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)

2015

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Greg Leventis, and Nihar Shah."Lessons Learned From Incentive Programs for Efficient Air Conditioners: A Review." (2015).

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Greg Leventis, Nihar Shah, and Michael A. McNeil."Cooling the Growth of Air Conditioners Energy Consumption."ECEEE 2015 Summer Study on energy efficiency (2015).

Shah, Nihar, Nikit Abhyankar, Amol A. Phadke, and Girish Ghatikar."Considerations in Standardization for Demand Response Ready Air Conditioners in India."India Smart Grid Week 2015 (2015).

Hendrickson, Thomas P., Olga Kavvada, Nihar Shah, Roger Sathre, and Corinne D. Scown."Life-cycle implications and supply chain logistics of electric vehicle battery recycling in California."Environmental Research Letters 10.1 (2015). DOI

2014

Shah, Nihar, Won Young Park, Nicholas Bojda, Michael A. McNeil, and Paul Waide."Superefficient Refrigerators: Opportunities and Challenges for Efficiency Improvement Globally."2014 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2014).

Shah, Nihar, Nakul Sathaye, Amol A. Phadke, and Virginie E. Letschert."Efficiency improvement opportunities for ceiling fans."Energy Efficiency 8.1 (2014) 37-50. DOI

Morrow, William R. III, Jeffery B. Greenblatt, Andrew Sturges, Samveg Saxena, Anand R. Gopal, Dev Millstein, Nihar Shah, and Elisabeth A. Gilmore."Key Factors Influencing Autonomous Vehicles’ Energy and Environmental Outcome."Road Vehicle Automation (2014) 127-135. DOI

Park, Won Young, Amol A. Phadke, and Nihar Shah."Efficiency improvement opportunities for televisions in India: Implications for market transformation programs."Energy Efficiency (2014). DOI

Saxena, Samveg, Nihar Shah, Iván Dario Bedoya, and Amol A. Phadke."Understanding Optimal Engine Operating Strategies for Gasoline-Fueled HCCI Engines using Crank-Angle Resolved Exergy Analysis."Applied Energy 114 (2014) 155-163. DOI

Phadke, Amol A., Nikit Abhyankar, and Nihar Shah."Avoiding 100 New Power Plants by Increasing Efficiency of Room Air Conditioners in India: Opportunities and Challenges." (2014).

2013

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Virginie E. Letschert, Nihar Shah, Greg Leventis, Theo Covary, and Paul Waide."Energy Efficient Refrigerators Incentive Program Options for South Africa." (2013).

Shah, Nihar, Paul Waide, and Amol A. Phadke."Cooling the Planet: Opportunities for Deployment of Superefficient Room Air Conditioners." (2013).

Park, Won Young, Amol A. Phadke, Nihar Shah, and Virginie E. Letschert."Efficiency Improvement Opportunities in TVs: Implications for Market Transformation Programs."Energy Policy 59 (2013) 361-372. DOI

Sathaye, Nakul, Amol A. Phadke, Nihar Shah, and Virginie E. Letschert."Potential Global Benefits of Improved Ceiling Fan Energy Efficiency." (2013).

Gopal, Anand R., Greg Leventis, Stephane de la Rue du Can, Nihar Shah, and Amol A. Phadke."Trading Appliance Efficiency for Electricity Subsidies: The Potential in Emerging Economies."ECEEE 2013 Summer Study (2013).

Park, Won Young, Amol A. Phadke, and Nihar Shah."Efficiency Improvement Opportunities for Personal Computer Monitors: Implications for Market Transformation Programs."Energy Efficiency 6 (2013) 545-569.

2012

Saxena, Samveg, Iván Dario Bedoya, Nihar Shah, and Amol A. Phadke."Understanding Loss Mechanisms and Efficiency Improvement Options for HCCI Engines Using Detailed Exergy Analysis." (2012). DOI

Sahai, Rashmi, Nihar Shah, and Amol A. Phadke."Addressing Water Consumption of Evaporative Coolers with Greywater." (2012).

2011

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Nihar Shah, and Amol A. Phadke."Country Review of Energy-Efficiency Financial Incentives in the Residential Sector." (2011).

Park, Won Young, Amol A. Phadke, Nihar Shah, and Virginie E. Letschert."TV Energy Consumption Trends and Energy-Efficiency Improvement Options." (2011).