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

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2013

Feldman, David, Galen L. Barbose, Robert Margolis, Naïm R. Darghouth, Ted James, Samantha Weaver, Alan Goodrich, and Ryan H. Wiser."Photovoltaic System Pricing Trends: Historical, Recent, and Near-Term Projections - 2013 Edition." (2013).

Wiser, Ryan H., Mark Bolinger, Galen L. Barbose, Naïm R. Darghouth, Ben Hoen, Andrew D. Mills, Samantha Weaver, Kevin Porter, Michael Buckley, Sari Fink, Frank Oteri, and Suzanne Tegen."2012 Wind Technologies Market Report." (2013).

Barbose, Galen L., Naïm R. Darghouth, Samantha Weaver, and Ryan H. Wiser."Tracking the Sun VI: An Historical Summary of the Installed Price of Photovoltaics in the United States from 1998 to 2012." (2013).

Satchwell, Andrew, Galen L. Barbose, Charles A. Goldman, Ryan Hledik, and Ahmed Faruqui."Incorporating Demand Response into Western Interconnection Transmission Planning." (2013).

Seel, Joachim, Galen L. Barbose, and Ryan H. Wiser."An Analysis of Residential PV System Price Differences Between the United States and Germany."39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (2013). DOI

Seel, Joachim, Galen L. Barbose, and Ryan H. Wiser."An Analysis of Residential PV System Price Differences Between the United States and Germany."American Solar Energy Society Annual Meeting (2013).

Seel, Joachim, Galen L. Barbose, and Ryan H. Wiser."Why Are Residential PV Prices in Germany So Much Lower Than in the United States? A Scoping Analysis." (2013).

Darghouth, Naïm R., Galen L. Barbose, and Ryan H. Wiser."Electricity Bill Savings from Residential Photovoltaic Systems: Sensitivities to Changes in Future Electricity Market Conditions." (2013).

Barbose, Galen L., Charles A. Goldman, Ian M. Hoffman, and Megan A. Billingsley."The Future of Utility Customer-Funded Energy Efficiency Programs in the United States: Projected Spending and Savings to 2025." (2013). DOI

2012

Ardani, Kristen, Galen L. Barbose, Robert Margolis, Ryan H. Wiser, David Feldman, and Sean Ong."Benchmarking Non-Hardware Balance of System (Soft) Costs for U.S. Photovoltaic Systems Using a Data-Driven Analysis from PV Installer Survey Results." (2012).

Feldman, David, Galen L. Barbose, Robert Margolis, Ryan H. Wiser, Naïm R. Darghouth, and Alan Goodrich."Photovoltaic (PV) Pricing Trends: Historical, Recent, and Near-Term Projections." (2012).

Darghouth, Naïm R., Galen L. Barbose, and Ryan H. Wiser."The Potential Impact of Increased Renewable Energy Penetration Levels on Electricity Bill Savings From Residential Photovoltaic Systems."31st USAEE/IAEE North American Conference (2012).

Barbose, Galen L., Naïm R. Darghouth, and Ryan H. Wiser."Tracking the Sun V An Historical Summary of the Installed Price of Photovoltaics in the United States from 1998 to 2011." (2012).

Wiser, Ryan H., Mark Bolinger, Galen L. Barbose, Naïm R. Darghouth, Ben Hoen, Andrew D. Mills, Kevin Porter, Michael Buckley, Sari Fink, Frank Oteri, and Suzanne Tegen."2011 Wind Technologies Market Report." (2012).

Ardani, Kristen, Galen L. Barbose, Robert Margolis, and David Feldman."Quantifying non-hardware balance of system costs for photovoltaic installations in the United States using a combined annual expenditure-labor hour productivity approach."2012 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (2012) 001762 - 001767. DOI

2011

Darghouth, Naïm R., Galen L. Barbose, and Ryan H. Wiser."The impact of rate design and net metering on the bill savings from distributed PV for residential customers in California."Energy Policy 39.9 (2011) 5243 - 5253. DOI

Barbose, Galen L., Naïm R. Darghouth, Ryan H. Wiser, and Joachim Seel."Tracking the Sun IV An Historical Summary of the Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the United States from 1998 to 2010." (2011) 61.

Wiser, Ryan H., Galen L. Barbose, and Edward Holt."Supporting solar power in renewables portfolio standards: Experience from the United States."Energy Policy 39.7 (2011) 3894 - 3905. DOI

Wiser, Ryan H., Mark Bolinger, Naïm R. Darghouth, Kevin Porter, Michael Buckley, Sari Fink, Russell Raymond, Frank Oteri, Galen L. Barbose, Joachim Seel, Andrew D. Mills, and Ben Hoen."2010 Wind Technologies Market Report." (2011) 98.

2010

Barbose, Galen L., Naïm R. Darghouth, and Ryan H. Wiser."Tracking the Sun III The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the U.S. from 1998-2009." (2010) 54.

Wiser, Ryan H., Galen L. Barbose, and Edward Holt."Supporting Solar Power in Renewables Portfolio Standards: Experience from the United States." (2010) 49.

Wiser, Ryan H., Mark Bolinger, Galen L. Barbose, Naïm R. Darghouth, Ben Hoen, Andrew D. Mills, Kevin Porter, Sari Fink, and Suzanne Tegen."2009 Wind Technologies Market Report." (2010) 88.

Darghouth, Naïm R., Galen L. Barbose, and Ryan H. Wiser."The Impact of Rate Design and Net Metering on the Bill Savings from Distributed PV for Residential Customers in California." (2010) 62.

2009

Barbose, Galen L., Charles A. Goldman, and Jeff Schlegel."The Shifting Landscape of Ratepayer-Funded Energy Efficiency in the U.S.." (2009) 41.

Wiser, Ryan H., Galen L. Barbose, Carla Peterman, and Naïm R. Darghouth."Tracking the Sun II The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the U.S. from 1998-2008." (2009) 150.

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