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"Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden, formerly known as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, is also shedding workers.
The lab first opened at the Solar Energy Research Institution in 1977 to help the nation cope with the ongoing global energy crisis.
Today, its employees study everything from energy efficiency windows to hydrogen-powered trucks and cutting-edge geothermal energy systems."
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"Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden, formerly known as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, is also shedding workers."
This news feels like a gut punch.
The National Renewable Energy Lab has been an invaluable and irreplaceable resource for me during my career in renewable energy.
Their work has contributed to improving the quality and performance of wind, solar, batteries, EVs, transmission, and more.
I've relied on their Systems Advisor Model to simulate the performance of renewable energy projects, on their load models to design a microgrid in Africa, and on their various reports on technology to make better informed decisions.
I hope the workers laid off land on their feet and find some way to continue their invaluable contributions to the energy transition.
https://www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/nrel-layoffs-2026/
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National Lab of the Rockies, formerly #NREL, lays off more than 130 employees https://www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/nrel-layoffs-2026/
Erst wird das ehemalige „nation’s premier research center focused on green energy“ umbenannt, dann langsam ausgehöhlt … Wobei … langsam ist es nicht … -
'In a move that is only surprising for the length of time it took them to make it, the Trump administration has announced that it is renaming the famed National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to excise any mention of the dreaded “renewable energy”.
In a statement published on Monday, the US Department of Energy (DoE) – which is currently being led by Chris Wright, a former oil industry chief who maintains that climate science is a hoax – announced that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory would now be renamed the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR).' https://reneweconomy.com.au/trump-administration-removes-the-word-renewables-from-world-famous-nrel/ #NREL #innovation #research #science #renewables #solar #uspol #uslaw
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"beyond renewables"
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) the National Laboratory of the Rockies.
https://www.pv-tech.org/renewable-energy-stripped-from-nrels-name-in-shift-of-priorities
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Amidst all the profoundly awful things #Trump is doing on a daily basis, there are endless of these kinda nutso, petty, silly things.
I mean, you can be rabidly gung-ho for coal and oil and all that, and still think that the words "renewable energy" can exist and even be useful or (even better) profitable.
But apparently Trump can't.
"Trump administration renames Colorado’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory"
https://www.denverpost.com/2025/12/01/nrel-renamed-national-laboratory-rockies-colorado-trump/ -
And now they've changed the name of #NREL . No more "Renewable Energy" in the name 🤮
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#NREL #Maps Out US Data Infrastructure
Fiber optic lines, electrical transmission capacity, and the data centers themselves are all here. Each data center is a dot with its size indicating how power hungry it is and its approximate location relative to nearby metropolitan areas. Color coding of these dots also helps us understand if the #datacenter is already in operation (yellow), under construction (orange), or proposed (white).
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/24/nrel-maps-out-us-data-infrastructure/ -
Many NREL sites seem to be down as part of the trump regimes science purge.
I've relied on the research published by NREL my whole carreer. They've been doing critical work ensuring that renewables are as reliable and safe as possible.
Now I need to scour for archived documents, and forget about future research.
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Esperem que Trump i el seu nou home de negre ultraliberal no se'ls hi acudeixi restar finançament o qüestionar la bona feina de #NREL 😱
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Martin Keller zum neuen Präsidenten der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft gewählt
Mit der Wahl von Martin Keller zum neuen #Helmholtz-Präsidenten schließt sich der Senat einstimmig dem ebenfalls einstimmigen Vorschlag der Mitgliederversammlung vom 23. Oktober 2024 an. Der derzeitige Präsident, Otmar D. Wiestler, hat sein Amt 2015 angetreten und scheidet kommendes Jahr satzungsgemäß nach zwei Amtszeiten aus. Martin Kellers Amtszeit beginnt am 1. November 2025.
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The city of Frankfort, KY set goals in 2021 to provide 100% renewable electricity for all city operations by 2023 and 100% renewable electricty community wide by 2030. With technical assistance from NREL, they are making good progress towards their 2023 goal.
