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)

2011

Chang, H., S.V. Kalinin, S. Yang, P. Yu, S. Bhattacharya, P.P. Wu, N. Balke, S. Jesse, L.Q. Chen, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, S.J. Pennycook, and A.Y. Borisevich."Watching domains grow: In-situ studies of polarization switching by combined scanning probe and scanning transmission electron microscopy."Journal of Applied Physics 110 (2011). DOI

2010

Letschert, Virginie E., and Michael A. McNeil."Material World: Forecasting Household Appliance Ownership in a Growing Global Economy."European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) 2009 Summer Study (2010) 8.

Stadler, Michael, Afzal S. Siddiqui, Chris Marnay, Hirohisa Aki, and Judy Lai."Control of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Optimal DER Technology Investment and Energy Management in Zero-Net-Energy Buildings."European Transactions on Electrical Power 21.2 (2010) 1291-1309. DOI

Coughlin, Katie, and Joseph H Eto."Analysis of Wind Power and Load Data at Multiple Time Scales." (2010).

Cairns, Elton J., Wolf Vielstich, Arnold Lamm, Hubert A. Gasteiger, and Harumi Yokokawa."Aqueous carbonate electrolyte fuel cells."Handbook of Fuel Cells Fundamentals and Survey of Systems (2010). DOI

Xu, Tengfang T., Jan Willem Slaa, and Jayant A. Sathaye."Characterizing Costs, Savings and Benefits of a Selection of Energy Efficient Emerging Technologies in the United States." (2010).

Mackin, Peter, Ron Daschmans, Ben Williams, Brian Haney, Randy Hunt, and Jeff Ellis."Dynamic Simulation Studies of the Frequency Response of the Three U.S. Interconnections with Increased Wind Generation." (2010) 142.

Phelan, Patrick E., Y Gupta, Himanshu Tyagi, Ravi S. Prasher, J Catano, G Michna, R Zhou, J Wen, Michael K Jensen, and Y Peles."Energy Efficiency of Refrigeration Systems for High-Heat-Flux Microelectronics."J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl 2 (2010) 031004. DOI

Lutz, James D.."Evaluation of TANK Water Heater Simulation Model as Embedded in HWSim." (2010) 11.

Illian, Howard F.."Frequency Control Performance Measurement and Requirements." (2010) 46.

Sandstede, Gerd, Elton J. Cairns, Vladimir S. Bagotsky, Klaus Wiesener, Wolf Vielstich, Arnold Lamm, Hubert A. Gasteiger, and Harumi Yokokawa."History of low temperature fuel cells."Handbook of Fuel Cells Fundamentals Technology and Applications (2010). DOI

Zimring, Mark, Ian M. Hoffman, Merrian C. Fuller, and Merrian Borgeson."HUD PowerSaver Pilot Loan Program."Clean Energy Program Policy Brief (2010) 6.

Logue, Jennifer M., Phillip N. Price, Max H. Sherman, and Brett C. Singer."Indoor Health Benefits and Energy Costs of Residential Ventilation, Department of Housing and Urban Development Report." (2010).

DeForest, Nicholas, Florence Bonnet, Michael Stadler, and Chris Marnay."Introduction to the Buildings Sector Module of SEDS." (2010).

Nilsson, Annica M., and Jacob C. Jonsson."Light-scattering properties of a Venetian blind slat used for daylighting applications."Solar Energy 84.12 (2010) 2103 - 2111. DOI

McKane, Aimee T., and Ali Hasanbeigi."Motor Systems Efficiency Supply Curves." (2010).

Olsen, Daniel, Sasank Goli, David Faulkner, and Aimee T. McKane."Opportunities for Energy Efficiency and Demand Response in the California Cement Industry." (2010).

Otanicar, Todd P., Ihtesham Chowdhury, Patrick E. Phelan, and Ravi S. Prasher."Parametric analysis of a coupled photovoltaic/thermal concentrating solar collector for electricity generation."J. Appl. Phys. 108 (2010) 114907. DOI

Undrill, John."Power and Frequency Control as it Relates to Wind-Powered Generation." (2010) 94.

Lai, W. Y., Patrick E. Phelan, and Ravi S. Prasher."Pressure-Drop Viscosity Measurements for-Al2O3 Nanoparticles in Water and PG-Water Mixtures (Nanofluids)."J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. (2010). DOI

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Ali Hasanbeigi, and Jayant A. Sathaye."Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program FINAL PROJECT REPORT California Energy Balance Update and Decomposition Analysis for the Industry and Building Sectors." (2010).

Martinez, Carlos A., Song Xue, and Martha Martinez."Review of the Recent Frequency Performance of the Eastern, Western and ERCOT Interconnections." (2010) 63.

Barbose, Galen L., Naïm R. Darghouth, and Ryan H. Wiser."Tracking the Sun III The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the U.S. from 1998-2009." (2010) 54.

Aden, Nathaniel T., Yining Qin, and David Fridley."Urban Form Energy Use and Emissions in China: Preliminary Findings and Model Proof of Concept." (2010).

Eto, Joseph H, John Undrill, Peter Mackin, Ron Daschmans, Ben Williams, Brian Haney, Randy Hunt, Jeff Ellis, Howard F. Illian, Carlos A. Martinez, Mark O'Malley, Katie Coughlin, and Kristina Hamachi LaCommare."Use of Frequency Response Metrics to Assess the Planning and Operating Requirements for Reliable Integration of Variable Renewable Generation." (2010) 141.