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)

2016

Karali, Nihan, Brendan Shaffer, Kevin Clampitt, Robert J Yinger, Chris Marnay, and Limingming Zhu."Benefit Analyses of Irvine Smart Grid Projects."CIGRE US National Committee 2016 Grid of the Future Symposium (2016).

Karali, Nihan, Dong Zhang, GuoQi Ren, Brendan Shaffer, Kevin Clampitt, JianCheng Yu, Robert J Yinger, and Chris Marnay."Benefits Analysis of Smart Grid Demonstration Projects."2016 China International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CICED 2016) (2016).

2015

Karali, Nihan, Chris Marnay, Tyler Shiqiao Yan, Gang He, Robert J Yinger, Josh Mauzey, Kevin Clampitt, and Han Zhu."Towards uniform benefit-cost analysis for smart grid projects: an example using the Smart Grid Computational Tool." (2015) 29 pages.

Dale, Larry L., Nihan Karali, Dev Millstein, Michael Carnall, Sebastian Vicuña, Nicolas Borchers, Eduardo Bustos, Joe O’Hagan, David Purkey, Charles Heaps, Jack Sieber, William D. Collins, and Michael D. Sohn."An integrated assessment of water-energy and climate change in Sacramento, California: How strong is the nexus?."Climatic Change 132.2 (2015) 223-235. DOI

Hernandez, Carolina, Virginie E. Letschert, Ali Hasanbeigi, Nihan Karali, Marcelo Padilla, and Mariana Pavon."Estudio Preparatorio para la Implementación en Chile de Estándares Mínimos de Eficiencia Energética en Motores Industriales." (2015).

Karali, Nihan, Won Young Park, and Michael A. McNeil."Using learning curves on energy-efficient technologies to estimate future energy savings and emission reduction potentials in the U.S. iron and steel industry." (2015).

Karali, Nihan, Michael A. McNeil, Virginie E. Letschert, and Stephane de la Rue du Can."Potential Impact of Lighting and Appliance Efficiency Standards on Peak Demand: The Case of Indonesia."8th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (2015).

2014

Karali, Nihan, Tengfang T. Xu, and Jayant A. Sathaye."Developing long-term strategies to reduce energy use and CO2 emissions—analysis of three mitigation scenarios for iron and steel production in China."Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change (2014). DOI

Xu, Tengfang T., Nihan Karali, and Jayant A. Sathaye."Undertaking high impact strategies: The role of national efficiency measures in long-term energy and emission reduction in steel making."Applied Energy 122 (2014) 179-188. DOI

Karali, Nihan, Tengfang T. Xu, and Jayant A. Sathaye."U.S Iron and Steel Sector and Potential Trading With China and India: Analysis with ISEEM Energy Model."37th IAEE International Conference Proceedings, International Association for Energy Economics (2014).

Karali, Nihan, Tengfang T. Xu, and Jayant A. Sathaye."Reducing energy consumption and CO₂ emissions by energy efficiency measures and international trading: A bottom-up modeling for the U.S. iron and steel sector."Applied Energy 120 (2014) 133-146. DOI

2013

Karali, Nihan, Tengfang T. Xu, and Jayant A. Sathaye."Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Options in ISEEM Global Energy Model: 2010-2050 Scenario Analysis for Least-Cost Carbon Reduction in Iron and Steel Sector." (2013).

2012

Karali, Nihan, Tengfang T. Xu, and Jayant A. Sathaye."Industrial Sector Energy Efficiency Modeling (ISEEM) Framework Documentation." (2012).