Latest Renewable Energy Tech Insights

As the grid modernizes, distributed energy resource management systems are essential for efficient power management.

As the grid modernizes, distributed energy resource management systems are essential for efficient power management.

Researchers are innovating ways to increase copper’s conductivity and make it stronger, lighter, and more cost-effective.

Researchers are innovating ways to increase copper’s conductivity and make it stronger, lighter, and more cost-effective.

Researchers have found a way to provide a cooling surface while enhancing solar cell power output.

Researchers have found a way to provide a cooling surface while enhancing solar cell power output.

Artificial intelligence can address management challenges caused by integrating renewables into the grid.

Artificial intelligence can address management challenges caused by integrating renewables into the grid.

A mix of multiple resource portfolios, grid-enhancing technology, and energy storage could provide grid reliability while…

A mix of multiple resource portfolios, grid-enhancing technology, and energy storage could provide grid reliability while reducing emissions. 

Princess Elisabeth Island will serve as an international electricity exchange grid built on the North Sea seabed. 

Princess Elisabeth Island will serve as an international electricity exchange grid built on the North Sea seabed. 

Scientists have created a model for measuring how quickly a microgrid can recover after a disturbance.

Scientists have created a model for measuring how quickly a microgrid can recover after a disturbance.

In a decentralized smart grid, blockchain technology can facilitate operations, strengthen security, and aid sustainability. 

In a decentralized smart grid, blockchain technology can facilitate operations, strengthen security, and aid sustainability. 

Renewable energy requires both AC and DC interconnections. Researchers are investigating how virtual synchronous…

Renewable energy requires both AC and DC interconnections. Researchers are investigating how virtual synchronous generators can resolve reliability…

Effective grid digitalization requires interoperability among systems, networks, and assets. Achieving interoperability…

Effective grid digitalization requires interoperability among systems, networks, and assets. Achieving interoperability is complex and involves…

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and partners are testing methods to use quantum computing to safeguard the power grid from…

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and partners are testing methods to use quantum computing to safeguard the power grid from cyberattacks.

Grid digitalization faces many challenges, but it also means more efficient performance and a more robust platform for…

Grid digitalization faces many challenges, but it also means more efficient performance and a more robust platform for renewables integration and…

Cyberattacks on a digitalized and interconnected power grid can have devastating effects. Preventing them will require…

Cyberattacks on a digitalized and interconnected power grid can have devastating effects. Preventing them will require technical innovation. This…

Smaller steam turbines have been engineered to match the output of their traditionally large counterparts while using…

Smaller steam turbines have been engineered to match the output of their traditionally large counterparts while using minimal space—thanks to an…

Researchers have identified a potential solution to the environmental concerns surrounding cryptocurrency mining, which…

Researchers have identified a potential solution to the environmental concerns surrounding cryptocurrency mining, which has been criticized for its…

Pumped storage hydropower systems can offset renewable energy fluctuations and protect grid stability. A Department of…

Pumped storage hydropower systems can offset renewable energy fluctuations and protect grid stability. A Department of Energy study explores how to…

Researchers have devised a method to measure solar irradiance fluctuations between disparate geographic locations using…

Researchers have devised a method to measure solar irradiance fluctuations between disparate geographic locations using data from a desert and the…

From repurposing waterways to advancing projects with higher-performing technologies, the U.S. can invest in hydropower…

From repurposing waterways to advancing projects with higher-performing technologies, the U.S. can invest in hydropower for reliable electricity…

Two new methods could minimize frequency dips and forced oscillations in power systems with a high concentration of wind…

Two new methods could minimize frequency dips and forced oscillations in power systems with a high concentration of wind turbines.