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)

2019

Ai, Guo, Qianqian Hu, Liang Zhang, Kehua Dai, Jin Wang, Zijia Xu, Yu Huang, Bo Zhang, Dejun Li, Ting Zhang, Gao Liu, and Wenfeng Mao."Investigation of the Nanocrystal CoS₂ Embedded in 3D Honeycomb-like Graphitic Carbon with a Synergistic Effect for High-Performance Lithium Sulfur Batteries."ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11.37 (2019) 33987 - 33999. DOI

Cabo-Fernandez, , Laura, Alex R. Neale, Filipe Braga, Igor V. Sazanovich, Robert Kostecki, and Laurence J. Hardwick."Kerr gated Raman spectroscopy of LiPF₆ salt and LiPF₆-based organic carbonate electrolyte for Li-ion batteries."Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 21.43 (2019) 23833 - 23842. DOI

Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Brian Holuj, Noah Horowitz, and Alex Hillbrand."Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Air Conditioners." (2019).

Shah, Nihar, EE Task Force, and UNEP TEAP."Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Volume 3: Decision XXX/5 Task Force Final Report on Cost and Availability of Low-GWP Technologies/Equipment that Maintain/Enhance Energy Efficiency."UNEP Report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel 3 (2019).

iria, , jose, Miguel Heleno, and Gonçalo Cardoso."Optimal sizing and placement of energy storage systems and on-load tap changer transformers in distribution networks."Applied Energy 250 (2019) 1147 - 1157. DOI

Rajagopal, Deepak, and Amol A. Phadke."Prioritizing electric miles over electric vehicles will deliver greater benefits at lower cost."Environmental Research Letters 14.9 (2019).

Phadke, Amol A., Won Young Park, and Nikit Abhyankar."Providing reliable and financially sustainable electricity access in India using super-efficient appliances."Energy Policy 132 (2019). DOI

Granderson, Jessica, Samir Touzani, Eliot Crowe, Samuel Fernandes, Shankar Earni, and Kaiyu Sun."Realizing high-accuracy low-cost measurement and verification for deep cost savings." (2019). DOI

Todd, Annika, Peter Cappers, C. Anna Spurlock, and Ling Jin."Spillover as a cause of bias in baseline evaluation methods for demand response programs."Applied Energy 250 (2019) 344 - 357. DOI

Wetter, Michael, Antoine Gautier, Milica Grahovac, and Jianjun Hu."Verification of Control Sequences within OpenBuildingControl."16th IBPSA Conference (2019).

Wiser, Ryan H., and Mark Bolinger."2018 Wind Technologies Market Report." (2019).

Langevin, Jared, Chioke B. Harris, and Janet L. Reyna."Assessing the Potential to Reduce U.S. Building CO2 Emissions 80% by 2050."Joule (2019). DOI

Shah, Nihar, Max Wei, Virginie E. Letschert, and Amol A. Phadke."Benefits of Energy Efficient and Low-Global Warming Potential Refrigerant Cooling Equipment." (2019) 59.

Tang, Xiaochen, Lara Ughetta, Simon K. Shannon, Sharon S. Chen, Sébastien Houzé de l’Aulnoit, Rachael A.T. Gould, Marion L. Russell, Jiachen Zhang, George A. Ban-Weiss, Rebecca L.A. Everman, Frank W. Klink, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats."De-pollution efficacy of photocatalytic roofing granules."Building and Environment 160 (2019). DOI

Abhyankar, Nikit, Jiang Lin, Xu Liu, and Froylan Sifuentes."Economic and environmental benefits of market-based power-system reform in China: provincial versus regional grid optimization." (2019).

Bauer, Gordon S., Amol A. Phadke, Jeffery B. Greenblatt, and Deepak Rajagopal."Electrifying urban ridesourcing fleets at no added cost through efficient use of charging infrastructure."Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 105 (2019). DOI

Meier, Alan K.."The Energy Costs of Moisture."Home Energy Magazine (2019).

Singh, Reshma, Paul A. Mathew, Jessica Granderson, and Yash Shukla."Energy Information Systems: From the Basement to the Boardroom." (2019). DOI

Gerber, Daniel L., Richard Liou, and Richard E. Brown."Energy-saving opportunities of direct-DC loads in buildings."Applied Energy 248 (2019) 274 - 287. DOI

Domenech, Carmen Bas, and Miguel Heleno."Estimating the Value of Second Life Batteries for Residential Prosumers."2019 IEEE Milan PowerTech2019 IEEE Milan PowerTech (2019). DOI

Heng, Shuai, Yan Wang, Qunting Qu, Ruitian Guo, Xiaojian Shan, Vincent S. Battaglia, Gao Liu, and Honghe Zheng."Fluoro-Ether as a Bifunctional Interphase Electrolyte Additive with Graphite/LiNi_0.5Co _0.2Mn_0.3O₂ Full Cell."ACS Applied Energy Materials 2.9 (2019) 6404 - 6416. DOI

Crowe, Eliot, Jessica Granderson, and Samuel Fernandes."From Theory to Practice: Lessons Learned from an Advanced M&V Commercial Pilot."International Energy Program Evaluation Conference (2019).

Baral, Nawa Raj, Olga Kavvada, Daniel Mendez Perez, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Taek Soon Lee, Blake A. Simmons, and Corinne D. Scown."Greenhouse Gas Footprint, Water-Intensity, and Production Cost of Bio-Based Isopentenol as a Renewable Transportation Fuel."ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. (2019) 15434–15444.

Darghouth, Naïm R., Galen L. Barbose, and Andrew D. Mills."Implications of Rate Design for the Customer-Economics of Behind-the-Meter Storage." (2019).

Karaguzel, Omer T., Mohammed Elshambakey, Yimin Zhu, and Tianzhen Hong."OPEN COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SHARING DATA ANALYTICS TO SUPPORT BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS." (2019).