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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Sauciuc, Ioan, Gregory M Chrysler, Je-Young Chang, and Ravi S Prasher."Preventing burst-related hazards in microelectronic cooling systems." (2008).

Eto, Joseph H, Manu Parashar, and Nancy J Lewis."Real Time Systems Operations 2006 - 2007."PIER Final Project Report (2008).

Parashar, Manu, and Abhijeet Agarwal."Real-Time Voltage Security Assessment (RTVSA) Algorithms Simulation & Validation Results." (2008) 21.

Tucker, Michael C, Grace Y Lau, Craig P Jacobson, Lutgard C DeJonghe, and Steven J Visco."Stability and robustness of metal-supported SOFCs."Journal of Power Sources 175.1 (2008) 447 - 451. DOI

Liu, Gao, and Gregory L Baker."Structure-directed self-assembly of alkyl-aryl-ethylene oxide amphiphiles."Soft Matter 4 (2008) 1094-1101.

Gabrisch, Heike, James D Wilcox, and Marca M Doeff."TEM study of fracturing in spherical and plate-like LiFePO₄ particles."Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 11 (2008) A25-A29. DOI

Prasher, Ravi S."Thermal boundary resistance and thermal conductivity of multiwalled carbon nanotubes."Physical Review B 77.7 (2008). DOI

Delacourt, Charles, Paul L Ridgway, John B Kerr, and John S Newman."Design of an Electrochemical Cell Making Syngas (CO + H₂) from CO₂ and H₂O Reduction at Room Temperature."Journal of Electrochemical Society 155 (2008) B42-B49. DOI

Marnay, Chris, Giri Venkataramanan, Michael Stadler, Afzal S Siddiqui, Ryan M Firestone, and Bala Chandran."Optimal Technology Selection and Operation of Commercial- Building Microgrids." (2008) 10. DOI

Cheng, Robert K, David Littlejohn, Wazeer A Nazeer, and Kenneth O Smith."Laboratory Studies of the Flow Field Characteristics of Low-Swirl Injectors for Application to Fuel-Flexible Turbines."ASME Turbo Expo 2006: Power for Land, Sea, and Air 1 (2008) 21501-21511. DOI

Lee, Kyoung-ho, and James E Braun."A Data-Driven Method for Determining Zone Temperature Trajectories that Minimize Peak Electrical Demand." (2008).

Hardwick, Laurence J, Marek Marcinek, Leanne Beer, John B Kerr, and Robert Kostecki."An Investigation of the Effect of Graphite Degradation on Irreversible Capacity in Lithium-Ion Cells."Electrochemical Society 155.6 (2008) A442-A447. DOI

Yin, Rongxin, Peng Xu, and Sila Kiliccote."Auto-DR and Pre-cooling of Buildings at Tri-City Corporate Center." (2008).

McKane, Aimee T, Ivin Rhyne, Alexander B Lekov, Lisa Thompson, and Mary Ann Piette."Automated Demand Response: The Missing Link in the Electricity Value Chain."2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2008).

Wilcox, James D, and Marca M Doeff."Characterization and Electrochemical Performance of Substituted LiNi_0.4Co_0.2-yAl_yMn_0.4O₂ (0≤y≤0.2) Cathode Materials."ECS Transactions 11.29 (2008) 27-33. DOI

Saint, Juliette A, Adam S Best, Anthony F Hollenkamp, Joon Ho Shin, and Marca M Doeff."Compatibility of Lix TiyMn1-y02 (y=0,0.11) electrode materials with pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquid electrolyte systems."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 155.2 (2008) A172-A180. DOI

Baudelet, Matthieu, Yu Y Boueri, Xianglei Mao, Samuel S Mao, Xianglei Mao, and Richard E Russo."Correlation Between early-stage expansion and spectral emission of nanosecond laser-induced plasma from organic material."SPIE 7005 (2008) 70050J-1-8.

Ghatikar, Girish."Demand Response (DR) and Automated DR (Auto-DR) Strategies for Data Centers." (2008).

Braun, James E."Demand-Limiting Assessment Tool for Small Commercial Buildings." (2008).

Lee, Kyoung-ho, and James E Braun."Development of Methods for Determining Demand-Limiting Setpoint Trajectories in Buildings Using Short-Term Measurements." (2008).

Wikler, Greg, Albert K Chiu, Mary Ann Piette, Sila Kiliccote, Dan Hennage, and Chuck Thomas."Enhancing Price Response Programs through Auto-DR: California’s 2007 Implementation Experience."AESP 18th National Energy Services Conference & Exposition (2008).

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).

Lee, Kyoung-ho, and James E Braun."Evaluation of Methods for Determining Demand-Limiting Setpoint Trajectories in Buildings Using Short-Term Measurements." (2008).

Gonzalez, Jhanis J, Alberto J Fernández, Dayana D Oropeza, Xianglei Mao, and Richard E Russo."Femtosecond laser ablation: Experimental study of the repetition rate influence on qualitative and quantitative ICP-MS performance."Spectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy 63 (2008) 277-286.

Dudley, Junqiao Han, Mary Ann Piette, Sila Kiliccote, and Junqiao Han."Field Test Results of Automated Demand Response in a Large Office Building."8th International Conference on EcoBalance (2008).