#EnergyMastodon #EnergyTransition #Climate #Kentucky #NREL #Solar
https://ket.org/program/kentucky-edition/frankforts-move-toward-clean-energy/
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"Study Examines Cost Competitiveness of Zero-Emission Trucks [ZEVs] …
With continued improvements in vehicles and fuels, ZEVs are rapidly becoming commercially viable, potentially reaching total cost of driving parity or better compared to diesel vehicles by 2035 in all market segments"
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/04/study-examines-cost-competitiveness-of-zero-emission-trucks/
#ElectricVehicles #ElectricTrucks #ZEV #ZeroEmissionTrucks #USA #EnergyTransition #NationalRenewableEnergyLaboratory #NREL
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#HeatPumps Are Still A Good Investment Even If Your Grid Is Powered By #Coal
National #Renewable Energy Laboratory researchers modeled entire #US housing stock and found that, over appliance’s expected lifetime of 16yr, switching to heat pumps for heating and cooling slashes #emissions in every one of the contiguous 48 states. #NREL found heat pumps lower household annual energy emissions an average by 36-64% or 2.5 to 4.4 metric tons of #carbondioxide equivalent per year
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/11/heat-pumps-are-still-a-good-investment-even-if-your-grid-is-powered-by-coal/ -
New High Temperature Semiconductor Diodes Operate at 600˚C
#research #news #electronics #materials #science #materialsscience #materialscience #nrel #energy #extreme
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Stochastic Soaring Raptor Simulator (SSRS)
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https://github.com/NREL/SSRS <-- shared GitHub repository
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.109876 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #birds #eagles #soaring #raptors #windenergy #windturbines #model #modeling #numericmodeling #elevation #opendata #3dep #stochasticmodel #impacts #raptorstrike #3d #orographic #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #elevation #DEM #wind #weather #climate #SSRS #updraft #USWTDB #USGS #NREL #terrain #altitude #slope #aspect -
Stochastic Soaring Raptor Simulator (SSRS)
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https://github.com/NREL/SSRS <-- shared GitHub repository
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.109876 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #birds #eagles #soaring #raptors #windenergy #windturbines #model #modeling #numericmodeling #elevation #opendata #3dep #stochasticmodel #impacts #raptorstrike #3d #orographic #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #elevation #DEM #wind #weather #climate #SSRS #updraft #USWTDB #USGS #NREL #terrain #altitude #slope #aspect -
Stochastic Soaring Raptor Simulator (SSRS)
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https://github.com/NREL/SSRS <-- shared GitHub repository
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.109876 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #birds #eagles #soaring #raptors #windenergy #windturbines #model #modeling #numericmodeling #elevation #opendata #3dep #stochasticmodel #impacts #raptorstrike #3d #orographic #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #elevation #DEM #wind #weather #climate #SSRS #updraft #USWTDB #USGS #NREL #terrain #altitude #slope #aspect -
Stochastic Soaring Raptor Simulator (SSRS)
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https://github.com/NREL/SSRS <-- shared GitHub repository
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.109876 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #birds #eagles #soaring #raptors #windenergy #windturbines #model #modeling #numericmodeling #elevation #opendata #3dep #stochasticmodel #impacts #raptorstrike #3d #orographic #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #elevation #DEM #wind #weather #climate #SSRS #updraft #USWTDB #USGS #NREL #terrain #altitude #slope #aspect -
Stochastic Soaring Raptor Simulator (SSRS)
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https://github.com/NREL/SSRS <-- shared GitHub repository
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.109876 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #birds #eagles #soaring #raptors #windenergy #windturbines #model #modeling #numericmodeling #elevation #opendata #3dep #stochasticmodel #impacts #raptorstrike #3d #orographic #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #elevation #DEM #wind #weather #climate #SSRS #updraft #USWTDB #USGS #NREL #terrain #altitude #slope #aspect -
Government makes an app to cut down government’s role in solar permitting - Enlarge / NREL has taken some of the hassle out of getting permits for ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1992559 #renewableenergy #sustainability #photovoltaics #greenenergy #science #energy #green #solar #nrel
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#Recycling should be a no-brainer everywhere across the nation. It's not just the right thing to do for our communities & the environment. It's also a HUGE untapped feedstock for many industrial processes: https://www.nrel.gov/news/press/2023/news-release-nrel-research-quantifies-losses-from-cardboard-paper-waste.html. What are we waiting for? 🤔♻️ #NREL #supplychain #sustainability
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This is a good time to watch the recording of our NASEM #TRB webinar with #NREL on Electrification and #Hydrogen Technologies in #Airports: https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/05-25-2023/trb-webinar-electrification-and-hydrogen-technologies-in-airports. Download the resources available on the webpage! 🚁🛩️✈️ #aircraft #airtravel #aviation #energytransition #hydrogen
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❇️ Hi treballem des del projecte SINGULAR que desenvolupem amb Arkenova, Coopdevs, EPI, Som Energia, Som Mobilitat i Tandem Social.
