At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, teams of scientists and researchers spend large parts of their day jumping on, twisting, smashing, and generally coming up with various ways of breaking solar panels. It’s not malice, it’s not … [Read more...] about How do solar panels break? And how do we fix them?
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Real-time experiment shows efficacy of renewable grids during blackouts
Last summer, we wrote about the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado. The facility is a collection of green energy experiments, including wind power, solar panels, and hydrogen energy storage. The goal of NREL is to demonstrate how the US could create … [Read more...] about Real-time experiment shows efficacy of renewable grids during blackouts
This lab is preparing the US for the transition to a renewable grid
The ever-growing collection of renewable energy technologies will transform our energy systems to be greener and more reliable, but updating our electricity grid to support renewable energy is no easy feat. It means overhauling and improving infrastructure throughout the entire … [Read more...] about This lab is preparing the US for the transition to a renewable grid