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Energy Technologies Area (ETA) researchers are continually building on the strong scientific foundation we have developed over the past 50 years. We address the world’s most pressing scientific challenges across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of developing better batteries for electric vehicles; improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-interactive, efficient buildings; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide.
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The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) is unique in translating fundamental scientific discoveries into scalable technology adoption. Our approach combines an understanding of the marketplace and the role of state and federal regulation and policies. ETA's research drives real-world, practical results that affect and improve the everyday lives of Americans and those across the globe. Saving energy and increasing resilience are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by technoeconomic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Our research addresses the most pressing scientific challenges of our time. From developing strategies to improve resilience to the weather, to improving the robustness of our nation's infrastructure, to supporting abundant energy solutions, our research has real-world impact across sectors.

Our Divisions

Our researchers are organized into three research Divisions, which are dedicated to science and delivering results that are tangible. Our Divisions host expertise and facilities and foster partnership to bring energy solutions to the world.

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Latest News

New Thin-Triple Glass Could Open Window of Opportunity for Energy Savings and Jobs

Aug-21-25

A new kind of thin-glass triple-pane window could save U.S. businesses and homeowners billions of dollars annually in en... Read more

Ultrafast Laser Technique Creates Durable 'Super Black' Metals for High-Temperature Energy Applications

Aug-12-25

A new technique uses ultrafast lasers to transform ordinary metal surfaces into “super black” materials that nearly doub... Read more

Scientists Recognized for Outstanding Work in Power System Resilience

Aug-11-25

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Research Scientist Bin Wang and Retired Staff Scientist Joe Eto were recognized fo... Read more

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Recent Publications

Gorman, Will, Galen L Barbose, Sunhee Baik, Cesca Miller, and Juan Pablo Carvallo."Backup power or bill savings? How electricity tariffs impact residential solar-plus-storage usage in the United States."Utilities Policy 96 (2025) 102035. DOI

Carvallo, Juan Pablo, Josh A Schellenberg, Sanjana Tadepalli, Sean Murphy, Sydney Forrester, Jeff Deason, Steven R Schiller, and Jasmine McAdams."Boot Camp for the 2025-2026 DOE Energy Innovator Fellows." (2025).

Zanetti, Ettore, David Blum, Hongxiang Fu, Chris Weyandt, Marco Pritoni, and Mary Ann Piette."Commercial building HVAC demand flexibility with model predictive control: Field demonstration and literature insights."Energy and Buildings 345 (2025) 116097. DOI

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