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NREL Partners With Chilkat Indian Village To Improve Housing in Klukwan, Alaska

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A team of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers and Tribal staff gathered around the wood stove in Charlie Spud’s home, trying to figure out why it was not drawing air. “Every time I turn on the bath fan, the stove backdrafts,” said Spud, 61, who built the home 13 … [continued]

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Microgrids Could Enhance Grid Resilience

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NREL Researcher’s Personal Experience Inspires His Passion To Improve Local Grid Resilience This installment of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) Tell Me Something Grid series features Rory McIlmoil, a researcher in NREL’s Grid Planning and Analysis Center. McIlmoil shares how microgrids could unlock greater grid resilience in the wake of … [continued]

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