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)

2019

Lin, Jiang, Fredrich Kahrl, Jiahai Yuan, Qixin Chen, and Xu Liu."Economic and carbon emission impacts of electricity market transition in China: A case study of Guangdong Province."Applied Energy 238 (2019) 1093 - 1107. DOI

Liu, Xu, Jiang Lin, Junfeng Hu, Hongyou Lu, and Jiaru Cai."Economic Transition, Technology Change, and Energy Consumption in China: A Provincial-Level Analysis."Energies 12.13 (2019) 2581. DOI

2018

Feng, Wei, Ming Jin, Xu Liu, Yi Bao, Chris Marnay, Cheng Yao, and JianCheng Yu."A Review of Microgrid Development in the United States – a Decade of Progress on Policies, Demonstrations, Controls, and Software Tools."Applied Energy 228 (2018) 1656 - 1668. DOI

Zhang, Jingjing, Nan Zhou, Nina Khanna, David Fridley, Sooyeon Yi, Shan Jiang, and Xu Liu."Water-Energy Nexus in China A study on a national scale." (2018).

Lin, Jiang, Fredrich Kahrl, and Xu Liu."A regional analysis of excess capacity in China’s power systems."Resources, Conservation and Recycling 129 (2018). DOI

Feng, Wei, Ming Jin, Xu Liu, Yi Bao, Chris Marnay, Cheng Yao, and JianCheng Yu."A review of microgrid development in the United States – A decade of progress on policies, demonstrations, controls, and software tools."Applied Energy 228 (2018) 1656 - 1668. DOI

Feng, Wei, Ming Jin, Xu Liu, Yi Bao, Chris Marnay, Cheng Yao, and JianCheng Yu."A review of microgrid development in the United States – A decade of progress on policies, demonstrations, controls, and software tools."Applied Energy 228 (2018) 1656 - 1668. DOI

2017

Fridley, David, Hongyou Lu, and Xu Liu."Key China Energy Statistics 2016." (2017).

Liu, Xu, Chris Marnay, Wei Feng, Nan Zhou, and Nihan Karali."A Review of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Smart Grid Projects and Their Implications for China." (2017).

Liu, Xu, Jing Ge, Wei Feng, and Nan Zhou."An Overview of the U.S. Better Buildings Initiative as a Model for Other Countries." (2017).

2016

Lin, Jiang, Xu Liu, and Fredrich Kahrl."Excess Capacity in China's Power Systems: A Regional Analysis." (2016).

Liu, Xu, Bo Shen, Lynn K Price, Hongyou Lu, and Ali Hasanbeigi."What China can learn from international policy experiences to improve industrial energy efficiency and reduce CO₂ emissions?." (2016).

2015

Shen, Bo, Lynn K Price, Hongyou Lu, Xu Liu, Katherine Tsen, Wei Xiangyang, Zhang Yunpeng, Guan Jian, Hou Rui, Zhang Junfeng, Zhuo Yuqun, Xia Shumao, Han Yafeng, and Liu Manzhi."Curbing Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Industrial Boilers in China." (2015).

Ohshita, Stephanie, Lynn K Price, Nan Zhou, Nina Khanna, David Fridley, and Xu Liu."The Role of Chinese Cities in Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction."Briefing on Urban Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2015) 21.

Ohshita, Stephanie, Lynn K Price, Nan Zhou, Nina Khanna, David Fridley, and Xu Liu."The Role of Chinese Cities in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction." (2015) 19.

Shen, Bo, Lynn K Price, Xu Liu, Lu Meng, Wenjing Shi, Meredydd Evans, Volha Roshchanka, and Sha Yu."Expanding Energy Performance Contracting in China: Policy Solutions and Market Mechanisms." (2015) 29.