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The Basalt Vista community, nestled high in the mountains in Basalt, Colorado, is about to get a whole lot smarter in the pursuit of energy efficiency and renewable energy integration.The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is…

With more variable renewables on the grid, hydropower could have new importance as a reliable baseline resource. However, the U.S. hydropower fleet is not fully up to the challenges from modern threats such as cybersecurity.With support…

Incorporating energy efficiency measures can reduce the amount of storage needed to power the nation’s buildings entirely with renewable energy, according to analysis conducted by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s)…

Today at COP26, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Special Presidential Envoy John Kerry launched the Net Zero World Initiative together with ministers from Argentina, Chile, Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Ukraine, leaders…

U.S. data storage technologies, like hard-disk drives (HDDs), contain imported rare-Earth elements in their magnets. As the demand for data storage increases, the supply of critical materials will become more limited.Currently, 20 to 70…

The U.S. Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) program has honored Kate Anderson of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for her leadership and achievement in the field of renewable…

Like many others, Luigi Gentile Polese was drawn to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) by its mission and values. With a passion for energy and the environment, this innovator did not see an ambiguous job posting as a…

In 2007, Riccardo Bracho decided to retire and play golf. The equities and fixed-income investment manager had been overseeing international hedge funds in Boulder, Colorado, at the time and wasn't feeling fulfilled.However, Bracho's…

There is no single definition for long-duration energy storage, or LDES, in the energy community. For some, it refers to storage systems that can provide at least 10 hours of stored energy. For others, it refers to storage systems that…

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced two grand-prize winners of the Water Resource Recovery Prize, which is run by DOE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office and administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).…