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)

1999

Dayton, David S, Charles A Goldman, and Steven J Pickle."Portrait of an Emerging Industry ESCOs are recreating themselves to explore new markets and adapt to changing ones." (1999) 11.

1998

Wiser, Ryan H, Steven J Pickle, and Joseph H Eto."Details, Details . . . The Impact of Market Rules on Emerging "Green" Energy Markets."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1998) 17.

Golove, William H, Charles A Goldman, and Steven J Pickle."Purchasing Energy and Related Services in a Restructured Electricity Industry." (1998) 11.

Dayton, David S, Charles A Goldman, and Steven J Pickle."The Energy Services Company (ESCO) Industry: Industry and Market Trends." (1998) 17.

Marnay, Chris, M. M Suzie Kito, Dan Kirshner, Osman Sezgen, Steven J Pickle, Katja B Schumacher, and Ryan H Wiser."Restructuring and Renewable Energy Developments in California: Using Elfin to Simulate the Future California Power Market." (1998) 139.

Wiser, Ryan H, Steven J Pickle, and Charles A Goldman."Renewable energy policy and electricity restructuring: a California case study."Energy Policy 26.6 (1998) 465-475. DOI

Wiser, Ryan H, and Steven J Pickle."Selling Green Power in California: Product, Industry, and Market Trends." (1998) 55.

Stoft, Steven, Timothy N Belden, Charles A Goldman, and Steven J Pickle."Primer on Electricity Futures and Other Derivatives." (1998) 84.

Golove, William H, Charles A Goldman, and Steven J Pickle."Purchasing Power and Related Services: A Window into Customer Preferences." (1998) 7.

1997

Rosenquist, Gregory J, Peter T Chan, Terry W Chan, Chris Marnay, James E McMahon, and Steven J Pickle."Draft Report on Potential Impact of Alternative Efficiency Levels for Room Air Conditioners." (1997).

Wiser, Ryan H, and Steven J Pickle."Green Marketing, Renewables, and Free Riders: Increasing Customer Demand for a Public Good." (1997) 53.

Marnay, Chris, and Steven J Pickle."Power Supply Expansion and the Nuclear Option in Poland." (1997) 37.

Wiser, Ryan H, and Steven J Pickle."Financing Investments in Renewable Energy: The Role of Policy Design and Restructuring." (1997) 101.

1996

Wiser, Ryan H, Steven J Pickle, and Charles A Goldman."California Renewable Energy Policy and Implementation Issues -- An Overview of Recent Regulatory and Legislative Action --." (1996) 32.

1995

Dunham, Camilla, James D Lutz, and Steven J Pickle."Promoting Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Replacement: Recommendations and Review for State and Local Water Resource Authorities." (1995).