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)

2024

Fujita, K Sydny, Zach Ancona, Louisa Kramer, James Diffendorfer, Mary Straka, Tandie E Gautreau, Dana Robson, Ben Hoen, and Chris Garrity."US Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database Files." (2024).

2023

Fujita, K Sydny, Zach Ancona, Louisa Kramer, James Diffendorfer, Mary Straka, Tandie E Gautreau, Dana Robson, Ben Hoen, and Chris Garrity."Georectified polygon database of ground-mounted large-scale solar photovoltaic sites in the United States."Scientific Data (2023). DOI

Bolinger, Mark, Joachim Seel, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Cody Warner, Anjali Katta, and Dana Robson."Utility-Scale Solar, 2023 Edition: Empirical Trends in Deployment, Technology, Cost, Performance, PPA Pricing, and Value in the United States." (2023).

Rand, Joseph, Rose Strauss, Will Gorman, Joachim Seel, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Seongeun Jeong, Dana Robson, and Ryan H Wiser."Queued Up: Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2022." (2023).

Elmallah, Salma, Ben Hoen, K Sydny Fujita, Dana Robson, and Eric Brunner."Shedding light on large-scale solar impacts: An analysis of property values and proximity to photovoltaics across six U.S. states."Energy Policy (2023). DOI

2022

Bolinger, Mark, Joachim Seel, Cody Warner, and Dana Robson."Utility-Scale Solar, 2022 Edition: Empirical Trends in Deployment, Technology, Cost, Performance, PPA Pricing, and Value in the United States." (2022).

Rand, Joseph, Ryan H Wiser, Will Gorman, Dev Millstein, Joachim Seel, Seongeun Jeong, and Dana Robson."Queued Up: Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2021." (2022).

2021

Bolinger, Mark, Joachim Seel, Cody Warner, and Dana Robson."Utility-Scale Solar, 2021 Edition: Empirical Trends in Deployment, Technology, Cost, Performance, PPA Pricing, and Value in the United States." (2021).

2020

Bolinger, Mark, Joachim Seel, Dana Robson, and Cody Warner."Utility-Scale Solar Data Update: 2020 Edition." (2020).

2019

Bolinger, Mark, Joachim Seel, and Dana Robson."Utility-Scale Solar: Empirical Trends in Project Technology, Cost, Performance, and PPA Pricing in the United States –2019 Edition." (2019).