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Showing releases 1-17 out of 17.
Public Release: 9-Jul-2013
NREL research earns 3 prestigious R&D 100 Awards A new energy-efficient approach to building occupancy detection, a better way to detect heat loss in electric-vehicle batteries and a high-efficiency silicon solar cell – all developed or advanced at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory -- have been named among this year's most significant innovations by R&D Magazine. 
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 25-Jun-2013
DOE, NREL announce new research center to boost clean energy technologies on a smarter grid The Energy Department and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory today announced the Energy Systems Integration Facility in Golden, Colorado, as the latest Energy Department user facility and the only one in the nation focused on utility-scale clean energy grid integration. The facility's first industry partner -- Colorado-based Advanced Energy Industries -- has already signed on to start work at ESIF, developing lower cost, better performing solar power inverters.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 25-Jun-2013
IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists ConferenceNREL reports 31.1 percent efficiency for III-V solar cell The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Lab has announced a world record of 31.1 percent conversion efficiency for a two-junction solar cell under one sun of illumination.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 25-Jun-2013
NREL drives toward the future with fuel cell EVs Efforts currently underway at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory are contributing to rapid progress in the research, development and testing of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
 Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesNovel enzyme from tiny gribble could prove a boon for biofuels research Researchers from the United Kingdom, the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the University of Kentucky have recently published a paper describing a novel cellulose-degrading enzyme from a marine wood borer Limnoria quadripunctata, commonly known as the gribble.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 11-Jun-2013
NREL teams with Navy, private industry to make jet fuel from switchgrass The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory is partnering with Cobalt Technologies, U.S. Navy, and Show Me Energy Cooperative to demonstrate that jet fuel can be made economically and in large quantities from a renewable biomass feedstock such as switch grass.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 11-Jun-2013
NREL adds eyes, brains to occupancy detection It's a gnawing frustration of modern office life. You're sitting quietly -- too quietly -- in an office or carrel, and suddenly the lights go off.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 21-May-2013
Solar and lithium ion car race winners announced Ninety-seven teams from 28 Colorado schools participated in today's car competitions hosted by the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The student teams raced solar and lithium ion powered vehicles they designed and built themselves.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 14-May-2013
Saudi Arabia looks to NREL for solar monitoring expertise Saudi Arabia is planning to move aggressively into renewable energy, with plans to install more solar and wind power in the next 20 years than the rest of the world has installed to date. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is working with the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory for training and expertise in measuring its solar resource.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 7-May-2013
NREL quantifies significant value in concentrating solar power Researchers from the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory have quantified the significant value that concentrating solar power plants can add to an electric grid.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 7-May-2013
Energy & Environmental ScienceCombining strategies speeds the work of enzymes Enzymes could break down cell walls faster -- leading to less expensive biofuels for transportation -- if two enzyme systems are brought together in an industrial setting, new research by the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory suggests.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 7-May-2013
NREL staff recognized for breakthrough technologies The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently recognized the professionals behind the lab's greatest innovations from the past year during its Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer Awards.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 16-Apr-2013
Nature MaterialsNREL and partners demonstrate quantum dots that assemble themselves Scientists from the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and other labs have demonstrated a process whereby quantum dots can self-assemble at optimal locations in nanowires, a breakthrough that could improve solar cells, quantum computing, and lighting devices. A paper on the new technology, "Self-assembled Quantum Dots in a Nanowire System for Quantum Photonics," appears in the current issue of the scientific journal Nature Materials.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 16-Apr-2013
Scientific ReportsNREL and Stanford team up on peel-and-stick solar cells It may be possible soon to charge cell phones, change the tint on windows, or power small toys with peel-and-stick versions of solar cells, thanks to a partnership between Stanford University and the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. A scientific paper, "Peel and Stick: Fabricating Thin Film Solar Cells on Universal Substrates," appears in the online version of Scientific Reports, a subsidiary of the British scientific journal Nature.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 16-Apr-2013
NREL survey shows dramatic improvement in B100 biodiesel quality The latest national survey of 100 percent biodiesel "blend stock" samples by the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory found that 95% of the samples from 2011-12 met ASTM International fuel quality specifications. The ASTM standards serve as guidelines for industry and are designed to ensure quality at the pump for consumers -- along with reliable operation of the nation's vehicles powered by biodiesel blends.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 9-Apr-2013
NREL employees lauded by industry peers Employees of the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory were recently recognized by industry peers for their work in grid integration, industry advancement and electrochemistry. NREL was also named an Outstanding Large Company by IEEE.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 9-Apr-2013
NREL launches initiative to build solar performance database The US Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory has launched an initiative to build an open-source database of real-world performance from solar facilities across the country. As part of DOE's SunShot Initiative, the Open Solar Performance and Reliability Clearinghouse will give the private market tools to develop investment vehicles to tap low-cost public capital.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
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