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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2008

Bolinger, Mark, Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser."Shaking Up the Residential PV Market: Implications of Recent Changes to the ITC."Case Studies of State Support for Renewable Energy (2008) 12.

Eto, Joseph H, and Kristina Hamachi LaCommare."Tracking the Reliability of the U.S. Electric Power System: An Assessment of Publicly Available Information Reported to State Public Utility Commissions." (2008) 52.

Hopper, Nicole C, Galen L Barbose, Charles A Goldman, and Jeff Schlegel."Energy Efficiency as a Preferred Resource: Evidence from Utility Resource Plans in the Western United States and Canada."Energy Efficiency Journal Volume 2, Number 1 (2008) 24. DOI

Barbose, Galen L, Ryan H Wiser, Amol A Phadke, and Charles A Goldman."Managing Carbon Regulatory Risk in Utility Resource Planning: Current Practices in the Western United States."Energy Policy 36.9 (2008) 3300-3311. DOI

Barbose, Galen L, Ryan H Wiser, Amol A Phadke, and Charles A Goldman."Pursuing Energy Efficiency as a Hedge Against Carbon Regulatory Risks Current Resource Planning Practices in the West." (2008) 12.

Cappers, Peter, Charles A Goldman, Michele Chait, George Edgar, Jeff Schlegel, and Wayne Shirley."Quantitative Financial Analysis of Alternative Energy Efficiency Shareholder Incentive Mechanisms."ACEEE 2008 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2008) 15.

Wiser, Ryan H, and Mark Bolinger."2008 Wind Technologies Market Report." (2008) 68.

Bharvirkar, Ranjit, Charles A Goldman, Grayson C Heffner, and Richard Sedano."Coordination of Retail Demand Response with Midwest ISO Wholesale Markets." (2008) 39.

Komiyama, Ryoichi, and Chris Marnay."Japan’s Residential Energy Demand Outlook to 2030 Considering Energy Efficiency Standards “Top-Runner Approach”."2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Scaling Up: Building Tomorrow's Solutions (2008).

Wiser, Ryan H, and Galen L Barbose."Renewable Portfolio Standards in the United States: A Status Report with Data Through 2007." (2008) 40.

Barbose, Galen L, Ryan H Wiser, Amol A Phadke, and Charles A Goldman."Reading the Tea Leaves: How Utilities in the West Are Managing Carbon Regulatory Risk in their Resource Plans." (2008) 80.

Lin, Jiang, and Gregory J Rosenquist."Stay cool with less work: China's new energy-efficiency standards for air conditioners."Energy Policy 36.3 (2008) 1090 - 1095. DOI

Fridley, David, Nina Zheng, Nan Zhou, Nathaniel T Aden, Jiang Lin, Jianhong Cheng, Tomoyuki Sakamoto, and Nina Khanna."China Refrigerator Information Label: Specification Development and Potential Impact." (2008).

Bolinger, Mark."Property Tax Assessments as a Finance Vehicle for Residential PV Installations: Opportunities and Potential Limitations."Case Studies of State Support for Renewable Energy (2008) 10.

Bolinger, Mark."Property Tax Assessments as a Finance Vehicle for Residential PV Installations: Opportunitites and Potential Limitations." (2008) 10.

Puckett, Curt D, Timothy P Hennessy, Grayson C Heffner, and Charles A Goldman."Regional Approaches to Measurement and Verification of Load Management Programs."IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 23.1 (2008) 204 - 212. DOI

Coughlin, Katie, Mary Ann Piette, Charles A Goldman, and Sila Kiliccote."Estimating Demand Response Load Impacts: Evaluation of Baseline Load Models for Non- Residential Buildings in California." (2008) 33.

Chen, Cliff, Ryan H Wiser, and Mark Bolinger."Weighing the Costs and Benefits of State Renewables Portfolio Standards: A Comparative Analysis of State- Level Policy Impact Projections." (2008) 87.

2007

Wiser, Ryan H, Andrew D Mills, Galen L Barbose, and William H Golove."The Impact of Retail Rate Structures on the Economics of Commercial Photovoltaic Systems in California." (2007) 97.

Wiser, Ryan H, Christopher Namovicz, Mark Gielecki, and Robert Smith."Renewables Portfolio Standards: A Factual Introduction to Experience from the United States." (2007) 19.

Wiser, Ryan H, and Mark Bolinger."Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installation, Cost, and Performance Trends: 2007." (2007) 32.

Wiser, Ryan H, Mark Bolinger, and Galen L Barbose."Using the Federal Production Tax Credit to Build a Durable Market for Wind Power in the United States."The Electricity Journal 20.9 (2007) 77-88. DOI

Harper, John, Matthew D Karcher, and Mark Bolinger."Wind Project Financing Structures: A Review & Comparative Analysis." (2007) 82.

Goldman, Charles A, Nicole C Hopper, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Bernard Neenan, and Peter Cappers."A Methodology for Estimating Large-Customer Demand Response Market Potential." (2007) 19.

Zhou, Nan, and Jiang Lin."The Reality and Future Scenarios of Commercial Building Energy Consumption in China." (2007).