Energy Technologies Area

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 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)

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2016

Lamy, Julian V, Paulina Jaramillo, Inês Lima Azevedo, and Ryan H Wiser."Should we build wind farms close to load or invest in transmission to access better wind resources in remote areas? A case study in the MISO region."Energy Policy 96.September 2016 (2016) 341-350. DOI

Cappers, Peter, C Anna Spurlock, Annika Todd-Blick, Patrick Baylis, Meredith Fowlie, and Catherine Wolfram."Time-of-Use as a Default Rate for Residential Customers: Issues and Insights." (2016).

Schiller, Steven R, Jennifer Easler, Chuck Rea, and Tina Jayaweera."Using Deemed Savings and Technical Reference Manuals for Efficiency Programs and Projects."Energy Efficiency EM&V Webinar Series (2016).

Hledik, Ryan, Jim Lazar, and Lisa C Schwartz."Distribution System Pricing with Distributed Energy Resources."Future Electric Utility Regulation Report Series FEUR Report No. 4 (2016).

Feldman, David, and Mark Bolinger."Emerging Opportunities and Challenges in Financing Solar."On the Path to SunShot (2016).

Schiller, Steven R, Jennifer Meissner, Katie Rich, and Fred Gordon."Planning and Budgeting for the Evaluation of Energy Efficiency Programs."Energy Efficiency EM&V Webinar Series (2016).

Leventis, Greg."Scaling Energy Efficiency for Low and Middle Income Households through Financing: Opportunities, Issues and the Current State of the Market."Better Buildings Summit, May 11, 2016 (2016).

Wiser, Ryan H, Trieu Mai, Dev Millstein, Jordan Macknick, Alberta Carpenter, Stuart Cohen, Wesley Cole, Bethany Frew, and Garvin A Heath."The Environmental and Public Health Benefits of Achieving High Penetrations of Solar Energy in the United States."On the Path to SunShot (2016).

Barbose, Galen L, John Miller, Ben Sigrin, Emerson Reiter, Karlynn Cory, Joyce McLaren, Joachim Seel, Andrew D Mills, Naïm R Darghouth, and Andrew Satchwell."Utility Regulatory and Business Model Reforms for Addressing the Financial Impacts of Distributed Solar on Utilities." On the Path to Sunshot (2016).

Adomatis, Sandra, and Ben Hoen."An Analysis of Solar Home Paired Sales across Six States."The Appraisal Journal 84.1 (2016) 27-42.

Lin, Jiang, Gang He, and Alexandria Yuan."Economic Rebalancing and Electricity Demand in China."The Electricity Journal 29.3 (2016) 48 - 54. DOI

Phillips, Julia A, Kelly E Wallace, Terence Y Kudo, and Joseph H Eto."Onsite and Electric Power Backup Capabilities at Critical Infrastructure Facilities in the United States." (2016).

Allen, Riley, Donna Brutkoski, David Farnsworth, and Peter H Larsen."Sustainable Energy Solutions for Rural Alaska." (2016).

Barbose, Galen L."U.S. Renewables Portfolio Standards 2016 Annual Status Report." (2016).

Hoffman, Alex, Gregory M Rybka, David Shephard-Gaw, Ian M Hoffman, Charles A Goldman, and Lisa C Schwartz."Energy Efficiency Reporting Tool for Public Power Utilities." (2016).

Schiller, Steven R."Introduction to Technical Reference Manuals (TRMs) for Kentucky Energy Efficiency Programs." (2016).

Bolinger, Mark, Joachim Seel, and Manfei Wu."Maximizing MWh: A Statistical Analysis of the Performance of Utility-Scale Photovoltaic Projects in the United States." (2016).

Sanstad, Alan H."Regional Economic Modeling of Electricity Supply Disruptions: A Review and Recommendations for Research." (2016).

Schiller, Steven R."Demand Side Efficiency, EM&V and the Clean Power Plan: NARUC Presentation." (2016).

Schwartz, Lisa C, Greg Leventis, Steven R Schiller, and Emily Martin Fadrhonc."SEE Action Guide for States: Energy Efficiency as a Least-Cost Strategy to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Air Pollution and Meet Energy Needs in the Power Sector." (2016).

Hoen, Ben, and Carol Atkinson-Palombo."Wind Turbines, Amenities and Disamenities: A Study of Home Value Impacts in Densely Populated Massachusetts."Journal of Real Estate Research 38.N o . 4 – 2 0 1 6 (2016) 473-504.

Wiser, Ryan H, Galen L Barbose, Jenny Heeter, Trieu Mai, Lori Bird, Mark Bolinger, Alberta Carpenter, Garvin A Heath, David Keyser, Jordan Macknick, Andrew D Mills, and Dev Millstein."A Retrospective Analysis of the Benefits and Impacts of U.S. Renewable Portfolio Standards." (2016).

Nemet, Gregory, Eric O'Shaughnessy, Ryan H Wiser, Naïm R Darghouth, Galen L Barbose, Kenneth Gillingham, and Varun Rai."Characteristics of Low-Priced Solar Photovoltaic Systems in the United States." (2016).

Billingsley, Megan A, J Chris Stratton, and Emily Martin Fadrhonc."Energy Advisors: Improving Customer Experience and Efficiency Program Outcomes." (2016).

Cappers, Peter, Jason S MacDonald, Janie Page, Jennifer Potter, and Emma M Stewart."Future Opportunities and Challenges with Using Demand Response as a Resource in Distribution System Operation and Planning Activities." (2016).