Today’s technology can do it, if the grid is modernized. A new report published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Renewable Electricity Futures Study (RE Futures), finds that the United States could achieve a very high level of renewable energy generation by 2050, using today’s commercially viable technologies. At 80 percent penetration, though, [...]

Driving on Sunshine is a reality for more and more folks across the country. Though EV deployment across the country is still in the early adopter phase, many people in the industry are extremely bullish about the number of EVs we will see on the roads in the coming years. By some estimates, the [...]

Techniques for making existing structures or even new construction energy efficient from WREF2012.

Renewable energy experts convene at WREF2012 to discuss the future of transportation.

Nearly 100 renewable energy experts from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE)’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have been selected to present at this year’s World Renewable Energy Forum (WREF) to be held in Denver, Colo., on May 13-17, at the Colorado Convention Center. NREL’s Director, Dan Arvizu, opens the conference as a keynote speaker [...]