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NREL biologists test revegetation and wildlife protection strategies at new solar power array at the National Wind Technology Center.

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Smart Windows: Energy Efficiency with a View

Buildings consume 40 percent of our nation’s energy. NREL is testing and researching electrochromic windows that could knock that back significantly.

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NREL to Help Scale Up Biofuels Operations

Thanks to a partnership with DOE and NREL, companies are getting the cash and expertise needed to jumpstart biofuels production scale-up.

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Energy Data Available Anywhere, Any Time

NREL launches a new Internet site to allow organizations around the world to both post their own energy data and download data, for free.

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New Labs to Concentrate on Solar Thermal Energy

DOE funds facilities to advance concentrating solar power technologies; global capacity could reach 20 gigawatts by 2020.

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NREL Works with Truckers to Reduce Fuel Use

Excessive idling of trucks has been identified as a source of wasted fuel; NREL is working with the trucking industry to find big savings.

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NREL Sets the Bar for Office Building Energy Use

When NREL decided to build a new office building, the national lab turned to its experts to establish a new energy use benchmark. The lab’s researchers knew what they wanted – the request for proposals included 780 pages of specifications. The resu…

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NREL Breaks Down Walls for Biofuels

NREL researchers are racing to come up with better and less expensive ways to make ethanol from cellulosic biomass. But they are hitting a wall – cell walls in plants that make the production of cellulosic fuels a challenge. So, laboratory scientists a…

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NREL Uncovers Clean Energy Leaders State by State

That California and Texas still lead the United States in generating renewable energy probably is no surprise. But, NREL’s 2009 State of the States report shows that several smaller states from Maine to Louisiana to Utah are closing the clean energy ga…

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Eco-Friendly SUV Gets a Hydrogen Mileage Boost

Driving hydrogen fueled SUVs for 431 miles per fill-up is no longer a California dream. Researchers from NREL and Toyota recently completed a 331 mile round trip drive between Torrance and San Diego in two Toyota Highlander Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicles. …

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