Research Themes +
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 climate challenges by bringing to market energy-efficient innovations 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 for renewable technologies like wind and solar.
Strategic Initiatives +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) Strategic Plan is the guiding force for our research and development for the next ten years. It clearly charts a path toward clean-energy solutions and focuses on five detailed Strategic Initiatives. The Plan provides an in-depth look at how ETA is accelerating research to provide affordable, clean energy to all while accomplishing deep, economy-wide decarbonization, looking to avoid a rise in global average temperature while simultaneously developing solutions to increase humanity's resilience to extreme weather volatility.
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About Us +
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 battling the Climate Crisis are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by technoeconomic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

Purabi Thakre

Purabi Thakre

Business Development Specialist 5

(650) 919-4431

purabithakre@lbl.gov

eta.lbl.gov/people/Purabi-Thakre

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Awards

Spot: Purabi Thakre - February 23rd 2023

For the rapid turnaround and insightful suggestions that greatly improved a strategic proposal.

Spot: Purabi Thakre - February 21st 2023

Reviewed and scored a significant number of Energy Earth Shot Research Center concept papers on short timeline. Outcomes informed Berkeley Lab leadership's deliberations on concepts that moved to full proposals.

Spot: Strategic Plan Refresh Team - May 03rd 2021

For exceptional service and professionalism in the design, development and production of ETA's 2021 Strategic Plan Refresh.

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2020 Scientific Award: NAWI Team - September 29th 2020

2020 Director's Awards for Exceptional Achievement: Scientific

NAWI Team – Peter Fiske, Jim Hawley, Purabi Thakre, Carol Valladao, Michelle Chew Wong

For the extraordinary Operations-Development-Scientific teamwork of Peter Fiske, Carol Valladao, Michelle Wong, Jim Hawley and Purabi Thakre that played an essential role in Berkeley Lab's award of the $100M DOE Water-Energy Hub, NAWI. This team of legal, CA government affairs, financial, and science experts demonstrated deep dedication to working assiduously and creatively to advance clever constructs and to overcome significant bottlenecks associated with developing the proposal and getting the award under contract.

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