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)

2006

Bhattacharya, Prajesh, X. Wei, Andrei G. Fedorov, Yogendra K. Joshi, Navdeep Bajwa, Anyuan Cao, and Pulickel Ajayan."Carbon Nanotube (CNT)-Centric Thermal Management of Future High Power Microprocessors."IEEE CPMT International Symposium and Exhibition on Advanced Packaging Materials (2006).

Deb, Aniruddha, James M. Ralph, Elton J. Cairns, and Uwe Bergmann."Characterization of La_0.8Sr_0.2FeO_{3- δ} and La_0.7Sr_0.2FeO_{3- δ} as a function of temperature by x-ray absorption spectroscopy."Physical Review B 73.11 (2006) 1151144. DOI

Destaillats, Hugo, Brett C. Singer, Sharon K. Lee, and Lara A. Gundel."Effect of Ozone on Nicotine Desorption from Model Surfaces: Evidence for Heterogeneous Chemistry."Environmental Science and Technology 40.6 (2006) 1799-1805. DOI

Krishnamurthy, S., Prajesh Bhattacharya, Patrick E. Phelan, and Ravi S. Prasher."Enhanced Mass Transport in Nanofluids."Nanoletters 6.3 (2006) 419-423. DOI

Luo, Lei, Yanfeng Zhang, Samuel S. Mao, and Liwei Lin."Fabrication and characterization of ZnO nanowires based UV photodiodes."Sensors and Actuators A: Physica 127.2 (2006) 201-206. DOI

Wiser, Ryan H., and Mark Bolinger."Federal Tax Incentives for PV Potential Implications for Program Design."California Public Utilities Commission San Francisco, California March 16, 2006 (2006).

Eto, Joseph H."Maintain, Enhance, and Improve Reliability of California’s Electric System under Restructuring." (2006).

Wiser, Ryan H.."Meeting Expectations: A Review of State Experience with RPS Policies." (2006).

Slack, Jonathan L., James C.W. Locke, Seung-Wan Song, Jason Ona, and Thomas J. Richardson."Metal hydride switchable mirrors: Factors influencing dynamic range and stability."Solor Energy MaterialsSolar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 90.4 (2006) 485-490. DOI

Persson, Kristin A., Gerbrand Ceder, and Dane Morgan."Spin transitions in the Fe_xMn_1-xS₂ system."Physical Review B 73 (2006).

Clear, Robert D.."Summary results of visual comfort measurements at the electrochromic windows testbed." (2006).

Park, , Yong Joon, and Marca M. Doeff."Synthesis and electrochemical characterization of M₂Mn₃O₈ (M= Ca, Cu) compounds and derivatives."Solid State Ionics 177 (2006) 893-900. DOI

Energy, U.S. Department of."Benefits of Demand Response in Electricity Markets and Recommendations for Achieving Them - A Report to the United States Congress Pursant to Section 1252 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005." (2006) 122.

Lunden, Melissa M., Douglas R. Black, Megan McKay, Kenneth L. Revzan, Allen H. Goldstein, and Nancy J. Brown."Characteristics of fine particle growth events observed above a forested ecosystem in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California."Aerosol Science and Technology 40.5 (2006) 373-388. DOI

Akbari, Hashem, Paul Berdahl, Ronnen M. Levinson, Stephen Wiel, William A. Miller, and Andre Desjarlais."Cool Color Roofing Materials." (2006).

LaCommare, Kristina Hamachi, and Joseph H Eto."Cost of Power Interruptions to Electricity Consumers in the United States (U.S.)." (2006) 33.

Goldman, Charles A., Nicole C. Hopper, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Bernard Neenan, Richard Boisvert, Peter Cappers, Donna Pratt, and Kim Butkins."Customer Strategies for Responding to Day-Ahead Market Hourly Electricity Pricing." (2006).

Kostecki, Robert, Jinglei Lei, Frank R. McLarnon, Joongpyo Shim, and Kathryn A. Striebel."Diagnostic evaluation of detrimental phenomena in high-power lithium-ion batteries."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 153.4 (2006) A669-A672. DOI

Galitsky, Christina, Ashok J. Gadgil, Mark Jacobs, and Yoo-Mi Lee."Fuel Efficient Stoves for Darfur camps of Internally Displaced Persons Report of Field trip to North and South Darfur, Nov. 16 - Dec.17, 2005." (2006).

Marnay, Chris, and Giri Venkataramanan."Microgrids in the Evolving Electricity Generation and Delivery Infrastructure." (2006) 7.

Kranzl, Lukas, Michael Stadler, Reinhard Haas, and Claus Huber."Modellierung und Entwicklung von Strategien zur effizienten Förderung nachhaltiger Energiesysteme am Beispiel des Wiener Raumwärmesektors."9. Energieinnovationssymposium TU GRAZ, February 15-17, 2006 (2006).

Barbose, Galen L., Charles A. Goldman, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Nicole C. Hopper, Michael K. Ting, and Bernard Neenan."Real Time Pricing as a Default or Optional Service for Commercial and Industrial Customers: A Comparative Analysis of Eight Case Studies." (2006).

Ben Hagan, Essel, Robert D Van Buskirk, Alfred Ofosu-Ahenkorah, and Michael A. McNeil."Refrigerator Efficiency in Ghana: Tailoring an Appliance Market Transformation Program Design for Africa." (2006) 37.

Barbose, Galen L., Charles A. Goldman, and Bernard Neenan."The Role of Demand Response in Default Service Pricing."The Electricity Journal 19.3 (2006) 16. DOI

Barbose, Galen L., Ryan H. Wiser, and Mark Bolinger."Supporting Photovoltaics in Market-Rate Residential New Construction: A Summary of Programmatic Experience to Date and Lessons Learned." (2006) 30.