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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 scientific challenges across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-integrated building systems; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide.
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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 increasing reliability are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by techno-economic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

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2019

Phadke, Amol A, and Elif Tasar."Working Paper 004: Big Batteries on Wheels - The economic, environmental, and resilience case for rapidly converting diesel locomotives to battery-electric." (2019).

Clark, Jordan D, Brennan Less, Spencer M Dutton, Iain S Walker, and Max H Sherman."Efficacy of occupancy-based smart ventilation control strategies in energy-efficient homes in the United States."Building and Environment 156 (2019) 253 - 267. DOI

2016

Phadke, Amol A, Nikit Abhyankar, and Ranjit Deshmukh."Techno-Economic Assessment of Integrating 175GW of Renewable Energy into the Indian Grid by 2022." (2016).

2014

Seel, Joachim, Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser."An Analysis of Residential PV System Price Differences Between the United States and Germany."Energy Policy 69.June 2014 (2014). DOI

2013

Borgeson, Merrian, and Mark Zimring."Financing Energy Upgrades for K-12 School Districts: A Guide to Tapping into Funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Improvements." (2013).

2008

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, and Lynn K Price."Sectoral trends in global energy use and greenhouse gas emissions."Energy Policy (2008). DOI