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)

2018

Eto, Joseph H, Robert H Lasseter, David Klapp, Amrit S Khalsa, Ben Schenkman, Mahesh Illindala, and Surya Baktiono."The CERTS Microgrid Concept, as Demonstrated at the CERTS/AEP Microgrid Test Bed." (2018).

2016

Pulcherio, Mariana, Ajit A Renjit, Mahesh Illindala, Joseph H Eto, David Klapp, and Robert H Lasseter."Evaluation of Control Methods to Prevent Collapse of a Mixed Source Microgrid."IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 52.6 (2016). DOI

2015

Mondal, A, Mahesh Illindala, S Khalsa, David Klapp, and Joseph H Eto."Design and Operation of Smart Loads to Prevent Stalling in a Microgrid."IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 52.2 (2015) 1184-1192. DOI

2014

Mondal, A, David Klapp, Mahesh Illindala, and Joseph H Eto."Modeling, Analysis and Evaluation of Smart Load Functionality in the CERTS Microgrid."2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (2014). DOI

2012

Stadler, Michael, Chris Marnay, Nicholas DeForest, Joseph H Eto, Gonçalo Cardoso, Andrea A Mammoli, Hans Barsun, Richard Burnett, David Klapp, and Judy Lai."Web-Based Economic and Environmental Optimization of Microgrids."2012 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (2012). DOI

2011

von Appen, Jan, Chris Marnay, Michael Stadler, Ilan Momber, David Klapp, and Alexander von Scheven."Assessment of the Economic Potential of Microgrids for Reactive Power Supply."ICPE2011-ECCE Asia 8th International Conference on Power Electronics (2011).

Klapp, David, R Zimmerly, and J Howard."CERTS Microgrid Mechanical Switch Test Report." (2011).

Lasseter, Robert H, Joseph H Eto, Ben Schenkman, John Stevens, Harry T Volkommer, David Klapp, Ed Linton, Hector Hurtado, and Joyashree Roy."CERTS Microgrid Laboratory Test Bed."IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery 26.1 (2011). DOI

2009

Eto, Joseph H, Robert H Lasseter, Ben Schenkman, John Stevens, David Klapp, Harry T Volkommer, Ed Linton, Hector Hurtado, and Jean Roy."Overview of the CERTS microgid laboratory test bed."Integration of Wide-Scale Renewable Resources into the Power Delivery System, CIGRE/IEEE PES Joint Symposium (2009).

Eto, Joseph H, Robert H Lasseter, Ben Schenkman, John Stevens, Harry T Volkommer, David Klapp, Ed Linton, Hector Hurtado, Jean Roy, and Nancy J Lewis."CERTS Microgrid Laboratory Test Bed (California Energy Commission Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program Final Report."Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program (2009).