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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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2005

Lesieutre, Bernard."Improving Dynamic Load and Generator Response Performance Tools." (2005) 74.

Eto, Joseph H."The Value of Economic Dispatch: A Report to Congress Pursuant to Section 1234 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005." (2005).

Gumerman, Etan, and Chris Marnay."Scenarios for Benefits Analysis of Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment." (2005) 49.

Sinton, Jonathan E, Rachel E Stem, Nathaniel T Aden, Mark D Levine, Tyler J Dillavou, David Fridley, Yu Joe Huang, Joanna I Lewis, Jiang Lin, Aimee T McKane, Lynn K Price, Ryan H Wiser, Nan Zhou, and Jean Y Ku."Evaluation of China's Energy Strategy Options." (2005).

2004

Lesieutre, Bernard, Emily S Bartholomew, Joseph H Eto, Douglas R Hale, and Thanh Luong."The Potential Impacts of a Competitive Wholesale Market in the Midwest: A Preliminary Examination of Centralized Dispatch." (2004) 75.

Eto, Joseph H, Bernard Lesieutre, and Steven E Widergren."Transmission-Planning Research and Development Scoping Project."Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program (2004) 82.

Lesieutre, Bernard, and Joseph H Eto."When a Rose Is Not a Rose: A Review of Recent Estimates of Congestion Costs."The Electricity Journal 17.4 (2004). DOI

2003

Lesieutre, Bernard, and Charles A Goldman."A Review of Market Monitoring Activities at U.S. Independent System Operators."Western Interstate Energy Board Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation Las Vegas NV November 4, 2003 (2003).

Lesieutre, Bernard."Congestions Costs in Electricity Markets."Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium November 20-22, 2003 (2003).

Bartholomew, Emily S, Afzal S Siddiqui, Chris Marnay, and Shmuel S Oren."The New York Transmission Congestion Contract Market: Is It Truly Working Efficiently?."The Electricity Journal 16.9 (2003) 14-24. DOI

Lesieutre, Bernard, and Joseph H Eto."Electricity Transmission Congestion Costs: A Review of Recent Reports." (2003) 53.

Eto, Joseph H, and John P Stovall."California's Electricity System of the Future: Scenario Analysis in Support of Public-Interest Transmission System R&D Planning." (2003) 61.

2002

Gumerman, Etan, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, and Chris Marnay."New Method and Reporting of Uncertainty in LBNL National Energy Modeling System Runs." (2002) 29.

Hauer, John F, Thomas J Overbye, Jeffery E Dagle, and Steven E Widergren."Advanced Transmission Technologies: National Transmission Grid Study, Appendix F."National Transmission Grid Study (2002) 45.

Oren, Shmuel S, George Gross, and Fernando L Alvarado."Alternative Business Models for Transmission Investment and Operation: National Transmission Grid Study, Appendix C."National Transmission Grid Study (2002) 38.

Eto, Joseph H, Fernando L Alvarado, Jeffery E Dagle, John F Hauer, Steven E Widergren, George Gross, Thomas J Overbye, Eric Hirst, Brendan J Kirby, David H Meyer, Shmuel S Oren, and Richard Sedano."National Transmission Grid Study (2002)." (2002).

2000

Golove, William H, Rodrigo Prudencio, Ryan H Wiser, and Charles A Goldman."Electricity Restructuring and Value- Added Services: Beyond the Hype." (2000) 15.

1999

Golove, William H, Timothy Beatty, Ryan H Wiser, and Charles A Goldman."Electricity Restructuring and Value-Added Services: Does Direct Access Make a Difference." (1999) 12.

1997

Golove, William H, and Leon J Schipper."Restraining carbon emissions: measuring energy use and efficiency in the USA." (1997) 10.

Eto, Joseph H, and Mithra M Moezzi."Metered Residential Cooling Loads: Comparison of Three Models."IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 12.2 (1997). DOI

Pagliano, Lorenzo, Joseph H Eto, and Roberto Caponio."The Restructuring of the Italian Electricity Sector: Proposals for the Inclusion of Objectives for Increased Energy Efficiency and Renewables Exploitation."European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) 1997 Summer Study (1997).

1996

Busch, John F, and Joseph H Eto."Estimation of Avoided Costs for Electric Utility Demand-side Planning."Energy Sources 18 (1996) 28. DOI

1995

Busch, John F, and G. G Alan Comnes."Resource Planning for Gas Utilities: Using a Model to Analyze Pivotal Issues." (1995) 107.

Pagliano, Lorenzo, Angelica Tudini, Joseph H Eto, and Roberto Caponio."Current Trends for Italian National and Local Power Companies: Prospects for Integrated Resource Planning."1995 International Energy Program Evaluation Conference (1995).

1994

Akbari, Hashem, Joseph H Eto, Steven J Konopacki, Asim Afzal, Kristin E Heinemeier, and Leo I Rainer."A New Approach to Estimate Commercial Sector End-Use Load Shapes and Energy Use Intensities."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1994 (1994).