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)

2012

Martinez, Carlos A., Peter W. Sauer, and Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia."Reliability Performance Monitoring (RPM) Prototype Preliminary Validation Results, User Interface, Deployment Plan, and Field Test." (2012).

Hoen, Ben, Ryan H. Wiser, Mark A. Thayer, and Peter Cappers."Residential Photovoltaic Energy Systems in California: The Effect on Home Sales Prices." (2012).

Zimring, Mark, Merrian Borgeson, Ian M. Hoffman, Charles A. Goldman, Elizabeth Stuart, Annika Todd, and Megan A. Billingsley."Scaling Energy Efficiency in the Heart of the Residential Market: Increasing Middle America's Access to Capital for Energy Improvements." (2012).

Ji, Liwen, Huolin L. Xin, Tevye R. Kuykendall, Shao-Ling Wu, Haimei Zheng, Mumin Rao, Elton J. Cairns, Vincent S. Battaglia, and Yuegang Zhang."SnS₂ nanoparticle loaded graphene nanocomposites for superior energy storage."Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 14.19 (2012) 6981-6986. DOI

Bolinger, Mark, and Ryan H. Wiser."Understanding wind turbine price trends in the U.S. over the past decade."Energy Policy 42 (2012) 628 - 641. DOI

Mahdavi, Roozbeh, and William F. Tschudi."Wireless Sensor Network for Improving the Energy Efficiency of Data Centers." (2012).

Ridgway, Paul L., Honghe Zheng, Abner F. Bello, Xiangyun Song, Shidi Xun, Jin Chong, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Comparison of cycling performance of lithium ion cell anode graphites."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 159.5 (2012) A520-A524. DOI

Xu, Tengfang T., Joris Flapper, Jing Ke, Klaas Jan Kramer, and Jayant A. Sathaye."Development of a Computer-based Benchmarking and Analytical Tool: Benchmarking and Energy & Water Savings Tool in Dairy Plants (BEST-Dairy)." (2012).

Zheng, Honghe, Lili Chai, Xiangyun Song, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Electrochemical cycling behavior of LiFePO₄ cathode charged with different upper voltage limits."Electrochimica Acta 62 (2012) 256-262. DOI

Stratton, J. Chris, and Iain S. Walker."Health and Safety Guide for Home Performance Contractors." (2012).

Ma, XiaoHui, Geoffroy Hautier, Anubhav Jain, Robert E Doe, and Gerbrand Ceder."Improved Capacity Retention for LiVO₂ by Cr Substitution."Journal of the Electrochemical Society 160.2 (2012) A279-A284. DOI

Zhou, Nan, Nina Zheng, David Fridley, and Nina Khanna."International Review of the Development and Implementation of Energy Efficiency Standards and Labeling Programs." (2012).

Russo, Richard E., Alexander A. Bol'shakov, Jong-Hyun Yoo, and Jhanis J. Gonzalez."Laser ablation plasmas for diagnostics of structured electronic and optical materials during or after laser processing."Laser Applications in Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Manufacturing (LAMOM) XVII 8243 (2012) 82430A-1. DOI

Das, Prodip K., Adam Grippin, Anthony Kwong, and Adam Z. Weber."Liquid-Water-Droplet Adhesion-Force Measurements on Fresh and Aged Fuel-Cell Gas-Diffusion Layers."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 159.5 (2012) B489. DOI

Wiser, Ryan H., Eric Lantz, Mark Bolinger, and M Maureen Hand."Recent Developments in the Levelized Cost of Energy from U.S. Wind Power Projects." (2012).

Patel, , Shrayesh N., Anna E. Javier, Greg M. Stone, Scott A. Mullin, and Nitash P. Balsara."Simultaneous conduction of electronic charge and lithium ions in block copolymers."ACS Nano 6 (2012) 1589-1600. DOI

Chong, Jin, Shidi Xun, Xiangyun Song, Paul L. Ridgway, Gao Liu, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Towards the understanding of coatings on rate performance of LiFePO₄."Journal of Power Sources 200 (2012) 67-76. DOI

Bauman, Fred S., Thomas L. Webster, Stefano Schiavon, Hui Zhang, Edward A. Arens, Kwang Ho Lee, Tyler Hoyt, Darryl J. Dickerhoff, Timothy Moore, Wilmer Pasut, Sabine Hoffmann, Tiefeng Yu, and Elliot Nahman."Advanced Design and Commissioning Tools for Energy-Efficient Building Technologies."Final report to California Energy Commission (CEC) Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program (2012).

Ghatikar, Girish, Aimee T. McKane, Sasank Goli, Peter L. Therkelsen, and Daniel Olsen."Assessing the Control Systems Capacity for Demand Response in California Industries." (2012).

Zhang, Jianshun (Jensen), Wei Feng, John Grunewald, Andreas Nicolai, and Carey Zhang."CHAMPS-Multizone—A Combined Heat, Air, Moisture and Pollutant Simulation Environment for Whole-building Performance Analysis."HVAC&R Research 18.1-2 (2012) 233-251.

Fisk, William J., Douglas R. Black, and Gregory Brunner."Changing Ventilation Rates in U.S. Offices: Implications for Health, Work Performance, Energy, and Associated Economics."Building and Environment 47 (2012) 368-372. DOI

Ridgway, Paul L., Honghe Zheng, Abner F. Bello, Xiangyun Song, Shidi Xun, Jin Chong, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Comparison of Cycling Performance of Lithium Ion Cell Anode Graphites."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 159.5 (2012) A520. DOI

Shearer, Sharon M., Robert A. Harley, Ling Jin, and Nancy J. Brown."Comparison of SAPRC99 and SAPRC07 mechanisms in photochemical modeling for central California."Atmospheric Environment 46 (2012) 205 - 216. DOI

Zheng, Honghe, Ruizhi Yang, Gao Liu, Xiangyun Song, and Vincent S. Battaglia."Cooperation between active material, polymeric binder and conductive carbon additive in lithium ion battery cathode."The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116.7 (2012) 4875-4882. DOI

Mills, Andrew D., Ryan H. Wiser, and Kevin Porter."The cost of transmission for wind energy in the United States: A review of transmission planning studies."Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16.1 (2012) 19. DOI