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.

Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2012

Feldman, David, Galen L. Barbose, Robert Margolis, Ryan H. Wiser, Naïm R. Darghouth, and Alan Goodrich."Photovoltaic (PV) Pricing Trends: Historical, Recent, and Near-Term Projections." (2012).

Darghouth, Naïm R., Galen L. Barbose, and Ryan H. Wiser."The Potential Impact of Increased Renewable Energy Penetration Levels on Electricity Bill Savings From Residential Photovoltaic Systems."31st USAEE/IAEE North American Conference (2012).

Barbose, Galen L., Naïm R. Darghouth, and Ryan H. Wiser."Tracking the Sun V An Historical Summary of the Installed Price of Photovoltaics in the United States from 1998 to 2011." (2012).

Wiser, Ryan H., Mark Bolinger, Galen L. Barbose, Naïm R. Darghouth, Ben Hoen, Andrew D. Mills, Kevin Porter, Michael Buckley, Sari Fink, Frank Oteri, and Suzanne Tegen."2011 Wind Technologies Market Report." (2012).

Ardani, Kristen, Galen L. Barbose, Robert Margolis, and David Feldman."Quantifying non-hardware balance of system costs for photovoltaic installations in the United States using a combined annual expenditure-labor hour productivity approach."2012 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (2012) 001762 - 001767. DOI

2011

Darghouth, Naïm R., Galen L. Barbose, and Ryan H. Wiser."The impact of rate design and net metering on the bill savings from distributed PV for residential customers in California."Energy Policy 39.9 (2011) 5243 - 5253. DOI

Barbose, Galen L., Naïm R. Darghouth, Ryan H. Wiser, and Joachim Seel."Tracking the Sun IV An Historical Summary of the Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the United States from 1998 to 2010." (2011) 61.

Wiser, Ryan H., Galen L. Barbose, and Edward Holt."Supporting solar power in renewables portfolio standards: Experience from the United States."Energy Policy 39.7 (2011) 3894 - 3905. DOI

Wiser, Ryan H., Mark Bolinger, Naïm R. Darghouth, Kevin Porter, Michael Buckley, Sari Fink, Russell Raymond, Frank Oteri, Galen L. Barbose, Joachim Seel, Andrew D. Mills, and Ben Hoen."2010 Wind Technologies Market Report." (2011) 98.

2010

Barbose, Galen L., Naïm R. Darghouth, and Ryan H. Wiser."Tracking the Sun III The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the U.S. from 1998-2009." (2010) 54.

Wiser, Ryan H., Galen L. Barbose, and Edward Holt."Supporting Solar Power in Renewables Portfolio Standards: Experience from the United States." (2010) 49.

Wiser, Ryan H., Mark Bolinger, Galen L. Barbose, Naïm R. Darghouth, Ben Hoen, Andrew D. Mills, Kevin Porter, Sari Fink, and Suzanne Tegen."2009 Wind Technologies Market Report." (2010) 88.

Darghouth, Naïm R., Galen L. Barbose, and Ryan H. Wiser."The Impact of Rate Design and Net Metering on the Bill Savings from Distributed PV for Residential Customers in California." (2010) 62.

2009

Barbose, Galen L., Charles A. Goldman, and Jeff Schlegel."The Shifting Landscape of Ratepayer-Funded Energy Efficiency in the U.S.." (2009) 41.

Wiser, Ryan H., Galen L. Barbose, Carla Peterman, and Naïm R. Darghouth."Tracking the Sun II The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the U.S. from 1998-2008." (2009) 150.

Wiser, Ryan H., Galen L. Barbose, and Carla Peterman."Tracking the Sun: The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the U.S. from 1998-2007." (2009) 42.

2008

Bolinger, Mark, Galen L. Barbose, and Ryan H. Wiser."Shaking Up the Residential PV Market: Implications of Recent Changes to the ITC."Case Studies of State Support for Renewable Energy (2008) 12.

Hopper, Nicole C., Galen L. Barbose, Charles A. Goldman, and Jeff Schlegel."Energy Efficiency as a Preferred Resource: Evidence from Utility Resource Plans in the Western United States and Canada."Energy Efficiency Journal Volume 2, Number 1 (2008) 24. DOI

Barbose, Galen L., Ryan H. Wiser, Amol A. Phadke, and Charles A. Goldman."Managing Carbon Regulatory Risk in Utility Resource Planning: Current Practices in the Western United States."Energy Policy 36.9 (2008) 3300-3311. DOI

Barbose, Galen L., Ryan H. Wiser, Amol A. Phadke, and Charles A. Goldman."Pursuing Energy Efficiency as a Hedge Against Carbon Regulatory Risks Current Resource Planning Practices in the West." (2008) 12.

Wiser, Ryan H., and Galen L. Barbose."Renewable Portfolio Standards in the United States: A Status Report with Data Through 2007." (2008) 40.

Barbose, Galen L., Ryan H. Wiser, Amol A. Phadke, and Charles A. Goldman."Reading the Tea Leaves: How Utilities in the West Are Managing Carbon Regulatory Risk in their Resource Plans." (2008) 80.

2007

Wiser, Ryan H., Andrew D. Mills, Galen L. Barbose, and William H. Golove."The Impact of Retail Rate Structures on the Economics of Commercial Photovoltaic Systems in California." (2007) 97.

Wiser, Ryan H., Mark Bolinger, and Galen L. Barbose."Using the Federal Production Tax Credit to Build a Durable Market for Wind Power in the United States."The Electricity Journal 20.9 (2007) 77-88. DOI

2006

Goldman, Charles A., Galen L. Barbose, and Bernard Neenan."RTP as an Optional Service: It’s Alive, But Is It Well?."The Electricity Journal Vol. 19.Issue 1 (2006) 18.

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