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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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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.

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2024

Sawe, Nik, Hongyou Lu, Jeffrey Rissman, Zhiyu Tian, and Nan Zhou."Clean Industry in China: A Techno-Economic Comparison of Electrified Heat Technologies, Barriers, and Policy Options." (2024). DOI

2023

Singh, Reshma, and Yashima Jain."Advancing Net-zero Built Environments: Promoting Equitable Wellness for All."SHELTER 24 (2023).

2022

Shaffie, Ambereen, Nihar Shah, Nihan Karali, Won Young Park, Moustafa Al-Sammany, Brian Holuj, and Leon Becker."Cooling Egypt: Cost and benefits of room air conditioner efficiency improvement in Egypt." (2022).

2021

Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Chao Ding, Brian Holuj, and Marco Duran."Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Commercial Refrigeration Equipment." (2021).

Nilsson, Lars J, Fredric Bauer, Max Ahman, Fredrik N.G Andersson, Chris Bataille, Stephane de la Rue du Can, Karin Ericsson, Teis Hansen, Bengt Johansson, Stefan Lechtenböhmer, Mariësse van Sluisveld, and Valentin Vogl."An industrial policy framework for transforming energy and emissions intensive industries towards zero emissions."Climate Policy 21.8 (2021). DOI

Abhyankar, Nikit, Umed Paliwal, Taylor McNair, David Wooley, Michael O’Boyle, and Amol A Phadke."2030 Report: Powering America's Clean Economy." (2021).

2020

Phadke, Amol A, Umed Paliwal, Nikit Abhyankar, Taylor McNair, Bentham Paulos, David Wooley, and Ric O'Connell."2035 The Report: Plummeting Solar, Wind, And Battery Costs Can Accelerate Our Clean Electricity Future." (2020).

2018

Shah, Nihar, Scientific Assessment Panel, and et al."Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2018 - Report and Executive Summary."Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project (2018).

2017

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, David Pudleiner, David Jones, and Aleisha Khan."Energy Efficiency Roadmap for Uganda, Making Energy Efficiency Count." (2017).

2015

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.

Zhou, Nan, Gang He, John Romankiewicz, David Fridley, and Cecilia Fino-Chen."A Review of Commercially Available Technologies for Developing Low-Carbon Eco-cities." (2015).

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.

Shen, Bo, Lynn K Price, Manzhi Liu, Lu Meng, Pei Miao, and Fan Dai."White Paper: Unleashing Energy Efficiency Retrofits Through Energy Performance Contracts in China and the United States." (2015).

2013

Hong, Lixuan, Nan Zhou, David Fridley, and Chris Raczkowski."Assessment of China's Renewable Energy Contribution During the 12th Five Year Plan."Energy Policy 62 (2013) 1533-1543. DOI

Zhou, Nan, David Fridley, Michael A McNeil, Nina Khanna, Wei Feng, and Jing Ke."Quantifying the potential impact of energy efficiency and low carbon policies for China."the European Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s 2013 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency (2013).

2012

Sathre, Roger, Ambrose Dodoo, Leif Gustavsson, Bruce Lippke, Gregg Marland, Eric R Masanet, Birger Solberg, and Frank Werner."Material Nature Versus Structural Nurture: The Embodied Carbon of Fundamental Structural Elements."Environmental Science & Technology (2012).

2010

Sathaye, Jayant A, and Arjun Gupta."Eliminating Electricity Deficit through Energy Efficiency in India: An Evaluation of Aggregate Economic and Carbon Benefits." (2010).

2009

Sathaye, Jayant A, Swart Alterra, Eric R Masanet, Franck Lecocq, Adil Najam, Roberto Schaeffer, and Harald Winkler."Opportunities to change development pathways toward lower greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency." (2009).

McNeil, Michael A, Virginie E Letschert, Stephane de la Rue du Can, and Christine Egan."Acting Globally: Potential Carbon Emissions Mitigation Impacts from an International Standards and Labeling Program."European Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy (2009).

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