Tag: NREL
Energy Storage Exists, & It’s Coming For Your Fossil Fuels
With an assist from energy storage, concentrating solar power gets a reboot for commercial and industrial applications.
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An Elegy for NREL and the Passing of America’s Renewable Compass
The erasure of the word “Renewable” from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory marks the end—or hopefully just an interruption—of a long and consequential chapter in energy history. Renaming it as the National Laboratory of the Rockies doesn’t change the buildings in Golden or the servers in ESIF or the unfinished … [continued]
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Can Your Wave Energy Technology Survive the Ocean?
How a Forthcoming Modeling Tool Could Help Developers Rapidly Assess the Potential of Any Floating Device Can your technology triumph in the ocean? Ask SEA-Stack. True to its name, this one-of-a-kind, free, open-source tool combines (or stacks) multiple wave energy modeling capabilities into one user-friendly package. With SEA-Stack, wave energy … [continued]
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A Phyto Finish: Could Seaweed Be Mined for Critical Minerals?
Some Seaweeds Accumulate Critical Minerals. NREL Scientists Are Studying Which Ones Do It Best Seaweed: the phyto(mining) frontier? Puns aside, seaweed is emerging as a surprising mining source. NREL chemist Stefanie Van Wychen and a team of five departed Juneau, Alaska, on an early spring—and surprisingly green—April morning. The crew … [continued]
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Blue State Steps Up To Save US Farms With Solar Power
New Jersey is among the US states pursuing dual-use solar power (aka agrivoltaics) to help farmers keep farming while adding a reliable new source of revenue to their property.
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