Tag: NREL

More Good News About Coal-Killing Perovskite Solar Cells

US coal and nuclear energy stakeholders are still holding out hope for their aging power plants, but the window for relief is closing fast. They face stiff competition from low-cost natural gas,...

GE Signs Order For 150 Megawatt Wind Project In Jhimpir, Pakistan

GE Renewable Energy has this week announced the signing of an agreement to provide wind turbines for the largest wind project in Jhimpir, Pakistan, a 150 megawatt project being built by Power...

NREL Confirms Wind & Solar Have Cheapest Generation Costs

The United States Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has updated its analysis of electricity generation technology costs, and it’s good news again for wind and solar, which come out cheapest alongside...

Insights from Higher Wind and Solar Generation in Eastern Grid, USA

A new study from the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) used high-performance computing capabilities and innovative visualization tools to model, in unprecedented detail, how the power...

Sun Power Holds World Record for Most Efficient Rooftop Solar Panel, Again

SunPower once again holds the record for the world's most efficient rooftop solar module, achieving an NREL-validated 24.1 percent.   NREL scientist Keith Emery, manager of the PV cell and module performance laboratory,...

NREL Explains the Higher Cellulolytic Activity of a Vital Microorganism

Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) say better understanding of a bacterium could lead to cheaper production of cellulosic ethanol and other...

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