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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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2014

Satchwell, Andrew, Andrew D Mills, Galen L Barbose, Ryan H Wiser, Peter Cappers, and Naïm R Darghouth."Financial Impacts of Net-Metered PV on Utilities and Ratepayers: A Scoping Study of Two Prototypical U.S. Utilities." (2014).

Burkhardt, Jesse, Ryan H Wiser, Naïm R Darghouth, Changgui Dong, and Joshua Huneycutt."How Much Do Local Regulations Matter? Exploring the Impact of Permitting and Local Regulatory Processes on PV Prices in the United States." (2014).

Friedman, Barry, Robert Margolis, and Joachim Seel."Comparing Photovoltaic (PV) Costs and Deployment Drivers in the Japanese and U.S. Residential and Commercial Markets." (2014).

Rickerson, Wilson, Toby Couture, Galen L Barbose, David Jacobs, Giles Parkinson, Emily Chessin, Andy Belden, Holly Wilson, and Henry Barrett."Residential Prosumers: Drivers and Policy Options (Re-Prosumers)." (2014).

Darghouth, Naïm R, Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser."Customer-economics of residential photovoltaic systems (Part 1): The impact of high renewable energy penetrations on electricity bill savings with net metering."Energy Policy 67 (2014) 290 - 300. DOI

Mai, Trieu, M Maureen Hand, Samuel F Baldwin, Ryan H Wiser, Greg L Brinkman, Paul Denholm, Douglas J Arent, Gian Porro, Debra Sandor, Donna J Hostick, Michael Milligan, Edgar A DeMeo, and Morgan Bazilian."Renewable Electricity Futures for the United States."IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy 5.2 (2014) 372 - 378. DOI

2013

Ma, Ookie, Nasr Alkadi, Peter Cappers, Paul Denholm, Junqiao Han Dudley, Sasank Goli, Marissa Hummon, Sila Kiliccote, Jason S MacDonald, Nance Matson, Daniel Olsen, Cody Rose, Michael D Sohn, Michael Starke, Brendan J Kirby, and Mark O'Malley."Demand Response for Ancillary Services."IEEE Transaction on Smart Grid 4 (2013).

Dong, Changgui, and Ryan H Wiser."The impact of city-level permitting processes on residential photovoltaic installation prices and development times: An empirical analysis of solar systems in California cities."Energy Policy 63 (2013) 531 - 542. DOI

Cappers, Peter, Annika Todd-Blick, Michael Perry, Bernard Neenan, and Richard Boisvert."Quantifying the Impacts of Time-based Rates, Enabling Technology, and Other Treatments in Consumer Behavior Studies: Protocols and Guidelines." (2013).

Seel, Joachim, Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser."An Analysis of Residential PV System Price Differences Between the United States and Germany."American Solar Energy Society Annual Meeting (2013).

Deshmukh, Ranjit, Juan Pablo Carvallo, and Ashwin Gambhir."Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy Mini-grids for Energy Access: A Framework for Policy Design." (2013).

Wiser, Ryan H, and Changgui Dong."The Impact of City-level Permitting Processes on Residential Photovoltaic Installation Prices and Development Times: An Empirical Analysis of Solar Systems in California Cities." (2013).

Dong, Changgui, and Ryan H Wiser."The Impact of City-Level Permitting Processes on Residential PV Installation Prices and Development Times."American Solar Energy Society Annual Meeting (2013).

Seel, Joachim, Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser."Why Are Residential PV Prices in Germany So Much Lower Than in the United States? A Scoping Analysis." (2013).

Darghouth, Naïm R, Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser."Electricity Bill Savings from Residential Photovoltaic Systems: Sensitivities to Changes in Future Electricity Market Conditions." (2013).

Mills, Andrew D, and Ryan H Wiser."Solar Valuation in Utility Planning Studies." (2013).

2012

MacDonald, Jason S, Peter Cappers, Duncan S Callaway, and Sila Kiliccote."Demand Response Providing Ancillary Services A Comparison of Opportunities and Challenges in the US Wholesale Markets."Grid-Interop 2012 (2012).

Darghouth, Naïm R, Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser."The Potential Impact of Increased Renewable Energy Penetration Levels on Electricity Bill Savings From Residential Photovoltaic Systems."31st USAEE/IAEE North American Conference (2012).

2011

Darghouth, Naïm R, Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser."The impact of rate design and net metering on the bill savings from distributed PV for residential customers in California."Energy Policy 39.9 (2011) 5243 - 5253. DOI

Deshmukh, Ranjit, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Ashwin Gambhir, and Amol A Phadke."Analysis of International Policies In The Solar Electricity Sector: Lessons for India." (2011).

Wiser, Ryan H, Galen L Barbose, and Edward Holt."Supporting solar power in renewables portfolio standards: Experience from the United States."Energy Policy 39.7 (2011) 3894 - 3905. DOI

2010

Wiser, Ryan H, Galen L Barbose, and Edward Holt."Supporting Solar Power in Renewables Portfolio Standards: Experience from the United States." (2010) 49.

Bolinger, Mark, Ryan H Wiser, and Naïm R Darghouth."Preliminary Evaluation of the Impact of the Section 1603 Treasury Grant Program on Renewable Energy Deployment in 2009." (2010) 47.

Darghouth, Naïm R, Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser."The Impact of Rate Design and Net Metering on the Bill Savings from Distributed PV for Residential Customers in California." (2010) 62.

2009

Bolinger, Mark, Ryan H Wiser, Karlynn Cory, and Ted James."PTC, ITC, or Cash Grant? An Analysis of the Choice Facing Renewable Power Projects in the United States." (2009) 21.