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)

2011

Haas, Reinhard, Hans Auer, and Michael Stadler."Introducing Competition in the Western European electricity market: A Critical Review."ENER Forum 2. Monitoring the progress of the implementation of the EU Gas and Electricity Directives: Are European markets becoming competitive? November 15-16, 2011 (2011).

2007

Stadler, Michael, Lukas Kranzl, Claus Huber, Reinhard Haas, and Elena Tsioliaridou."Policy Strategies and Paths to Promote Sustainable Energy Systems - The Dynamic Invert Simulation Tool."Energy Policy 35.1 (2007) 597-628. DOI

2006

Kranzl, Lukas, Michael Stadler, Claus Huber, Reinhard Haas, Mario Ragwitz, Anselm Brakhage, Adam Gula, and Arkadiusz Figorski."Deriving efficient policy portfolios promoting sustainable energy systems - case studies applying Invert simulation tool."Renewable Energy 31.15 (2006) 2393-2410. DOI

Kranzl, Lukas, Michael Stadler, Reinhard Haas, and Claus Huber."Modellierung und Entwicklung von Strategien zur effizienten Förderung nachhaltiger Energiesysteme am Beispiel des Wiener Raumwärmesektors."9. Energieinnovationssymposium TU GRAZ, February 15-17, 2006 (2006).

2005

Haas, Reinhard, Michael Stadler, Lukas Weissensteiner, and Thomas Faber."Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen betreffend die EU – Richtlinie zu ‘Endenergieeffizienz und Energiedienstleistung’ – eine Literaturstudie." (2005).

Kranzl, Lukas, Michael Stadler, Gustav Resch, Claus Huber, Reinhard Haas, Mario Ragwitz, Anselm Brakhage, Jacky Pett, Pedro Gürtler, Adam Gula, Beata Sliz, Elzbieta Gula, Arkadiusz Figorski, Georgios C Bakos, Elena Tsioliaridou, Kaj Joergensen, and Manuel Fernandes."Tools for the efficient design of RES & RUE promotion schemes: Recommendations derived from the project Invert, Working Paper of Phase 7 of the project INVERT." (2005).

Kranzl, Lukas, Michael Stadler, Claus Huber, Reinhard Haas, and Mario Ragwitz."Comparing poly options: Methodology and conclusions derived from Invert."International dissemination conference of the project Invert, April 21st, 2005 (2005).

Stadler, Michael, Lukas Kranzl, Gustav Resch, Claus Huber, and Reinhard Haas."Das dynamische Bottom-Up Simulationstool Invert zur Bewertung von Förderstrategien im Gebäude-, Strom- und Transportsektor."International dissemination conference of the project Invert (2005).

Stadler, Michael, Lukas Kranzl, Gustav Resch, Claus Huber, and Reinhard Haas."Introduction to the Invert Simulation Tool."International dissemination conference of the project Invert, April 21st, 2005 (2005).

Stadler, Michael, Lukas Kranzl, Gustav Resch, Claus Huber, and Reinhard Haas."Invert Simulation Tool: Modelling Promotion Schemes for sustainable energy systems."International dissemination conference of the project invert, April 21st, 2005 (2005).

Stadler, Michael, Lukas Kranzl, Gustav Resch, Claus Huber, and Reinhard Haas."Das dynamische Bottom-Up Simulationstool Invert."International dissemination conference of the project Invert (2005).

Stadler, Michael, Lukas Kranzl, Gustav Resch, Claus Huber, and Reinhard Haas."Invert - A Bottom-Up Simulation Tool for the Dynamic Evaluation of the Effects of Promotion Schemes in the fiels of RES and RUE."International dissemination conference of the project Invert, March 4, 2005 (2005).

Ragwitz, Mario, Anselm Brakhage, Lukas Kranzl, Michael Stadler, Claus Huber, Reinhard Haas, Elena Tsioliaridou, Jacky Pett, Pedro Gürtler, Kaj Joergensen, Arkadiusz Figorski, Adam Gula, Elzbieta Gula, Beata Sliz, and Artur Wyrwa."Case Studies, Work Package 6 of INVERT." (2005).

Kranzl, Lukas, Michael Stadler, Claus Huber, and Reinhard Haas."Strategien und Softwaretools zur effizienten Förderung nachhaltiger Energiesysteme."Zeirschrift Energy Number 2 (2005) 32-34.

Haas, Reinhard, Lukas Weissensteiner, Michael Stadler, and Thomas Faber."Umsetzung der Energiedienstleistungsrichtlinie der EU."VEO Journal Dezember 2005-2006 (2005) 44-47.

2004

Joergensen, Kaj, Lukas Kranzl, Elena Tsioliaridou, Maria-Assumpcio Lopez-Polo, Michael Stadler, Gustav Resch, and Reinhard Haas."Rational Use of Energy and Renewable Energy Sources – A Review of Current Policy Strategies and Promotion Schemes, Work Package 1 of INVERT." (2004).

2003

Haas, Reinhard, and Michael Stadler."Investment Costs for Transmission and Distribution Lines World-Wide Until 2030." (2003).

2002

Haas, Reinhard, Michael Stadler, and Hans Auer."Prognose der Entwicklung der leistungsmäßigen Nachfrage nach Strom in Österreich." (2002).

Haas, Reinhard, Hans Auer, and Michael Stadler."Entwicklung der Marktpreise für Strom in ausgewählten europäischen Ländern." (2002).

Stadler, Michael, Hans Auer, and Reinhard Haas."Die zunehmende Bedeutung von dynamischen Tarifmodellen in liberalisierten europäischen Strommärkten."Energieinnovationssymposium TU Graz (2002).

2001

Stadler, Michael, Hans Auer, and Reinhard Haas."The Increasing Relevance of Dynamic Tariff Structures in the Liberalised European Electricity Market."DistribuTECH - Europe 2001, November 6-8, 2001 (2001).