The Energy Department recently released the 2015 Revolution…Now report, detailing the state of several clean energy technologies available today in the United States, which provide technology solutions to climate change.

Editor’s Note: Analysts at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) devised a new method for measuring the economic potential of renewable energy across the United States. By applying this method, the NREL has found that renewable generation is economically viable in many parts of the country primarily because of declining technology costs. Here is a press release on their…

Nika Durham and Anya Breitenbach / NREL Every day, lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are used safely in millions of cell phones, laptops, and electric-drive vehicles (EVs). At the same time, Li-ion batteries have a tendency to overheat in very rare occasions, which has led to electronics product recalls and the grounding of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner airplane…

Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) is a multi-year, U.S. Department of Energy research initiative with the goal of reducing wind-power project costs through an improved, physics-based understanding of the wind plant operating environment through advanced modeling and simulation capability. According to the research initiative, better insight into flow physics has the potential to reduce energy losses…

Dr. Daniel Laird will join the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory on Oct. 12 as director of the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC), the country’s premier wind energy technology research facility. Laird, who earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Madison-Wisconsin, is relocating from the Energy Department’s Sandia National Laboratories in…

Editor’s note: This modest event might be of interest to wind advocates because the hydrogen used will probably electrolyzed from water using power ideally generated by Colorado wind. The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) held a dedication ceremony for its 700 bar hydrogen fueling station, the first of its kind in Colorado, on…

The Forum will feature business presentations from 30 clean energy start-ups, networking opportunities, panels and speakers featuring industry experts Thirty clean energy companies will present their business cases to a panel of investors and industry experts Nov. 3 and 4 in Denver, Colorado, as the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) hosts its annual…

Editor’s Note: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is collaborating with Norway company, Statoil, for the development of what could be the world’s first multi-turbine floating offshore wind structure. The following article, written by Sheri Anstedt, provides more details and is reprinted with permission from the NREL.   A recent study performed by the National Wind…

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and AWS Truepower recently released maps that illustrate the potential for wind-energy development using more advanced wind turbine technologies. Wind resource maps are one tool wind industry professionals use in the early stages of wind project planning to understand the potential for wind development in a region. Because stronger…

Editor’s Note: The article posted here was originally posted on NREL’s Newsroom by Anya Breitenbach. Breitenbach examines battery second use (B2U) strategies that may be able to offset expenses for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). For more information on B2U strategies, click this link. Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) have the potential to dramatically drive down consumption of…

The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announces five new partnerships that will award up to $6.5 million in federal funds to technical teams throughout the country. The cost-shared projects with industry, universities, and other stakeholders will address the challenge of enabling the nation’s electric grid to handle increasing amounts of renewable energy. NREL is…