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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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2016

Hong, Lixuan, Nan Zhou, Wei Feng, Nina Khanna, David Fridley, Yongqiang Zhao, and Kaare Sandholt."Building stock dynamics and its impacts on materials and energy demand in China."Energy Policy 94 (2016) 47 - 55. DOI

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.

Karali, Nihan, Michael A. McNeil, Virginie E. Letschert, and Stephane de la Rue du Can."Potential Impact of Lighting and Appliance Efficiency Standards on Peak Demand: The Case of Indonesia."8th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (2015).

Ohshita, Stephanie, David Fridley, Nina Khanna, Nan Zhou, Gang He, Lixuan Hong, and Yong Zhou."Urban form as a “first fuel” for low-carbon mobility in Chinese cities: strategies for energy and carbon saving in the transport sector."European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency, June 1-6, 2015 (2015).

2014

Khanna, Nina, Nan Zhou, Jing Ke, and David Fridley."Evaluation of the Contribution of the Building Sector to PM2.5 Emissions in China." (2014).

Khanna, Nina, Nan Zhou, Jing Ke, and David Fridley."Quantifying PM2.5 Emissions from China's Building Sector and Co-Benefits of Energy Efficiency."2014 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2014).

2013

de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Virginie E. Letschert, Greg Leventis, Theo Covary, and Xiaohua Xia."Energy Efficiency Country Study: Republic of South Africa." (2013).

Ke, Jing, Michael A. McNeil, Lynn K. Price, Nina Khanna, and Nan Zhou."Estimation of CO₂ Emissions from China’s Cement Production: Methodologies and Uncertainties."Energy Policy 57 (2013) 172-181.

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).

Zhou, Nan, David Fridley, Nina Khanna, Jing Ke, Michael A. McNeil, and Mark D. Levine."China's Energy and Emissions Outlook to 2050: Perspectives from Bottom-Up Energy End-Use Model."Energy Policy 53 (2013) 51-62. DOI

Fridley, David, Nina Zheng, Nan Zhou, Jing Ke, Ali Hasanbeigi, William R. Morrow III, Lynn K. Price, and Nina Khanna."China Energy and Emissions Path to 2030." (2013).

Letschert, Virginie E., and Michael A. McNeil."Potential Savings for Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal from BUENAS modeling." (2013).

2012

Letschert, Virginie E., Nicholas Bojda, Jing Ke, and Michael A. McNeil."Estimate of Cost-Effective Potential for Minimum Efficiency Performance Standards in 13 Major World Economies Energy Savings, Environmental and Financial Impacts." (2012).

Ke, Jing, Lynn K. Price, Stephanie Ohshita, David Fridley, Nina Khanna, Nan Zhou, and Mark D. Levine."China’s Industrial Energy Consumption Trends and Impacts of the Top-1000 Enterprises Energy-Saving Program and the Ten Key Energy-Saving Projects."Energy Policy 50 (2012) 562-569. DOI

Fridley, David, Nina Zheng, Nan Zhou, Jing Ke, Ali Hasanbeigi, William R. Morrow III, Lynn K. Price, and Nina Khanna."China Energy and Emissions Paths to 2030 (2nd Edition)." (2012).

Letschert, Virginie E., Louis-Benoit Desroches, Jing Ke, and Michael A. McNeil."Estimate of Technical Potential for Minimum Efficiency Performance Standards in 13 Major World Economies." (2012).

Letschert, Virginie E., Louis-Benoit Desroches, Jing Ke, and Michael A. McNeil."Technical Potential of Minimum Efficiency Performance Standards: A Global Analysis of Best Available Technology." (2012).

2011

Zhou, Nan, David Fridley, Michael A. McNeil, Nina Zheng, Jing Ke, and Mark D. Levine."Peak CO₂? China’s Emissions Trajectories to 2050." (2011).

Zhou, Nan, David Fridley, Michael A. McNeil, Nina Zheng, Jing Ke, Mark D. Levine, and Nina Khanna."China’s Energy and Carbon Emissions Outlook to 2050." (2011) 83.

Zhou, Nan, David Fridley, Michael A. McNeil, Nina Zheng, Virginie E. Letschert, Jing Ke, and Nina Khanna."Analysis of Potential Energy Saving and CO₂ Emission Reduction of Home Appliances and Commercial Equipments in China." (2011).

2010

Zheng, Nina, Nan Zhou, David Fridley, and Nina Khanna."Comparative Analysis of Modeling Studies on China’s Future Energy and Emissions Outlook." (2010).

Zhou, Nan, David Fridley, Michael A. McNeil, Nina Zheng, Virginie E. Letschert, Jing Ke, and Nina Khanna."Analysis of Potential Energy Saving and CO₂ Emission Reduction of Home Appliances and Commercial Equipments in China."The 2010 American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy's Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2010).

2009

Zhou, Nan, Michael A. McNeil, and Mark D. Levine."Energy for 500 million Homes: Drivers and Outlook for Residential Energy Consumption in China." (2009).

Letschert, Virginie E., Michael A. McNeil, and Nan Zhou."Residential Electricity Demand in China -- Can Efficiency Reverse the Growth?." (2009).

Zhou, Nan, and Michael A. McNeil."Assessment of Historic Trend in Mobility and Energy Use in India Transportation Sector Using Bottom-up Approach." (2009).