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)

2011

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.

Bolinger, Mark."Community Wind: Once Again Pushing the Envelope of Project Finance." (2011) 34.

2010

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.

Bolinger, Mark, Ryan H Wiser, and Naïm R Darghouth."Preliminary Evaluation of the Impact of the Section 1603 Treasury Grant Program on Renewable Energy Deployment in 2009." (2010) 47.

Bolinger, Mark."Revealing the Hidden Value that the Federal Investment Tax Credit and Treasury Cash Grant Provide To Community Wind Projects." (2010) 36.

2009

Bolinger, Mark, Ryan H Wiser, Karlynn Cory, and Ted James."PTC, ITC, or Cash Grant? An Analysis of the Choice Facing Renewable Power Projects in the United States." (2009) 21.

Bolinger, Mark."Financing Non-Residential Photovoltaic Projects: Options and Implications." (2009) 83.

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.

Wiser, Ryan H, and Mark Bolinger."2008 Wind Technologies Market Report." (2008) 68.

Bolinger, Mark."Property Tax Assessments as a Finance Vehicle for Residential PV Installations: Opportunities and Potential Limitations."Case Studies of State Support for Renewable Energy (2008) 10.

Bolinger, Mark."Property Tax Assessments as a Finance Vehicle for Residential PV Installations: Opportunitites and Potential Limitations." (2008) 10.

Chen, Cliff, Ryan H Wiser, and Mark Bolinger."Weighing the Costs and Benefits of State Renewables Portfolio Standards: A Comparative Analysis of State- Level Policy Impact Projections." (2008) 87.

2007

Wiser, Ryan H, and Mark Bolinger."Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installation, Cost, and Performance Trends: 2007." (2007) 32.

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

Harper, John, Matthew D Karcher, and Mark Bolinger."Wind Project Financing Structures: A Review & Comparative Analysis." (2007) 82.

Wiser, Ryan H, and Mark Bolinger."Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installation, Cost, and Performance Trends: 2006." (2007) 24.

Bolinger, Mark, Ryan H Wiser, and Edwin Ing."Exploring the Economic Value of EPAct 2005’s PV Tax Credits."Case Studies of State Support for Renewable Energy (2007) 10.

2006

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.

Bolinger, Mark."Avoiding the Haircut: Potential Ways to Enhance the Value of the USDA’s Section 9006 Program." (2006) 29.

Bolinger, Mark, and Ryan H Wiser."State Clean Energy Funds Support Utility-Scale Projects."North American Wind Power (2006) 5.

Bolinger, Mark, and Ryan H Wiser."The Impact of State Clean Energy Fund Support for Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Projects."Case Studies of State Support for Renewable Energy (2006) 9.

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.

Bolinger, Mark."Hedging Future Gas Price Risk with Wind Power."UWIG Annual Meeting Arlington, Virginia April 6, 2006 (2006).