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Golden’s NREL Tests Out Autonomous Shuttle

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is all about developing clean energy technology, so it only makes sense the lab is using an autonomous electric vehicle to move employees around its Golden campus… View…

MV Transportation Announces Autonomous Vehicle Deployment for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

MV Transportation, Inc., a recognized leader in passenger transportation services, today announced it has deployed an autonomous vehicle (AV) shuttle for the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) in Golden, Colorado. NREL is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC… Read more…

COLORADO’S NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY IS STEPPING INTO THE LIMELIGHT, AND IT’S ABOUT TIME

Set in the foothills of Golden, Colorado, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been developing sustainable energy solutions since 1977. The facility itself is a vision of efficiency and innovation, carefully designed to use minimal resources for maximum benefit. Engineers, entrepreneurs, and scientists from every discipline scurry between offices and laboratories, refining and perfecting the clean energy technologies of the future… Read more…

How NREL is Fueling the Future of Clean Energy

By Patricia Miller

Set in the idyllic foothills of Golden, Colorado, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been developing sustainable energy solutions since 1977. The facility itself is a vision of efficiency and innovation, carefully designed to use minimal resources for maximum benefit. Engineers, entrepreneurs, and scientists from every discipline scurry between offices and laboratories, refining and perfecting the clean energy technologies of the future… Read more…

Department of Energy Announces Building Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) Funding Awards

The Building Technologies Office (BTO) announced it is investing up to $15.8 million in 13 projects that will drive innovation in early-stage research and development for advanced building technologies and systems that will serve as a foundation for future technological developments and reductions in building energy consumption…  Read more…

National Renewable Energy Laboratory optimistic in face of Trump’s budget cuts

By Peter Marcus

GOLDEN — The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has 40 years of history behind it, but walking through its sprawling Front Range campus one can’t help but think 40 years into the future…  Read more…

Trump’s budget expected to massively slash research on renewable energy – and NREL’s budget

By Chris Mooney

The Trump administration is expected to propose massive cuts to federal government research on wind and solar energy next week, according to current and former Energy Department officials familiar with budget discussions…  Read more…

Who Needs Sci-Fi Movies When Colorado Has NREL?

By Ana Campbell

Forget sci-fi movies: For a real surreal experience, look no further than Golden.  Colorado’s first capital is now the capital of the green movement and home to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, which is celebrating its fortieth anniversary in July…  Read more…

Shopping around for solar installers could reap biggest rewards

By Aldo Svaldi

When it comes to getting the best deal on a residential rooftop solar array, the size of the installer matters  — but bigger isn’t necessarily better, according to a study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden…  Read more…

NREL is a driver of cutting-edge research and industry

By Greg Dobbs

What you might already know is, America is closer to energy independence than we’ve ever been in modern times. What you might not know is, that’s thanks in part to a federally funded lab, right here in Colorado, doing cutting-edge energy-increasing research. So it’s a shock that in the president’s proposed budget, it is on the chopping block…  Read more…