Editor’s note: This modest event might be of interest to wind advocates because the hydrogen used will probably electrolyzed from water using power ideally generated by Colorado wind. The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) held a dedication ceremony for its 700 bar hydrogen fueling station, the first of its kind in Colorado, on
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Editor’s note: Those designing power-storage facilities may find value in this software from NREL. While upfront costs of lithium-ion batteries must be significantly cut for electric vehicles (EVs) to reach a wider audience, lifespan optimization and synergistic business approaches offer additional ways to make EVs more affordable. NREL’s new Battery Lifetime Analysis and Simulation Tool (BLAST) suite
Wind energy is so close to achieving cost parity with fossil fuels that just a little extra efficiency is all that is likely needed to push it into the mainstream and past the Energy Department’s goal of 20% wind energy by 2030. That extra efficiency may be realized with the help of a software developed
Editor’s note: This article should be of interest to the wind industry because the hydrogen needed by fuel cell vehicles will likely be from electrolysis, and the dc power to drive the electrolyzers will most efficiently come from wind generated power. A new project led by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and
The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has licensed its Equivalent Circuit Battery Model to software developer ThermoAnalytics for use in its recently updated RadTherm software package. The model is a part of the Battery Module within RadTherm, which is used by engineers to simulate the performance of battery cells and optimize multi-cell pack
The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) has announced that a project at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is among 22 projects that will receive funding to develop transformational electric vehicle (EV) energy storage systems using innovative chemistries, architectures and designs. ARPA-E’s new program, Robust Affordable Next Generation Energy Storage Systems
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has launched a new tool and redesigned DOE’s Alternative Fuels Data Center Web site to help fleet managers, municipalities, and consumers choose from a wide variety of alternative fuels and energy efficiency strategies for reducing petroleum use, vehicle emissions, and operating costs. The AFDC’s […]
A web application collects cost and performance estimates for electric generation, advanced vehicles, and renewable fuel technologies and makes them available for utilities, policy makers, consumers, and academics. The Transparent Cost Database (TCD) application (an app) provides cost and performance estimates that can be used to benchmark company costs, model energy scenarios, and inform research and development […]
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected HP and Intel to provide an energy efficient, high-performance computer (HPC) system dedicated to energy-systems integration, renewable-energy research, and energy-efficiency technologies. The $10 million HPC system will reside at the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF), under construction on the Golden, Colorado, campus. The computer will expand NREL’s […]
