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)

2016

Schiller, Steven R.."Introduction to Technical Reference Manuals (TRMs) for Kentucky Energy Efficiency Programs." (2016).

Rivero, Ana Jimenez, Roger Sathre, and Justo Garcia Navarro."Life cycle energy and material flow implications of gypsum plasterboard recycling in the European Union."Resources, Conservation and Recycling 108 (2016). DOI

Bolinger, Mark, Joachim Seel, and Manfei Wu."Maximizing MWh: A Statistical Analysis of the Performance of Utility-Scale Photovoltaic Projects in the United States." (2016).

Sanstad, Alan H.."Regional Economic Modeling of Electricity Supply Disruptions: A Review and Recommendations for Research." (2016).

Zhou, Lan, Qimin Yan, Jie Yu, Ryan J. R. Jones, Natalie Becerra-Stasiewicz, Santosh K. Suram, Aniketa Shinde, Dan Guevarra, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Kristin A. Persson, and John M. Gregoire."Stability and self-passivation of copper vanadate photoanodes under chemical, electrochemical, and photoelectrochemical operation."Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18.14 (2016) 9349 - 9352. DOI

Jankolovits, , Joseph, Ahmet Kusoglu, Adam Z. Weber, Antony Van Dyk, James C. Bohling, John A. Roper, Clayton J. Radke, and Alexander Katz."Stable Aqueous Dispersions of Hydrophobically Modified Titanium Dioxide Pigments through Polyanion Adsorption: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application in Coatings."Langmuir 32.8 (2016) 1929 - 1938. DOI

Stevens, John C., and Adam Z. Weber."A Computational Study of Optically Concentrating, Solar-Fuels Generators from Annual Thermal- and Fuel-Production Efficiency Perspectives."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 163.7 (2016) H475 - H484. DOI

Schiller, Steven R.."Demand Side Efficiency, EM&V and the Clean Power Plan: NARUC Presentation." (2016).

Walker, Iain S., J. Chris Stratton, William W. Delp, and Max H. Sherman."Development of a Tracer Gas Capture Efficiency Test Method for Residential Kitchen Ventilation." (2016).

McNeil, Michael A., Stephane de la Rue du Can, Dan Hamza-Goodacre, and Prodipto Roy."Energy Efficiency Indicators and Impact Metrics." (2016).

Mills, Evan."Identifying and Reducing the Health and Safety Impacts of Fuel-Based Lighting."Energy for Sustainable Development 30 (2016) 39-50. DOI

Sathre, Roger, Jeffery B. Greenblatt, Karl Walczak, Ian D. Sharp, John C. Stevens, Joel W. Ager III, and Frances A. Houle."Opportunities to improve the net energy performance of photoelectrochemical water-splitting technology."Energy & Environmental Science (2016). DOI

Schwartz, Lisa C., Greg Leventis, Steven R. Schiller, and Emily Martin Fadrhonc."SEE Action Guide for States: Energy Efficiency as a Least-Cost Strategy to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Air Pollution and Meet Energy Needs in the Power Sector." (2016).

Wenzel, Thomas P.."Sensitivity of Light-Duty Vehicle Crash Frequency per Vehicle Mile of Travel to Additional Vehicle and Driver Variables." (2016).

Hoen, Ben, and Carol Atkinson-Palombo."Wind Turbines, Amenities and Disamenities: A Study of Home Value Impacts in Densely Populated Massachusetts."Journal of Real Estate Research 38.N o . 4 – 2 0 1 6 (2016) 473-504.

Ganguly, Suprotim, Sanyukta Raje, Satish Kumar, Dale A. Sartor, and Steve E. Greenberg."Accelerating Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centers: Final Report for Phase I Activities." (2016).

Liu, Tiefeng, Bo Wang, Xingxing Gu, Lei Wang, Min Ling, Gao Liu, Dianlong Wang, and Shanqing Zhang."All-climate sodium ion batteries based on the NASICON electrode materials."Nano Energy 30 (2016) 756 - 761. DOI

Hoffmann, Sabine, Eleanor S. Lee, Andrew McNeil, Luis L. Fernandes, Dragan Vidanovic, and Anothai Thanachareonkit."Balancing daylight, glare, and energy-efficiency goals: An evaluation of exterior coplanar shading systems using complex fenestration modeling tools."Energy and Buildings 112 (2016) 279-298. DOI

Petousis, Ioannis, Wei Chen, Geoffroy Hautier, Tanja Graf, Thomas D. Schladt, Kristin A. Persson, and Fritz B. Prinz."Benchmarking density functional perturbation theory to enable high-throughput screening of materials for dielectric constant and refractive index."Physical Review B 93.11 (2016). DOI

Lu, Hongyou, Lynn K. Price, and Qi Zhang."Capturing the invisible resource: Analysis of waste heat potential in Chinese industry."Applied Energy 161 (2016) 497 - 511. DOI

Nemet, Gregory, Eric O'Shaughnessy, Ryan H. Wiser, Naïm R. Darghouth, Galen L. Barbose, Kenneth Gillingham, and Varun Rai."Characteristics of Low-Priced Solar Photovoltaic Systems in the United States." (2016).

Hou, Jing, Yisheng Liu, Yong Wu, Nan Zhou, and Wei Feng."Comparative study of commercial building energy-efficiency retrofit policies in four pilot cities in China."Energy Policy 88 (2016) 204 - 215. DOI

Jain, Anubhav, Yongwoo Shin, and Kristin A. Persson."Computational predictions of energy materials using density functional theory."Nature Reviews Materials 1.1 (2016). DOI

Zhao, Hui, Allen Du, Min Ling, Vincent S. Battaglia, and Gao Liu."Conductive polymer binder for nano-silicon/graphite composite electrode in lithium-ion batteries towards a practical application."Electrochimica Acta 209 (2016) 159 - 162. DOI

Zhao, Hui, Yanbao Fu, Min Ling, Zhe Jia, Xiangyun Song, Zonghai Chen, Jun Lu, Khalil Amine, and Gao Liu."Conductive Polymer Binder-Enabled SiO–Sn_x Co_yC_zAnode for High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries."ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8.21 (2016) 13373 - 13377. DOI