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)

2006

Wiser, Ryan H., Mark Bolinger, Peter Cappers, and Robert Margolis."Letting the Sun Shine on Solar Costs: An Empirical Investigation of Photovoltaic Cost Trends in California." (2006) 67.

2005

Lewis, Joanna I., and Ryan H. Wiser."Fostering a Renewable Energy Technology Industry: An International Comparison of Wind Industry Policy Support Mechanisms." (2005) 30.

Bolinger, Mark, and Ryan H. Wiser."Balancing Cost and Risk: The Treatment of Renewable Energy in Western Utility Resource Plans." (2005) 100.

Wiser, Ryan H., Mark Bolinger, Kevin Porter, and Heather Raitt."Does It Have To Be This Hard? Implementing the Nation’s Most Aggressive Renewables Portfolio Standard in California." (2005) 20.

Sinton, Jonathan E., Rachel E. Stem, Nathaniel T. Aden, Mark D. Levine, Tyler J. Dillavou, David Fridley, Yu Joe Huang, Joanna I. Lewis, Jiang Lin, Aimee T. McKane, Lynn K. Price, Ryan H. Wiser, Nan Zhou, and Jean Y. Ku."Evaluation of China's Energy Strategy Options." (2005).

van der Linden, Nico H., Martine A. Uyterlinde, Christiaan Vrolijk, Lars J. Nilsson, Jamil Khan, Kerstin Åstrand, Karin Ericsson, and Ryan H. Wiser."Review of International Experience with Renewable Energy Obligation Support Mechanisms." (2005) 71.

Siddiqui, Afzal S., Chris Marnay, and Ryan H. Wiser."Real Options Valuation of US Federal Renewable Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment." (2005) 45.

Wiser, Ryan H., Mark Bolinger, and Matt St. Clair."Easing the Natural Gas Crisis: Reducing Natural Gas Prices through Increased Deployment of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency." (2005) 64.

2004

Edwards, Jennifer L., Ryan H. Wiser, and Mark Bolinger."Evaluating State Markets for Residential Wind Systems: Results from an Economic and Policy Analysis Tool." (2004) 102.

Bolinger, Mark, and Ryan H. Wiser."A Comparative Analysis of Business Structures Suitable for Farmer-Owned Wind Power Projects in the United States." (2004) 31.

Wiser, Ryan H., and Mark Bolinger."An Overview of Alternative Fossil Fuel Price and Carbon Regulation Scenarios." (2004) 37.

Fitzgerald, Garrett, Ryan H. Wiser, and Mark Bolinger."A Survey of State Clean Energy Fund Support for Research and Development Projects."Case Studies of State Support for Renewable Energy (2004) 14.

Fitzgerald, Garrett, Mark Bolinger, and Ryan H. Wiser."A Survey of State Clean Energy Fund Support for Biomass." (2004) 23.

Fitzgerald, Garrett, Mark Bolinger, and Ryan H. Wiser."Low-Income Renewable Energy Programs: A Survey of State Clean Energy Funds."Case Studies of State Support for Renewable Energy (2004) 8.

Fitzgerald, Garrett, Ryan H. Wiser, Mark Bolinger, and Allison Schumacher."Northern Exposure: An Overview of Canadian Clean Energy Funds."Case Studies of State Support for Renewable Energy (2004) 13.

Edwards, Jennifer L., Ryan H. Wiser, Mark Bolinger, and Trudy Forsyth."Building a Market for Small Wind: The Break-Even Turnkey Cost of Residential Wind Systems in the United States." (2004) 18.

Wiser, Ryan H., Kevin Porter, and Robert Grace."Evaluating Experience with Renewables Portfolio Standards in the United States." (2004) 45.

Wiser, Ryan H.."Managing Natural Gas Price Volatility and Escalation: The Value of Renewable Energy."NEMS/AEO 2004 Conference Washington, D.C. March 23, 2004 (2004).

Wiser, Ryan H.."Renewables Portfolio Standards: What Are We Learning?."NARUC Winter Conference Washington, D.C. March 9, 2004 (2004).

Wiser, Ryan H., Scott Olson, Lori Bird, and Blair Swezey."Utility Green Pricing Programs: A Statistical Analysis of Program Effectiveness." (2004) 36.

Bolinger, Mark, Ryan H. Wiser, and William H. Golove."Accounting for Fuel Price Risk When Comparing Renewable to Gas-Fired Generation: The Role of Forward Natural Gas Prices." (2004) 28.

2003

Fitzgerald, Garrett, Ryan H. Wiser, and Mark Bolinger."The Experience of State Clean Energy Funds with Tradable Renewable Certificates."Case Studies of State Support for Renewable Energy (2003) 13.

Fitzgerald, Garrett, Mark Bolinger, and Ryan H. Wiser."Green Buildings: The Expanding Role of State Clean Energy Funds."Case Studies of State Support for Renewable Energy (2003) 11.

Bolinger, Mark, Ryan H. Wiser, and William H. Golove."Accounting for Fuel Price Risk: Using Forward Natural Gas Prices Instead of Gas Price Forecasts to Compare Renewable to Natural Gas-Fired Generation." (2003) 89.

Wiser, Ryan H.."Using Contingent Valuation to Explore Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy: A Comparison of Collective and Voluntary Payment Vehicles." (2003) 160.