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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) 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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2018

Cooke, Alan, Juliet Homer, and Lisa C. Schwartz."Distribution System Planning – State Examples by Topic." (2018).

Schwartz, Lisa C., Joe Paladino, Maury Galbraith, Kerry Worthington, Fred Hoover, Kevin Schneider, Emma M. Stewart, Barry Mather, Michael Coddington, Jeremy Twitchell, Joseph H Eto, Andrew D. Mills, Debra Lew, and Lavelle Freeman."Distribution Systems and Planning Training for Western States." (2018).

Gagnon, Pieter, Galen L. Barbose, Brady Stoll, Ali Ehlen, Jarett Zuboy, Trieu Mai, and Andrew D. Mills."Estimating the Value of Improved Distributed Photovoltaic Adoption Forecasts for Utility Resource Planning." (2018).

Schwartz, Lisa C.."Overview of Integrated Distribution Planning Concepts and State Activity." (2018).

Eto, Joseph H, John Undrill, Peter Mackin, and Jeffrey Ellis."Frequency Control Requirements for Reliable Interconnection Frequency Response."Interconnection Frequency Response (2018).

Lin, Jiang, David Fridley, Hongyou Lu, Lynn K. Price, and Nan Zhou."Near-term trends in China's coal consumption." (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

Roberts, Ciaran."Review of International Grid Codes."Interconnection Frequency Response (2018).

Lin, Jiang, David Fridley, Hongyou Lu, Lynn K. Price, and Nan Zhou."Has coal use peaked in China: Near-term trends in China's coal consumption."Energy Policy 123 (2018) 208 - 214. DOI

Schwartz, Lisa C., Emma M. Stewart, Kevin Schneider, Michael Coddington, Joe Paladino, Barry Mather, Michael Kintner-Meyer, Joseph H Eto, Mark Newton Lowry, Andrew D. Mills, Debbie Lew, Lavelle Freeman, John J. Miller, Randy Berry, and Rebecca O'Neil."Midwest Distribution Systems & Planning Training." (2018).

2017

Homer, Juliet, Alan Cooke, Lisa C. Schwartz, Greg Leventis, Francisco Flores-Espino, and Michael Coddington."State Engagement in Electric Distribution System Planning." (2017).

Mills, Andrew D., Ryan H. Wiser, and Joachim Seel."Power Plant Retirements: Trends and Possible Drivers." (2017).

Eto, Joseph H, and Giulia Gallo."Regional Transmission Planning: A Review of Practices Following FERC Order Nos. 890 and 1000." (2017).

Schneider, Kevin, Emma Stuart, Murali Baggu, Michael Coddington, Juliet Homer, Lisa C. Schwartz, Joseph H Eto, Michael Kintner-Meyer, Mark Newton Lowry, Paul De Martini, Stephen J. Rourke, and Andrew D. Mills."NECPUC Distribution Systems & Planning Training." (2017).

Carvallo, Juan Pablo, Alan H. Sanstad, and Peter H. Larsen."Exploring the relationship between planning and procurement in Western U.S. electric utilities." (2017).

Rai, Varun, Rahul Tongia, Gireesh Shrimali, and Nikit Abhyankar."Data for development: The case for an Indian energy information administration."Energy Research & Social Science 25.March 2017 (2017). DOI

Bolinger, Mark."Using Probability of Exceedance to Compare the Resource Risk of Renewable and Gas-Fired Generation." (2017).

2016

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

Carvallo, Juan Pablo, Peter H. Larsen, Alan H. Sanstad, and Charles A. Goldman."Load Forecasting in Electric Utility Integrated Resource Planning." (2016).

Schwartz, Lisa C.."Overview of Distribution Planning Efforts."Grid Modernization: Distribution Planning Workshop, Minnesota PUC (2016).

Lin, Jiang, and Andrew Satchwell."Toward future's clean power system: lessons from the past." (2016).

Eto, Joseph H."Building Electric Transmission Lines: A Review of Recent Regional Transmission Plans." (2016).

Eto, Joseph H."Building Electric Transmission Lines: A Review of Recent Transmission Projects." (2016).

Kahrl, Fredrich, Andrew D. Mills, Luke Lavin, Nancy Ryan, Arne Olsen, and Lisa C. Schwartz."The Future of Electricity Resource Planning."Future Electric Utility Regulation Report Series FEUR Report No. 6 (2016).

Jin, Ling, C. Anna Spurlock, Sam Borgeson, Daniel Fredman, Liesel Hans, Siddharth Patel, and Annika Todd."Load Shape Clustering Using Residential Smart Meter Data: a Technical Memorandum." (2016).