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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 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.
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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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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.

Publications

Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2015

Shah, Nihar, Max Wei, Virginie E. Letschert, and Amol A. Phadke."Benefits of Leapfrogging to Superefficiency and Low Global Warming Potential Refrigerants in Room Air Conditioning." (2015).

Phadke, Amol A., Arne Jacobson, Won Young Park, Ga Rick Lee, Peter Alstone, and Amit Khare."Powering a Home with Just 25Watts of Solar PV: Super-Efficient Appliances Can Enable Expanded Off-Grid Energy Service Using Small Solar Power Systems." (2015).

Shah, Nihar, Nikit Abhyankar, Amol A. Phadke, and Girish Ghatikar."Considerations in Standardization for Demand Response Ready Air Conditioners in India."India Smart Grid Week 2015 (2015).

2014

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Greg Leventis, Amol A. Phadke, and Anand R. Gopal."Design of incentive programs for accelerating penetration of energy-efficient appliances."Energy Policy 72 (2014) 56-66. DOI

Saxena, Samveg, Amol A. Phadke, Anand R. Gopal, and Venkat Srinivasan."Understanding fuel savings mechanisms from hybrid vehicles to guide optimal battery sizing for India."International Journal of Powertrains 3.3 (2014) 259-278. DOI

Shah, Nihar, Nakul Sathaye, Amol A. Phadke, and Virginie E. Letschert."Efficiency improvement opportunities for ceiling fans."Energy Efficiency 8.1 (2014) 37-50. DOI

Phadke, Amol A., Nikit Abhyankar, and Poorvi Rao."Empirical Analysis of the Variability of Wind Generation in India: Implications for Grid Integration." (2014).

Gopal, Anand R., Greg Leventis, Amol A. Phadke, and Stephane de la Rue du Can."Self-financed efficiency incentives: case study of Mexico."Energy Efficiency (2014). DOI

Park, Won Young, Amol A. Phadke, and Nihar Shah."Efficiency improvement opportunities for televisions in India: Implications for market transformation programs."Energy Efficiency (2014). DOI

Johnson, Alissa K., Amol A. Phadke, and Stephane de la Rue du Can."Energy Savings Potential for Street Lighting in India." (2014).

Saxena, Samveg, Nihar Shah, Iván Dario Bedoya, and Amol A. Phadke."Understanding Optimal Engine Operating Strategies for Gasoline-Fueled HCCI Engines using Crank-Angle Resolved Exergy Analysis."Applied Energy 114 (2014) 155-163. DOI

Phadke, Amol A., Nikit Abhyankar, and Nihar Shah."Avoiding 100 New Power Plants by Increasing Efficiency of Room Air Conditioners in India: Opportunities and Challenges." (2014).

2013

Saxena, Samveg, Anand R. Gopal, and Amol A. Phadke."Electrical consumption of two-, three- and four-wheel light-duty electric vehicles in India."Applied Energy 115 (2013) 582-590. DOI

Shah, Nihar, Paul Waide, and Amol A. Phadke."Cooling the Planet: Opportunities for Deployment of Superefficient Room Air Conditioners." (2013).

Park, Won Young, Amol A. Phadke, Nihar Shah, and Virginie E. Letschert."Efficiency Improvement Opportunities in TVs: Implications for Market Transformation Programs."Energy Policy 59 (2013) 361-372. DOI

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Amol A. Phadke, Greg Leventis, and Anand R. Gopal."A Global Review of Incentive Programs to Accelerate Energy-Efficient Appliances and Equipment." (2013).

Sathaye, Nakul, Amol A. Phadke, Nihar Shah, and Virginie E. Letschert."Potential Global Benefits of Improved Ceiling Fan Energy Efficiency." (2013).

Schewel, Laura, Anand R. Gopal, and Amol A. Phadke."Mobility Towers: Improving transportation efficiency measures by persistent evaluation of city-wide travel behavior."ECEEE 2013 Summer Study (2013).

Gopal, Anand R., Greg Leventis, Stephane de la Rue du Can, Nihar Shah, and Amol A. Phadke."Trading Appliance Efficiency for Electricity Subsidies: The Potential in Emerging Economies."ECEEE 2013 Summer Study (2013).

Leventis, Greg, Anand R. Gopal, Stephane de la Rue du Can, and Amol A. Phadke."Avoided Electricity Subsidy Payments Can Finance Substantial Appliance Efficiency Incentive Programs: Case Study of Mexico." (2013).

Abhyankar, Nikit, Amol A. Phadke, Jayant A. Sathaye, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Alissa K. Johnson, Ranjit Deshmukh, Cathie Murray, Bob Lieberman, and Ajith Raoc."Modeling Clean and Secure Energy Scenarios for the Indian Power Sector in 2030." (2013).

Gopal, Anand R., Laura Schewel, Samveg Saxena, and Amol A. Phadke."The Transportation Leapfrog: Using Smart Phones to Collect Driving Data and Model Fuel Economy in India." (2013).

Park, Won Young, Amol A. Phadke, and Nihar Shah."Efficiency Improvement Opportunities for Personal Computer Monitors: Implications for Market Transformation Programs."Energy Efficiency 6 (2013) 545-569.

2012

Saxena, Samveg, Iván Dario Bedoya, Nihar Shah, and Amol A. Phadke."Understanding Loss Mechanisms and Efficiency Improvement Options for HCCI Engines Using Detailed Exergy Analysis." (2012). DOI

Sahai, Rashmi, Nihar Shah, and Amol A. Phadke."Addressing Water Consumption of Evaporative Coolers with Greywater." (2012).