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.
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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)

2009

Wiser, Ryan H., Galen L. Barbose, and Carla Peterman."Tracking the Sun: The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the U.S. from 1998-2007." (2009) 42.

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.

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.

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.

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., 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

2006

Goldman, Charles A., Galen L. Barbose, and Bernard Neenan."RTP as an Optional Service: It’s Alive, But Is It Well?."The Electricity Journal Vol. 19.Issue 1 (2006) 18.

Barbose, Galen L., Ryan H. Wiser, and Mark Bolinger."Designing PV Incentive Programs to Promote Performance: A Review of Current Practice." (2006) 39.

Barbose, Galen L., Ryan H. Wiser, and Mark Bolinger."Designing PV Incentive Programs to Promote Performance: A Review of Current Practice."Case Studies of State Support for Renewable Energy (2006) 39.

Barbose, Galen L., Ranjit Bharvirkar, Charles A. Goldman, Nicole C. Hopper, and Bernard Neenan."Killing Two Birds with One Stone: Can Real-Time Pricing Support Retail Competition and Demand Response?." (2006) 14.

Barbose, Galen L., Ryan H. Wiser, and Mark Bolinger."U.S. Aims for Zero-Energy: Support for PV on New Homes." (2006) 12.

Barbose, Galen L., Ryan H. Wiser, and Mark Bolinger."Encouraging PV Adoption in New Market-Rate Residential Construction: A Critical Review of Program Experiences to Date." (2006) 7.

Barbose, Galen L., Charles A. Goldman, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Nicole C. Hopper, Michael K. Ting, and Bernard Neenan."Real Time Pricing as a Default or Optional Service for Commercial and Industrial Customers: A Comparative Analysis of Eight Case Studies." (2006).

Barbose, Galen L., Charles A. Goldman, and Bernard Neenan."The Role of Demand Response in Default Service Pricing."The Electricity Journal 19.3 (2006) 16. DOI

Barbose, Galen L., Ryan H. Wiser, and Mark Bolinger."Supporting Photovoltaics in Market-Rate Residential New Construction: A Summary of Programmatic Experience to Date and Lessons Learned." (2006) 30.

Orans, Ren, Snuller Price, Jim Williams, Michael J. Sullivan, Daniel Engel, Bernard Neenan, Doug Mahone, Charles A. Goldman, and Galen L. Barbose."DR Rate and Program Design - RON-02 Phase 2 Proposal." (2006).

Orans, Ren, Snuller Price, Jim Williams, Michael J. Sullivan, Daniel Engel, Bernard Neenan, Doug Mahone, Charles A. Goldman, and Galen L. Barbose."DR Valuation - RON-01 Phase 2 Proposal." (2006).

Barbose, Galen L., Ranjit Bharvirkar, Charles A. Goldman, Nicole C. Hopper, and Bernard Neenan."Killing Two Birds with One Stone: Can Real-Time Pricing Support Retail Competition and Demand Response?."2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2006).

2005

Barbose, Galen L., Charles A. Goldman, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Nicole C. Hopper, Michael K. Ting, and Bernard Neenan."Real Time Pricing as a Default or Optional Service for C&I Customers: A Comparative Analysis of Eight Case Studies." (2005) 106.

2004

Barbose, Galen L., Charles A. Goldman, and Bernard Neenan."A Survey of Utility Experience with Real Time Pricing." (2004) 127.

Foster, Dale, Ben Hough, Galen L. Barbose, William H. Golove, and Charles A. Goldman."Using Energy Information Systems (EIS): A Guidebook for the U.S. Postal Service." (2004) 40.

2003

Blumstein, Carl, Charles A. Goldman, and Galen L. Barbose."Who Should Administer Energy Efficiency Programs?." (2003) 24.

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