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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 improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-integrated building systems; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide.

    • Securing U.S. Critical Minerals & Materials Supply Chain
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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 reliability are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by techno-economic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

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Critical Minerals & Materials

ETA is tackling the logistical and technological hurdles to secure the U.S. critical mineral supply chain.

Data Centers

Through the development of new technologies, system designs, and operational strategies, ETA's comprehensive approach addresses data centers at multiple scales.

Energy Storage

ETA is developing cost-competitive energy storage technologies that increase grid reliability.

Advancing Water-Energy Systems

ETA is a leader in national efforts to build more reliable and coupled water-energy systems.

Innovation Economy

We pride ourselves on ensuring that our research makes its way to the marketplace and into the hands of consumers.
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