♥️ Tot això és possible gràcies a la feinada i les eines #Opensource que desenvolupa molta gent arreu del món #NREL #UrbanOPT #EnergyPlus #DOE #Modelica #LadybugTools
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❇️ Hi treballem des del projecte SINGULAR que desenvolupem amb Arkenova, Coopdevs, EPI, Som Energia, Som Mobilitat i Tandem Social.
♥️ Tot això és possible gràcies a la feinada i les eines #Opensource que desenvolupa molta gent arreu del món #NREL #UrbanOPT #EnergyPlus #DOE #Modelica #LadybugTools
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❇️ Hi treballem des del projecte SINGULAR que desenvolupem amb Arkenova, Coopdevs, EPI, Som Energia, Som Mobilitat i Tandem Social.
♥️ Tot això és possible gràcies a la feinada i les eines #Opensource que desenvolupa molta gent arreu del món #NREL #UrbanOPT #EnergyPlus #DOE #Modelica #LadybugTools
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❇️ Hi treballem des del projecte SINGULAR que desenvolupem amb Arkenova, Coopdevs, EPI, Som Energia, Som Mobilitat i Tandem Social.
♥️ Tot això és possible gràcies a la feinada i les eines #Opensource que desenvolupa molta gent arreu del món #NREL #UrbanOPT #EnergyPlus #DOE #Modelica #LadybugTools
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❇️ Hi treballem des del projecte SINGULAR que desenvolupem amb Arkenova, Coopdevs, EPI, Som Energia, Som Mobilitat i Tandem Social.
♥️ Tot això és possible gràcies a la feinada i les eines #Opensource que desenvolupa molta gent arreu del món #NREL #UrbanOPT #EnergyPlus #DOE #Modelica #LadybugTools
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❇️ Hi treballem des del projecte SINGULAR que desenvolupem amb Arkenova, Coopdevs, EPI, Som Energia, Som Mobilitat i Tandem Social.
♥️ Tot això és possible gràcies a la feinada i les eines #Opensource que desenvolupa molta gent arreu del món #NREL #UrbanOPT #Energy+ #DOE #Modelica #LadybugTools
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CW: Paywall. Hundreds of years after it was discovered, one material is about to change the world. The Independent.
Perovskite: Hundreds of years after it was discovered, one material is about to change the world | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/perovskite-solar-cell-renewable-energy-b2384728.html#Perovskite
#SolarEnergy
#OxfordPV
#PerovskiteSiliconTandemSolarCells
#KAUST
#RenshineSolar
#PerovskiteSolarCells
#NREL
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Postdoctoral Researcher – Develop Energy Storage Technology at #NREL
NREL’s #ThermalEnergy systems group and concentrating #SolarPower program is looking for multiple hires of #postdoc #researchers in the area of high-temperature thermal #EnergyStorage technologies, particularly using #particles
Apllication Link:
https://nrel.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NREL/job/Golden-CO/Postdoctoral-Researcher---Develop-Energy-Storage-Technology_R10946/apply#RenewableEnergy #sustainability #Academia #PostDoc #PhD #Hiring
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In 2016, for example, Barron-Gafford’s team started an AV project growing cherry tomatoes, chiltepin peppers, and jalapeños—“things to make salsa, because if all else fails, you can still eat the science,” he says.
The researchers found that the panels kept plants cooler during the day and warmer at night, and they held more moisture in the air.
These less-stressed plants produced just as many jalapeños, *twice* the crop of tomatoes, and *three times* the amount of chiltepin peppers as those on a control plot.
They also needed substantially less watering, a key benefit in a time of worsening water shortages around the world. Water evaporation from the plants even helped to cool the panels and increase electricity output.
Some of the best crops for symbiotic solar systems include #root vegetables and #leafy greens, which grow larger leaves in shady conditions.
A US-wide study called #InSPIRE (Innovative Solar Practices Integrated with Rural Economies and Ecosystems) has spent the past 7 years studying dozens of installations to provide a robust evidence base to guide crop selection, including what grows well under various climates and designs.
“We had bits of AV starting to blossom in different parts of the country, but we don’t have time for academics to putz around in their own worlds; we need to work together,” says environmental scientist Jordan Macknick at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory ( #NREL ) in Golden, Colorado, who leads the InSPIRE team.
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