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)

2013

Wei, Max, James H Nelson, Jeffery B Greenblatt, Ana Mileva, Josiah Johnston, Michael K Ting, Christopher Yang, Christopher M Jones, James E McMahon, and Daniel M Kammen."Deep carbon reductions in California require electrification and integration across economic sectors."Environmental Research Letters 8.1 (2013). DOI

2012

Wei, Max, James H Nelson, Michael K Ting, Christopher Yang, Jeffery B Greenblatt, James E McMahon, Daniel M Kammen, Christopher M Jones, Ana Mileva, Josiah Johnston, and Ranjit Bharvirkar."California’s Carbon Challenge: Scenarios for Achieving 80% Emissions Reduction in 2050." (2012).

Wei, Max, James H Nelson, Michael K Ting, and Christopher Yang."California’s Carbon Challenge: Scenarios for Achieving 80% Emissions Reduction in 2050." (2012).

2006

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).

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.

2002

Kawamoto, Kaoru, Jonathan G Koomey, Bruce Nordman, Richard E Brown, Mary Ann Piette, Michael K Ting, and Alan K Meier."Electricity Used by Office Equipment and Network Equipment in the U.S.."Energy 27.3 (2002) 255-269. DOI

2001

Kawamoto, Kaoru, Jonathan G Koomey, Michael K Ting, Bruce Nordman, Richard E Brown, Mary Ann Piette, and Alan K Meier."Electricity Used by Office Equipment and Network Equipment in the U.S.: Detailed Report and Appendices." (2001).

Ting, Michael K, Jonathan G Koomey, and Melvin Pomerantz."Preliminary evaluation of the lifecycle costs and market barriers of reflective pavements." (2001). DOI

2000

Schipper, Leon J, Scott Murtishaw, Marta Khrushch, Michael K Ting, Sohbet Karbuz, and Fridtjof Unander."Carbon emissions from manufacturing energy use in 13 IEA countries: long-term trends through 1995."Energy Policy 29 (2000).

1994

Liu, Zhiping, Jonathan E Sinton, Fuqiang Yang, Mark D Levine, and Michael K Ting."Industrial Sector Energy Conservation Programs in the People's Republic of China during the Seventh Five-Year Plan (1986-1990)." (1994).