Laboratory Information:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
1617 Cole Boulevard
Golden, CO 80401-3393
Website: http://www.nrel.gov/
Technology Transfer Website: http://www.nrel.gov/technologytransfer/
Agency/Department: Dept. of Energy
Region: Mid-Continent
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Ms. Carrieann McDonough
Phone: (303) 384-7351
Fax: (303) 275-3040
Email: Carrieann_McDonough@nrel.gov
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory
(NREL) is the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) primary Laboratory
for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. Established in 1974, NREL began
operating in 1977 as the Solar Energy Research Institute. It was designated a DOE national Laboratory
in
September 1991 and its name changed to NREL. NREL also provides research expertise for DOE's Office
of
Science, and the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. NREL is managed for DOE by Midwest
Research Institute and Battelle.
Mission of the Laboratory:
NREL's mission and strategy are focused on advancing the
U.S. Department of Energy's and our nation's
energy goals. The Laboratory's scientists and researchers support critical market objectives to accelerate
research from scientific innovations to market-viable alternative energy solutions. At the core of this
strategic
direction are NREL's research and technology development areas. These areas span from understanding
renewable resources for energy, to the conversion of these resources to renewable electricity and fuels,
and
ultimately to the use of renewable electricity and fuels in homes, commercial buildings, and vehicles.
The
Laboratory thereby directly contributes to our nation's goal for finding new renewable ways to power
our homes,
businesses, and cars. NREL's R&D areas of expertise are:
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Contact with provider groups
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
- Outreach
- Patents and Licensing
- Publications
- Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
- University liaison
- Use of contracted support
- Work For Others
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Computational Materials Science
- Optoelectronics
- Biological Sciences
- Biological Sciences
- Geothermal
- Grid Operational Impact Analysis
- Heat exchanger linings
- Heavy vehicle hybrid propulsion components and systems
- Hybrid electric vehicles
- Hydrogen & Fuel Cells
- Hydrogen Production by Fermentation
- Interconnection and control technology
- Interconnection standards and codes
- Passive Solar Buildings
- Photobiological Water Splitting
- Photoelectrochemical Materials for Direct Solar Hydrogen Production
- Photovoltaic Research
- Process Analysis - Technoeconomic and Life Cycle Assessment
- Reforming Catalyst Development
- Renewable & Energy Efficient Processes
- Solar
- Solar Heating
- Solar Radiation Research
- Solar Thermal Research
- Solid State Spectroscopy
- Solid State Theory
- Strain Development
- Superconductivity
- Systems Development and Optimization
- Technology Deployment
- Thermochemical Conversion Technologies
- Thermochemical Process Integration, Scale-up, and Demonstration
- Thermochemical Process R&D
- Thermochemical Process R&D
- Thermochemical Processes
- Thin Film Hydrogen Sensors
- Transmission and Generation Planning
- Vehicle Components
- Vehicle Simulation
- Wind and Hydropower
- Advanced Materials
- Advanced petroleum based fuels
- Advanced power electronics
- Advanced Vehicles & Fuels
- Aging and Durability of Photolytic Reactor Materials
- Air-cooled condensers
- Alternative non-condensable gas removal methods
- Basic Sciences
- Biobased Product and Development
- Biochemical Conversion Technologies
- Biomass
- Biomass Characterization and Analysis
- Biomass Pretreatment
- Bioprocess Integration, Scale-up, and Demonstration
- Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)
- Buildings
- Carbon Nanostructures for Hydrogen Storage
- Carbon-Based Nanoscience
- Cellulase Enzyme Development
- Chemical Sciences & Nanoscience
- Concentrating Solar Power
- Condensation of mixed working fluids
- Distributed energy regulatory and institutional issues
- Distributed energy testing and certification
- Distributed Thermal Energy Technologies
- Electric Infrastructure Systems
- Electrochromic Window Testing
- Electrolysis
- Emissions and Air Quality Research
- Energy management and grid support applications
- Energy storage
- Environmental Analysis
- Field verification of small-scale geothermal power plants
- Fleet Evaluations
- Fuel Cell Component Materials
- Fuels Utilization Research and Development
