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

Abhyankar, Nikit, Amol A. Phadke, Jayant A. Sathaye, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Alissa K. Johnson, Ranjit Deshmukh, Cathie Murray, Bob Lieberman, and Ajith Raoc."Modeling Clean and Secure Energy Scenarios for the Indian Power Sector in 2030." (2013).

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).

2011

Phadke, Amol A., Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Jagmeet Khangura."Reassessing Wind Potential Estimates for India: Economic and Policy Implications." (2011).

Deshmukh, Ranjit, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Ashwin Gambhir, and Amol A. Phadke."Analysis of International Policies In The Solar Electricity Sector: Lessons for India." (2011).

2010

Messenger, Michael, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Bill Golemboski, Charles A. Goldman, and Steven R. Schiller."Review of Evaluation, Measurement and Verification Approaches Used to Estimate the Load Impacts and Effectiveness of Energy Efficiency Programs." (2010) 62.

2009

Bharvirkar, Ranjit, Grayson C. Heffner, and Charles A. Goldman."Retail Demand Response in Southwest Power Pool." (2009) 33.

2008

Bharvirkar, Ranjit, Charles A. Goldman, Donald Gilligan, Terry E. Singer, David Birr, Patricia Donahue, and Scott Serota."Performance Contracting and Energy Efficiency in the State Government Market." (2008).

Bharvirkar, Ranjit, Charles A. Goldman, Donald Gilligan, Terry E. Singer, David Birr, Patricia Donahue, and Scott Serota."Performance Contracting and Energy Efficiency in the State Government Market." (2008) 88.

Bharvirkar, Ranjit, Charles A. Goldman, Grayson C. Heffner, and Richard Sedano."Coordination of Retail Demand Response with Midwest ISO Wholesale Markets." (2008) 39.

2007

Goldman, Charles A., Nicole C. Hopper, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Bernard Neenan, and Peter Cappers."A Methodology for Estimating Large-Customer Demand Response Market Potential." (2007) 19.

Hopper, Nicole C., Charles A. Goldman, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Daniel Engel."The Summer of 2006: A Milestone in the Ongoing Maturation of Demand Response." (2007) 22.

Goldman, Charles A., Nicole C. Hopper, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Bernard Neenan, and Peter Cappers."Estimating Demand Response Market Potential among Large Commercial and Industrial Customers: A Scoping Study." (2007) 89.

2006

Barbose, Galen L., Ranjit Bharvirkar, Charles A. Goldman, Nicole C. Hopper, and Bernard Neenan."Killing Two Birds with One Stone: Can Real-Time Pricing Support Retail Competition and Demand Response?." (2006) 14.

Hopper, Nicole C., Charles A. Goldman, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Bernard Neenan."Customer Response to Day-Ahead Market Hourly Pricing: Choices and Performance." (2006) 30. DOI

Hopper, Nicole C., Charles A. Goldman, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Bernard Neenan."Customer Response to Day-Ahead Market Hourly Pricing: Choices and Performance." 14.2 (2006) 126-134. DOI

Sathaye, Jayant A., Stephane de la Rue du Can, Satish Kumar, Maithili Iyer, Christina Galitsky, Amol A. Phadke, Michael A. McNeil, Lynn K. Price, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Srinivasan Padmanabhan."Implementing End-use Efficiency Improvements in India: Drawing from Experience in the US and Other Countries." (2006).

Goldman, Charles A., Nicole C. Hopper, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Bernard Neenan, Richard Boisvert, Peter Cappers, Donna Pratt, and Kim Butkins."Customer Strategies for Responding to Day-Ahead Market Hourly Electricity Pricing." (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).

Barbose, Galen L., Ranjit Bharvirkar, Charles A. Goldman, Nicole C. Hopper, and Bernard Neenan."Killing Two Birds with One Stone: Can Real-Time Pricing Support Retail Competition and Demand Response?."2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2006).

2005

Goldman, Charles A., Nicole C. Hopper, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Bernard Neenan, Richard Boisvert, Peter Cappers, Donna Pratt, and Kim Butkins."Customer Strategies for Responding to Day-Ahead Market Hourly Electricity Pricing." (2005) 107.

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.

2004

Goldman, Charles A., Nicole C. Hopper, Osman Sezgen, Mithra M. Moezzi, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Bernard Neenan, Donna Pratt, Peter Cappers, and Richard Boisvert."Does Real-Time Pricing Deliver Demand Response? A Case Study of Niagara Mohawk’s Large Customer RTP Tariff."2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2004) 17.

Moezzi, Mithra M., Charles A. Goldman, Osman Sezgen, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Nicole C. Hopper."Real Time Pricing and the Real Live Firm." (2004) 16.

Goldman, Charles A., Nicole C. Hopper, Osman Sezgen, Mithra M. Moezzi, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Bernard Neenan, Richard Boisvert, Peter Cappers, and Donna Pratt."Customer Response to Day-ahead Wholesale Market Electricity Prices: Case Study of RTP Program Experience in New York."Consultant Report prepared for the California Energy Commission (2004) 208.

Moezzi, Mithra M., Charles A. Goldman, Osman Sezgen, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Nicole C. Hopper."Real Time Pricing and the Real Live Firm."2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2004).