EERE Success Stories feature the positive impact of its work with businesses, industry partners, universities, research labs, and other entities to increase the use and effectiveness of affordable renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
October 12, 2017
EERE Success Story—New REopt Lite Tool Allows Building Owners to Optimize PV and Battery System Sizes
NREL's beta version of the new REopt Lite web tool helps building owners evaluate the economics of grid-connected solar and battery storage.
October 10, 2017
EERE Success Story—ThermalTracker: Imaging for Coexistence
ThermalTracker software was developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (PNNL’s) Marine Sciences Laboratory
August 24, 2017
EERE Success Story—Artificial Intelligence-Based Control System Improves Biomass Preprocessing
Researchers have successfully tested an intelligence-based control system that increased the reliability of feedstock preprocessing equipment.
August 11, 2017
EERE Success Story—North Carolina Legislators Tour Amazon Wind Farm
Earlier this year, the Southeastern Wind Coalition (SEWC) organized and led North Carolina state legislators on two tours of the Amazon Wind Farm.
August 9, 2017
EERE Success Story—Resource Centers Support Wind Energy Opportunities for Rural Utah
Utah will be publishing the first locally written resource management plans defining county priorities for the development and use of federal lands.
August 7, 2017
EERE Success Story—New 60-Megawatt Colorado Wind Farm Helps Local Utility Reach State Goals
New 60-megawatt Colorado wind farm helps local utility reach state goals.
July 24, 2017
EERE Success Story—New 3D Printing Aerospace Grade Carbon Fiber Method is Ahead of the Curve
A new 3D printing process is allowing researchers to write using carbon fiber-containing inks.
June 16, 2017
EERE Success Story—Concentrating Solar Power Transforms Food Processing with Solar Steam
Sunvapor designed a solar collector to cut costs and optimize the supply chain by using less energy to manufacture the structural components.
June 9, 2017
EERE Success Story—Real Estate Professionals Embrace Solar Power
As solar energy’s popularity continues to grow among homeowners, it’s changing the way people buy and sell homes.
May 19, 2017
EERE Success Story—Unique Experiment Provides Data to Strengthen Future Wind Plant Research
A one-of-a-kind experiment combined multiple measurement devices and methods to simultaneously measure atmospheric conditions in one location. One ...