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I still sometimes follow links to #NREL sites in the hope they've been spared by virtue of being so unknown.

But they've too often been taken down.

Changing the URL to "NLR" didn't work either.

#PSA - Any links pointing to the #NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) website will now be broken this morning, hooray for Republican idiocy🫠

However! If you simply change the url from nrel.gov to nlr.gov the links should work, because god forbid we ever say the words #RenewableEnergy

"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."

https://www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/nrel-layoffs-2026/
#NREL

"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/

#NREL #USPol #News #Renewables #Energy

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

"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

#renewables #energy #beyondIntelligence #NREL

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.

#nrel #renewableenergy

"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 🤮

https://www.nrel.gov/news/detail/press/2025/news-release-energy-department-renames-nrel-'national-lab-of-the-rockies'

#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.

#NREL

Nova versió del programa de simulació de sistemes energètics renovables #SAM #NREL.

➡️ https://sam.nrel.gov/download

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 😱

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.

#MartinKeller #NREL

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/

"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

#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

https://researchinenglish.com/article/2024.3/new-high-temperature-semiconductor-diodes-operate-at-qrrrvftl?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#research #news #electronics #materials #science #materialsscience #materialscience #nrel #energy #extreme

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

#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

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

❇️ 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

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