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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.
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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)

2023

Abhyankar, Nikit, Umed Paliwal, Michael O’Boyle, Michelle Solomon, Jeremy Fisher, and Amol A Phadke."A new era for rural electric cooperatives: New clean energy investments, supported by federal incentives, will reduce rates, emissions, and reliance on outside power."The Electricity Journal 36.8 (2023). DOI

Mohanty, Priyanka, Emilia Chojkiewicz, Epica Mandal Sarkar, Rohit Laumas, Akash Saraf, Avanthika Satheesh, and Nikit Abhyankar."Review of Grid-Scale Energy Storage Technologies Globally and in India." (2023).

Abhyankar, Nikit, Priyanka Mohanty, Shruti M Deorah, Nihan Karali, Umed Paliwal, Jessica Kersey, and Amol A Phadke."India’s path towards energy independence and a clean future: Harnessing India's renewable edge for cost-effective energy independence by 2047."The Electricity Journal 36.5 (2023). DOI

Park, Won Young, Nikit Abhyankar, Umed Paliwal, James Hyungkwan Kim, Nina Khanna, Kenji Shiraishi, Jiang Lin, Amol A Phadke, Yong Hyun Song, Hee Seung Moon, Eunsung Kim, Sanghyun Hong, and Seung Wan Kim."A Clean Energy Korea by 2035, Transitioning to 80% Carbon-Free Electricity Generation." (2023).

Park, Won Young, Nina Khanna, James Hyungkwan Kim, Kenji Shiraishi, Nikit Abhyankar, Umed Paliwal, Jiang Lin, Amol A Phadke, Hee Seung Moon, Yong Hyun Song, Eunsung Kim, Sanghyun Hong, Yunsik Chung, and Seung Wan Kim."Korean Power System Challenges and Opportunities, Priorities for Swift and Successful Clean Energy Deployment at Scale." (2023).

Abhyankar, Nikit, Priyanka Mohanty, Shruti M Deorah, Nihan Karali, Umed Paliwal, Jessica Kersey, and Amol A Phadke."Pathways to Atmanirbhar Bharat: Harnessing India's Renewable Edge for Cost-Effective Energy Independence by 2047." (2023).

Shiraishi, Kenji, Won Young Park, Nikit Abhyankar, Umed Paliwal, Nina Khanna, Toru Morotomi, Jiang Lin, and Amol A Phadke."The 2035 Japan Report: Plummeting Costs of Solar, Wind, and Batteries Can Accelerate Japan’s Clean and Independent Electricity Future." (2023).

2022

Abhyankar, Nikit, Jiang Lin, Fritz Kahrl, Shengfei Yin, Umed Paliwal, Xu Liu, Nina Khanna, Qian Luo, David Wooley, Mike O'Boyle, Olivia Ashmoore, Robbie Orvis, Michelle Solomon, and Amol A Phadke."Achieving an 80% carbon-free electricity system in China by 2035."iScience 25.10 (2022). DOI

Abhyankar, Nikit, Narayan Gopinathan, Aditya Khandekar, Nihan Karali, Amol A Phadke, and Deepak Rajagopal."Freight Trucks in India are Primed for Electrification." (2022).

Abhyankar, Nikit, Jiang Lin, Fredrich Kahrl, Shengfei Yin, Umed Paliwal, Xu Liu, Nina Khanna, Amol A Phadke, Qian Luo, David Wooley, Mike O’Boyle, Olivia Ashmoore, Robbie Orvis, and Michelle Solomon."Achieving an 80% Carbon Free Electricity System in China by 2035." (2022).

Bistline, John, Nikit Abhyankar, Geoffrey Blanford, Leon Clarke, Rachel Fakhry, Haewon McJeon, John Reilly, Christopher Roney, Tom Wilson, Mei Yuan, and Alicia Zhao."Actions for reducing US emissions at least 50% by 2030."Science 376.6596 (2022) 922 - 924. DOI

Khandekar, Aditya, Shruti M Deorah, and Nikit Abhyankar."Feasibility and Impact of Biomass and Renewable Energy Hybrid Systems." (2022).

Deorah, Shruti M, Aditya Khandekar, Deepak Rajagopal, and Nikit Abhyankar."Pathways for Electrification of South Asia’s Transportation Sector." (2022).

Karali, Nihan, Nikit Abhyankar, and Shruti M Deorah."Electricity demand in South Asia – data gaps and pathways for research and modeling." (2022).

Lin, Jiang, Nikit Abhyankar, Gang He, Xu Liu, and Shengfei Yin."Large balancing areas and dispersed renewable investment enhance grid flexibility in a renewable-dominant power system in China."iScience 25.2 (2022). DOI

2021

Deorah, Shruti M, Nikit Abhyankar, Siddharth Arora, Kanika Chawla, and Amol A Phadke."Assessing the Key Requirements for 450 GW of Renewable Capacity in India by 2030." (2021).

Abhyankar, Nikit, Shruti M Deorah, and Amol A Phadke."Least-Cost Pathway for India’s Power System Investments through 2030." (2021).

Kahrl, Fredrich, Shruti M Deorah, Lakshmi Alagappan, Paul M Sotkiewicz, and Nikit Abhyankar."Policy and Regulatory Recommendations to Support a Least-Cost Pathway for India’s Power Sector." (2021).

Lin, Jiang, Nikit Abhyankar, Gang He, Xu Liu, and Shengfei Yin."Enhancing grid flexibility under scenarios of a renewable-dominant power system in China." (2021).

Abhyankar, Nikit, Umed Paliwal, Taylor McNair, David Wooley, Michael O’Boyle, and Amol A Phadke."2030 Report: Powering America's Clean Economy." (2021).

Phadke, Amol A, Nikit Abhyankar, Jessica Kersey, Taylor McNair, Umed Paliwal, David Wooley, Olivia Ashmoore, Robbie Orvis, Michael O’Boyle, Ric O’Connell, Utkarsha Agwan, Priyanka Mohanty, Priya Sreedharan, and Deepak Rajagopal."2035 The Report: Plummeting Costs and Dramatic Improvements In Batteries Can Accelerate Our Clean Transportation Future." (2021).

Abhyankar, Nikit, Priyanka Mohanty, and Amol A Phadke."Illustrative Strategies for the United States to Achieve 50% Emissions Reduction by 2030." (2021).

Phadke, Amol A, Aditya Khandekar, Nikit Abhyankar, David Wooley, and Deepak Rajagopal."Why Regional and Long-Haul Trucks are Primed for Electrification Now." (2021).

2020

Phadke, Amol A, Umed Paliwal, Nikit Abhyankar, Taylor McNair, Bentham Paulos, David Wooley, and Ric O'Connell."2035 The Report: Plummeting Solar, Wind, And Battery Costs Can Accelerate Our Clean Electricity Future." (2020).

Deorah, Shruti M, Nikit Abhyankar, Siddharth Arora, Ashwin Gambhir, and Amol A Phadke."Estimating the Cost of Grid-Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Storage in India." (2020).