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)

2023

Fitzgerald, Patrick, Peter L Therkelsen, Paul Sheaffer, and Prakash Rao."Deeper and persistent energy savings and carbon dioxide reductions achieved through ISO 50001 in the manufacturing sector."Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 57 (2023) 103280. DOI

2021

Therkelsen, Peter L, Heidi Fuchs, William Miller, A Whitlock, and E Rightor."Strategic Energy Management Program Persistence and Cost Effectiveness An Analysis of the SEM Program Landscape." (2021). DOI

2020

Earni, Shankar, and Peter L Therkelsen."Non-routine adjustments – towards standardizing M&V approach for quantifying the effects of static factors."eceee Industrial Efficiency 2020 - DECARBONISE INDUSTRY! (2020). DOI

Fuchs, Heidi, Arian Aghajanzadeh, and Peter L Therkelsen."Identification of drivers, benefits, and challenges of ISO 50001 through case study content analysis."Energy Policy 142 (2020). DOI

2019

Chen, Yuting, and Peter L Therkelsen."The effect of linear regression modeling approaches on determining facility wide energy savings." (2019).

Aghajanzadeh, Arian, and Peter L Therkelsen."Agricultural demand response for decarbonizing the electricity grid."Journal of Cleaner Production 220 (2019) 827 - 835. DOI

2018

Therkelsen, Peter L, Jingjing Liu, Holly Grell-Lawe, and Randy Green."Implementation of ISO 50001 at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort." (2018).

Liu, Jingjing, Arian Aghajanzadeh, Paul Sheaffer, Peter L Therkelsen, and Nathaniel Allen."Accelerating the Uptake of ISO 50001 in Commercial Buildings: Two Early Adopters Utilizing an “Enterprise-wide” Approach to Save Energy and Beyond."2018 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018).

Fuchs, Heidi, Arian Aghajanzadeh, and Peter L Therkelsen."Using Industry’s Own Words to Evaluate ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems Adoption." (2018). DOI

Fuchs, Heidi, Arian Aghajanzadeh, and Peter L Therkelsen."Using industry’s own words to quantify the benefits and challenges of ISO 50001."eceee Industrial Summer Study 2018 (2018).

2017

Aghajanzadeh, Arian, Aimee T McKane, Paul Sheaffer, Peter L Therkelsen, and Prakash Rao."AUTOMATED REGISTER V1.0.3: User Manual for Using the Automated Register of Implemented Actions." (2017).

Liu, Jingjing, Prakash Rao, Peter L Therkelsen, Paul Sheaffer, Paul Scheihing, and Yannick Tamm."ISO 50001 and SEP Faster and Cheaper - Exploring the Enterprise-Wide Approach." (2017).

Rapp, Vi H, Robert K Cheng, and Peter L Therkelsen."A high turndown, ultra low emission low-swirl burner for natural gas, on-demand water heaters." (2017).

Schiller, Steven R, Michael Li, Molly Cripps, Rodney Sobin, Peter L Therkelsen, and Elizabeth Stuart."Consistency and Coordination of Energy Efficiency EM&V and Reporting."Energy Efficiency EM&V Webinar Series (2017).

2016

Therkelsen, Peter L, Robert K Cheng, and Darren Sholes."Research and Development of Natural Draft Ultra-Low Emissions Burners for Gas Appliances." (2016).

Aghajanzadeh, Arian, Peter L Therkelsen, Prakash Rao, and Aimee T McKane."Global Impact Estimation of ISO 50001 Energy Management System for Industrial and Service Sectors." (2016).

Therkelsen, Peter L, Prakash Rao, Arian Aghajanzadeh, and Aimee T McKane."The ISO 50001 Impact Estimator Tool (IET 50001 V1.1.4) - User Guide and Introduction to the ISO 50001 Impacts Methodology." (2016).

2015

Aghajanzadeh, Arian, Aimee T McKane, Craig P Wray, and Peter L Therkelsen."2006-2015 Research Summary of Demand Response Potential in California Industry, Agriculture and Water Sectors." (2015).

Yin, Rongxin, Arian Aghajanzadeh, Rongpeng Zhang, Aimee T McKane, Peter L Therkelsen, and Tianzhen Hong."Development and Validation of Demand Response Quick Assessment Tool For Refrigerated Warehouses in California." (2015).

Therkelsen, Peter L, Prakash Rao, Aimee T McKane, Ridah Sabouni, Yannick Tamm, and Paul Scheihing."Development of an Enhanced Payback Function for the Superior Energy Performance Program."2015 American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (2015).

2013

Therkelsen, Peter L, Aimee T McKane, Ridah Sabouni, and Tracy Evans."Assessing the Costs and Benefits of the Superior Energy Performance Program."American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (2013).

Therkelsen, Peter L, and Aimee T McKane."Implementation and Rejection of Industrial Steam System Energy Efficiency Measures."Energy Policy 57 (2013) 318-328. DOI

Therkelsen, Peter L, J. J Enrique Portillo, David Littlejohn, Scott M Martin, and Robert K Cheng."Self-induced unstable behaviors of CH₄ and H₂/CH₄ flames in a model combustor with a low-swirl injector."Combustion and Flame 160.2 (2013) 307 - 321. DOI

Davis, Dustin W, Peter L Therkelsen, David Littlejohn, and Robert K Cheng."Effects of Hydrogen on the Thermo-Acoustics Coupling Mechanisms of Low-Swirl Injector Flames in a Model Gas Turbine Combustor."Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 34.2 (2013) 3135–3143. DOI