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

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)

2011

Mills, Andrew D., and Ryan H. Wiser."Implications of geographic diversity for short-term variability and predictability of solar power."2011 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (2011) 1 - 9. DOI

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.

Hoen, Ben, Ryan H. Wiser, Peter Cappers, and Mark A. Thayer."Do Photovoltaic Energy Systems Affect Residential Selling Prices? Results from a California Statewide Investigation."40th Annual National Solar Conference (Solar 2011) (2011).

Hoen, Ben, Peter Cappers, Ryan H. Wiser, and Mark A. Thayer."An Analysis of the Effects of Photovoltaic Energy Systems on Residential Selling Prices in California."American Real Estate Society Annual Conference (2011).

Hoen, Ben, Ryan H. Wiser, Peter Cappers, and Mark A. Thayer."An Analysis of the Effects of Residential Photovoltaic Energy Systems on Home Sales Prices in California." (2011) 60.

Mills, Andrew D., Amol A. Phadke, and Ryan H. Wiser."Exploration of resource and transmission expansion decisions in the Western Renewable Energy Zone initiative."Energy Policy 39.3 (2011) 1732 - 1745. DOI

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.

Mills, Andrew D., and Ryan H. Wiser."Implications of Wide-Area Geographic Diversity for Short- Term Variability of Solar Power." (2010) 48.

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.

Hoen, Ben, Haftan Eckholdt, and Ryan H. Wiser."Assessing the Impacts of Reduced Noise Operations of Wind Turbines on Neighbor Annoyance: A Preliminary Analysis in Vinalhaven, Maine." (2010) 17.

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.

Bolinger, Mark, Ryan H. Wiser, and Naïm R. Darghouth."Preliminary Evaluation of the Impact of the Section 1603 Treasury Grant Program on Renewable Energy Deployment in 2009." (2010) 47.

Mills, Andrew D., Amol A. Phadke, and Ryan H. Wiser."Exploration of Resource and Transmission Expansion Decisions in the Western Renewable Energy Zone Initiative." (2010) 88.

2009

Hoen, Ben, Ryan H. Wiser, Peter Cappers, Mark A. Thayer, and Gautam Sethi."The Impact of Wind Power Projects on Residential Property Values in the United States: A Multi-Site Hedonic Analysis."Journal of Real Estate Research Vol. 33.Isssue 3 (2009) 167.

Hoen, Ben, Ryan H. Wiser, Peter Cappers, Mark A. Thayer, and Gautam Sethi."Wind Energy Facilities and Residential Properties: The Effect of Proximity and View on Sales Prices."Journal of Real Estate Research 33.3 (2009).

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.

Bolinger, Mark, Ryan H. Wiser, Karlynn Cory, and Ted James."PTC, ITC, or Cash Grant? An Analysis of the Choice Facing Renewable Power Projects in the United States." (2009) 21.

Mills, Andrew D., Ryan H. Wiser, and Kevin Porter."The Cost of Transmission for Wind Energy: A Review of Transmission Planning Studies." (2009) 66.

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.

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.