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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)

2014

Gao, Yafeng, Jiangmin Xu, Shichao Yang, Xiaomin Tang, Quan Zhou, Jing Ge, Tengfang T Xu, and Ronnen M Levinson."Cool Roofs in China: Policy Review, Building Simulations, and Proof-Of-Concept Experiments."Energy Policy 74 (2014) 190-214. DOI

Karali, Nihan, Tengfang T Xu, and Jayant A Sathaye."Developing long-term strategies to reduce energy use and CO2 emissions—analysis of three mitigation scenarios for iron and steel production in China."Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change (2014). DOI

Morrow III, William R, John Marano, Jayant A Sathaye, Ali Hasanbeigi, and Tengfang T Xu."Energy Efficiency Improvements Potential in the U.S. Petroleum Refining Industry."2014 ECEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (2014).

Karali, Nihan, Tengfang T Xu, and Jayant A Sathaye."U.S Iron and Steel Sector and Potential Trading With China and India: Analysis with ISEEM Energy Model."37th IAEE International Conference Proceedings, International Association for Energy Economics (2014).

Xu, Tengfang T, Nihan Karali, and Jayant A Sathaye."Undertaking high impact strategies: The role of national efficiency measures in long-term energy and emission reduction in steel making."Applied Energy 122 (2014) 179-188. DOI

Karali, Nihan, Tengfang T Xu, and Jayant A Sathaye."Reducing energy consumption and CO₂ emissions by energy efficiency measures and international trading: A bottom-up modeling for the U.S. iron and steel sector."Applied Energy 120 (2014) 133-146. DOI

Morrow III, William R, Ali Hasanbeigi, Jayant A Sathaye, and Tengfang T Xu."Assessment of energy efficiency improvement and CO₂ emission reduction potentials in India's cement and iron and steel industries."Journal of Cleaner Production 65 (2014) 131 - 141. DOI

2013

Xu, Tengfang T, Tjebbe Galama, and Jayant A Sathaye."Reducing Carbon Footprint in Cement Material Making: Characterizing Costs of Conserved Energy and Reduced Carbon Emissions."Sustainable Cities and Society 9 (2013) 54-61. DOI

Xu, Tengfang T, Jayant A Sathaye, and Klaas Jan Kramer."Sustainability Options in Pulp and Paper Making: Costs of Conserved Energy and Carbon Reduction in the U.S.."Sustainable Cities and Society 8 (2013) 56-62. DOI

Morrow III, William R, John Marano, Jayant A Sathaye, Ali Hasanbeigi, and Tengfang T Xu."Assessment of Energy Efficiency Improvement in the United States Petroleum Refining Industry." (2013).

Hasanbeigi, Ali, William R Morrow III, Jayant A Sathaye, Eric R Masanet, and Tengfang T Xu."A bottom-up model to estimate the energy efficiency improvement and CO₂ emission reduction potentials in the Chinese iron and steel industry."Energy 50 (2013) 315-325. DOI

Karali, Nihan, Tengfang T Xu, and Jayant A Sathaye."Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Options in ISEEM Global Energy Model: 2010-2050 Scenario Analysis for Least-Cost Carbon Reduction in Iron and Steel Sector." (2013).

2012

Morrow III, William R, Tengfang T Xu, Ali Hasanbeigi, and Jayant A Sathaye."Assessment of Energy Efficiency Improvement and CO₂ Emission Reduction Potentials in India's Cement Industry." (2012).

Hasanbeigi, Ali, William R Morrow III, Eric R Masanet, Jayant A Sathaye, and Tengfang T Xu."Assessment of Energy Efficiency Improvement and CO₂ Emission Reduction Potentials in the Cement Industry in China." (2012).

Hasanbeigi, Ali, William R Morrow III, Jayant A Sathaye, Eric R Masanet, and Tengfang T Xu."Assessment of Energy Efficiency Improvement and CO₂ Emission Reduction Potentials in the Iron and Steel Industry in China." (2012).

Xu, Tengfang T, Joris Flapper, Jing Ke, Klaas Jan Kramer, and Jayant A Sathaye."Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program Development of a Computer-based Benchmarking and Analytical Tool: Benchmarking and Energy & Water Savings Tool in Dairy Plants (BEST-Dairy)." (2012).

Xu, Tengfang T, Joris Flapper, Jing Ke, Klaas Jan Kramer, and Jayant A Sathaye."Development of a Computer-based Benchmarking and Analytical Tool: Benchmarking and Energy & Water Savings Tool in Dairy Plants (BEST-Dairy)." (2012).

Xu, Tengfang T, Jayant A Sathaye, and Klaas Jan Kramer."Bottom-up Representation of Industrial Energy Efficiency Technologies in Integrated Assessment Models for the U.S. Pulp and Paper Sector." (2012).

Karali, Nihan, Tengfang T Xu, and Jayant A Sathaye."Industrial Sector Energy Efficiency Modeling (ISEEM) Framework Documentation." (2012).

2011

Akbari, Hashem, Tengfang T Xu, Haider Taha, Craig P Wray, and Jayant A Sathaye."Using Cool Roofs to Reduce Energy Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Urban Heat-island Effects." (2011).

Xu, Tengfang T, Jing Ke, and Jayant A Sathaye."User's Manual for BEST-Dairy: Benchmarking and Energy/water-Saving Tool (BEST) for the Dairy Processing Industry (Version 1.2)." (2011).

Xu, Tengfang T, Jan Willem Slaa, and Jayant A Sathaye."Developing Information on Energy Savings and Associated Costs and Benefits of Energy Efficient Emerging Technologies Applicable in California." (2011).

2010

Xu, Tengfang T, Jan Willem Slaa, and Jayant A Sathaye."Characterizing Costs, Savings and Benefits of a Selection of Energy Efficient Emerging Technologies in the United States." (2010).

Sathaye, Jayant A, Tengfang T Xu, and Christina Galitsky."Bottom-up Representation of Industrial Energy Efficiency Technologies in Integrated Assessment Models for the Cement Sector." (2010).

Xu, Tengfang T, Jayant A Sathaye, and Christina Galitsky."Development of Bottom-up Representation of Industrial Energy Efficiency Technologies in Integrated Assessment Models for the Iron and Steel Sector." (2010).