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)

2013

Dong, Meirong, Xianglei Mao, Jhanis J. Gonzalez, Jidong Lu, and Richard E. Russo."Carbon Isotope Separation and Molecular Formation in Laser-Induced Plasmas by Laser Ablation Molecular Isotopic Spectrometry."Analytical Chemistry 85.5 (2013) 2899 - 2906. DOI

Mills, Andrew D., and Ryan H. Wiser."Changes in the Economic Value of Variable Generation at High Penetration Levels: A Pilot Case Study of California."18th Annual POWER Conference on Energy Research and Policy (2013).

Fisk, William J., Usha Satish, Mark J. Mendell, Toshifumi Hotchi, and Douglas P. Sullivan."Is CO₂ an Indoor Pollutant? Higher Levels of CO₂ May Diminish Decision Making Performance."ASHRAE Journal 55.3 (2013) 84-85.

Zhou, Nan, Nina Khanna, David Fridley, and John Romankiewicz."Development and implementation of energy efficiency standards and labeling programs in China: Progress and challenges." (2013).

Romankiewicz, John, Min Qu, Chris Marnay, and Nan Zhou."International Microgrid Assessment: Governance, INcentives, and Experience (IMAGINE)."the European Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s 2013 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency (2013).

Zhou, Nan, and Christopher J. Williams."An International Review of Eco-City Theory, Indicators, and Case Studies." (2013).

Coles, Henry C.."LBNL's Novel Approach to Cooling."DatacenterDynamicsFOCUS (2013) 56-59.

Song, Min-Kyu, Elton J. Cairns, and Yuegang Zhang."Lithium/sulfur batteries with high specific energy: old challenges and new opportunities."Nanoscale 5 (2013) 2186-2204. DOI

Cappers, Peter, Jason S. MacDonald, and Charles A. Goldman."Market and Policy Barriers for Demand Response Providing Ancillary Services in U.S. Markets." (2013).

Kim, Chunjoong, Nick S. Norberg, Caleb T. Alexander, Robert Kostecki, and Jordi Cabana."Mechanism of Phase Propagation During Lithiation in Carbon-Free Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ Battery Electrodes."Advanced Functional Materials 23.9 (2013) 1214-1222. DOI

Boesenberg, , Ulrike, Florian Meirer, Yijin Liu, Alpesh K. Shukla, Rossana Dell’Anna, Tolek Tyliszczak, Guoying Chen, Joy C. Andrews, Thomas J. Richardson, Robert Kostecki, and Jordi Cabana."Mesoscale phase distribution in single particles of LiFePO₄ following lithium deintercalation."Chemistry of Materials 25.9 (2013) 1664-1672. DOI

Garcia, Guillermo, Raffaella Buonsanti, Anna Llordes, Evan L. Runnerstrom, Amy Bergerud, and Delia J. Milliron."Near-Infrared Spectrally Selective Plasmonic Electrochromic Thin Films."Advanced Optical Materials 1.3 (2013) 215 - 220. DOI

Miner, , Mark J, Patrick E. Phelan, Brent A Odom, Carlos A Ortiz, Ravi S. Prasher, and Jonathan A. Sherbeck."Optimized Expanding Microchannel Geometry for Flow Boiling."J. Heat Transfer 135 (2013) 042901. DOI

Choi, Inhee, Xianglei Mao, Jhanis J. Gonzalez, and Richard E. Russo."Plasma property effects on spectral line broadening in double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy."Applied Physics A 110.4 (2013) 785-792. DOI

Zhou, Nan, David Fridley, Michael A. McNeil, Nina Khanna, Wei Feng, and Jing Ke."Quantifying the potential impact of energy efficiency and low carbon policies for China."the European Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s 2013 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency (2013).

DeForest, Nicholas, Arman Shehabi, Guillermo Garcia, Jeffery B. Greenblatt, Eric R. Masanet, Eleanor S. Lee, Stephen E. Selkowitz, and Delia J. Milliron."Regional performance targets for transparent near-infrared switching electrochromic window glazings."Building and Environment 61 (2013) 160 - 168. DOI

Bolinger, Mark."Revisiting the Long-Term Hedge Value of Wind Power in an Era of Low Natural Gas Prices." (2013).

Kusoglu, Ahmet, and Adam Z. Weber."Role of Chemical-Mechanical Energies in Understanding Structure and Properties of Aged and Degraded Membranes."ECS Transactions 50.2 (2013) 961 - 965. DOI

Chang, Wen-Kuei, and Tianzhen Hong."Statistical Analysis and Modeling of Occupancy Patterns in Open-Plan Offices using Measured Lighting-Switch Data."Building Simulation 6.1 (2013) 23–32. DOI

Chong, Jin, Shidi Xun, Xiangyun Song, Gao Liu, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Surface stabilized LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄ cathode materials with high-rate capability and long cycle life for lithium ion batteries."Nano energy 2.2 (2013) 283-293. DOI

Walker, Iain S., Darryl J. Dickerhoff, David Faulkner, and William J. N. Turner."System Effects of High Efficiency Filters in Homes."ASHRAE Annual Conference (2013).

Van Den Bergh, Sofie, Robert Hart, Bjørn Petter Jelle, and Arlid Gustavsen."Window Spacers and Edge Seals in Insulating Glass Units: A State-of-the-Art Review and Future Perspectives."Energy and Buildings 58 (2013) 263–280. DOI

Robinson, Alastair."Zone Level Occupant-‐Responsive Building Energy Systems at the GSA." (2013).

Marnay, Chris, Michael Stadler, Afzal S. Siddiqui, Nicholas DeForest, Jonathan Donadee, Prajesh Bhattacharya, and Judy Lai."Applications of Optimal Building Energy System Selection and Operation."Institution of Mechanical Engineers Journal of Power and Energy (2013).

Satchwell, Andrew, Charles A. Goldman, Hossein Haeri, and Mark Lesiw."An Assessment of Analytical Capabilities, Services and Tools for Demand Response." (2013).