Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Deer graze under the PV array at NREL's National Wind Technology Center. Incorporating native vegetation under and around solar panels can create habitat for local wildlife and insects while improving soil conditions. Photo by Dennis Schroeder, NREL.

Making Hay (and Solar Power) While the Sun Shines

Farmworker Appreciation Day is a celebration of the men and women whose labor feeds America, sustains our global leadership in agricultural exports, and produces many of the fuels and materials that are driving our transition to a clean energy economy. At the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), … [continued]

U.S. Invests $9.5 Million to Study the Social Dynamics of Large-Scale Solar Siting & Permitting

Research will identify innovative practices that benefit communities and facilitate solar deployment WASHINGTON D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today invested $9.5 million in four new projects supporting social science research that examines the ways that siting practices can influence public attitudes toward and permitting of large-scale solar … [continued]

Funding Notice: Solar Technologies’ Rapid Integration & Validation for Energy Systems (STRIVES)

Office: Solar Energy Technologies Office and Wind Energy Technologies Office FOA number: DE-FOA-0003331 Link to apply: Apply on EERE Exchange FOA Amount: $31 million The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) announced the Solar Technologies’ Rapid Integration and Validation for Energy Systems (STRIVES) funding opportunity, which … [continued]

Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL

U.S. Department Of Energy’s Faculty-Applied Clean Energy Sciences Program Announces First-Ever Cohort

Minority-Serving Institutions’ Faculty Play a Pivotal Role in Advancing STEM Education WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of the first faculty cohort for the groundbreaking Faculty-Applied Clean Energy Sciences (FACES) Program. This program aims to bridge the gap between DOE laboratories and the … [continued]

Offshore Energy Safety Institute Invests $2.7 Million to Advance Offshore Wind Safety

Research from the BSEE and DOE-funded Institute advances worker safety and environmental sustainability of offshore energy resources The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon … [continued]

U.S. Department of Energy Announces $19 Million for Carbon Utilization Funding Opportunity

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management’s (FECM’s) Carbon Utilization Program announced up to $19 million in federal funding for the advancement of technologies that utilize waste carbon to … [continued]

Understanding the Impact of Wind Conditions on Concentrating Solar Power Structures

NREL Embarks on Two-Year, SETO-Funded Computational Modeling Project High wind loads increase structural design costs of concentrating solar power (CSP) collector structures, such as heliostats and parabolic troughs. In a new two-year project, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will work with the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency … [continued]