Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
October 24, 2023
Via: CleanTechnicaThe U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is preparing to unveil a database containing the results of exposure experiments on solar reflectors conducted over more than four decades. The publicly available Solar Mirror Materials Database (SMMD) will […]
April 20, 2023
Via: Tech XploreSnacks: Check. Road trip tunes: Check. An interactive map showing electric vehicle charging stations at the national park you are visiting: Check, check, and check. As electric vehicle (EV) adoption grows—and tourism to U.S. national parks skyrockets—many visitors to the […]
Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy
March 22, 2023
Via: Renewable Energy WorldA concept developed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) may simplify the process to manufacture perovskite solar cells, possibly accelerating the path toward the technology’s commercialization. Perovskite solar cells are made by depositing various layers onto a conductive glass […]
Commercialization, Renewable Energy
December 19, 2022
Via: Renewable Energy WorldThe National Renewable Energy Laboratory said it plans to award $2.9 million to 11 manufacturers of small- and medium-scale wind turbine technology through its Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP). The awards are intended to help manufacturers of wind turbines less than […]
Commercialization, Renewable Energy
May 18, 2022
Via: Renewable Energy WorldA solar cell developed by researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has achieved a record 39.5% efficiency under 1-sun global illumination — the highest efficiency solar cell of any type, measured under the same conditions. The accomplishment tops […]
May 6, 2022
Via: Renewable Energy WorldPerovskite materials may hold the potential to play an important role in a process to produce hydrogen in a renewable manner, according to analysis from scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The NREL team analyzed an emerging water-splitting […]
Commercialization, Renewable Energy
April 4, 2022
Via: Renewable Energy WorldThe U.S. offshore wind industry is off and running. While the industry remains in its infancy and virtually no commercial-scale offshore wind farms are in operation in U.S. waters, there appears to be enough committed capacity to reach President Joe […]
Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
January 24, 2022
Via: Renewable Energy WorldEDP Renewables North America said it finished a repowering project at the Blue Canyon II Wind Farm in Carnegie, Oklahoma. The company said 73 of Blue Canyon II’s 84 turbines were repowered, along with each turbine’s nacelle, blades and top […]
April 30, 2021
Via: Renewable Energy WorldThere are 2,600 megawatts of solar power capacity installed in the U.S. today that can be considered community solar, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). That is a little less than 5% of all […]
Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy
August 25, 2017
Via: Energy Manager TodayA discovery by two scientists at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) could aid the development of next-generation semiconductor devices. The researchers, Kwangwook Park and Kirstin Alberi, experimented with integrating two dissimilar semiconductors into a heterostructure by using […]
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