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)

2017

Lask, Kathleen M., Kayje Booker, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Lessons learned from a comparison study of charcoal stoves for Haiti."Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 22 (2017) 188 - 193. DOI

Lask, Kathleen M., and Ashok J. Gadgil."Performance and emissions characteristics of a lighting cone for charcoal stoves."Energy for Sustainable Development 36 (2017) 64 - 67. DOI

2015

Lask, Kathleen M., Paul R. Medwell, Cristian H. Birzer, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Soot Reduction in Cookstoves due to Turbulent Mixing."Australian Combustion Symposium, December 7-9, 2015 (2015).

Lask, Kathleen M., Kayje Booker, Taewon Han, Jessica Granderson, Nina Yang, Cristina Ceballos, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Performance comparison of charcoal cookstoves for Haiti: Laboratory testing with Water Boiling and Controlled Cooking Tests."Energy for Sustainable Development 26 (2015) 79 - 86. DOI

Lask, Kathleen M., and Ashok J. Gadgil."Simplified Model for Lighting Cone Design." (2015).

2014

Wang, Yungang, Michael D. Sohn, Yilun Wang, Kathleen M. Lask, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, and Ashok J. Gadgil."How many replicate tests are needed to test cookstove performance and emissions? – Three is not adequate."Energy for Sustainable Development 20 (2014) 21-29. DOI

2013

Wang, Yungang, Michael D. Sohn, Ashok J. Gadgil, Yilun Wang, Kathleen M. Lask, and Thomas W. Kirchstetter."How many replicate tests do I need? – Variability of cookstove performance and emissions has implications for obtaining useful results ." (2013).

Lask, Kathleen M., Paul R. Medwell, Cristian H. Birzer, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Particulate emissions from a wood-fired improved biomass stove."Australian Combustion Symposium, 6-8 November 2013 (2013).

2011

Booker, Kayje, Tae Won Han, Jessica Granderson, Jennifer L. Jones, Kathleen M. Lask, Nina Yang, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Performance of Charcoal Cookstoves for Haiti, Part 1: Results from the Water Boiling Test." (2011).

Lask, Kathleen M., Jennifer L. Jones, Kayje Booker, Cristina Ceballos, Nina Yang, and Ashok J. Gadgil."Performance of Charcoal Cookstoves for Haiti, Part 2: Results from the Controlled Cooking Test." (2011).

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