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)

2007

Kranzl, Lukas, Anselm Brakhage, Pedro Gürtler, Jacky Pett, Mario Ragwitz, and Michael Stadler."Integrating RES & RUE policies: Comparing results from Germany, Luxemburg and Northern Ireland."ECEEE 2007 Summer Study, June 4-9, 2007 (2007).

Brackhage, Anselm, Lukas Kranzl, Mario Ragwitz, and Michael Stadler."Invert Simulationen von budgetunabhängigen Instrumenten zur Marktdurchdringung von erneuerbaren Energien im deutschen Wärmemarkt."Internationale Energiewirtschaftstagung an der TU Wien (2007).

2006

Kranzl, Lukas, Michael Stadler, Claus Huber, Reinhard Haas, Mario Ragwitz, Anselm Brakhage, Adam Gula, and Arkadiusz Figorski."Deriving efficient policy portfolios promoting sustainable energy systems - case studies applying Invert simulation tool."Renewable Energy 31.15 (2006) 2393-2410. DOI

Ragwitz, Mario, Anselm Brackhage, Michael Stadler, and Lukas Kranzl."Simulation der Wärmeerzeugung für Bonusmodell und Einsatzpflicht“, im Rahmen des Projekts „Eckpunkte für die Entwicklung und Einführung budgetunabhängiger Instrumente zur Marktdurchdringung erneuerbarer Energien im Wärmemarkt." (2006).

2005

Auer, Hans, Marian Klobasa, Carlo Obersteiner, Michael Stadler, Mario Ragwitz, and Claus Huber."Modellierung von Kraftwerksbetrieb und Regelenergiebedarf bei verstärkter Einspesung von Windenergie in verschiedene Energiesysteme unter Berücksichtigung des Lastmanagements." (2005).

Kranzl, Lukas, Michael Stadler, Gustav Resch, Claus Huber, Reinhard Haas, Mario Ragwitz, Anselm Brakhage, Jacky Pett, Pedro Gürtler, Adam Gula, Beata Sliz, Elzbieta Gula, Arkadiusz Figorski, Georgios C Bakos, Elena Tsioliaridou, Kaj Joergensen, and Manuel Fernandes."Tools for the efficient design of RES & RUE promotion schemes: Recommendations derived from the project Invert, Working Paper of Phase 7 of the project INVERT." (2005).

Kranzl, Lukas, Michael Stadler, Claus Huber, Reinhard Haas, and Mario Ragwitz."Comparing poly options: Methodology and conclusions derived from Invert."International dissemination conference of the project Invert, April 21st, 2005 (2005).

Ragwitz, Mario, Anselm Brakhage, Lukas Kranzl, Michael Stadler, Claus Huber, Reinhard Haas, Elena Tsioliaridou, Jacky Pett, Pedro Gürtler, Kaj Joergensen, Arkadiusz Figorski, Adam Gula, Elzbieta Gula, Beata Sliz, and Artur Wyrwa."Case Studies, Work Package 6 of INVERT." (2005).

2004

Auer, Hans, Marian Klobasa, Carlo Obersteiner, Michael Stadler, Mario Ragwitz, and Claus Huber."Modellierung von Kraftwerksbetrieb und Regelenergiebedarf bei verstärkter Einspesung von Windenergie in verschiedene Energiesysteme unter Berücksichtigung des Lastmanagements." (2004).