Materials, Chemical, and Computational Science

2024

2024 Photovoltaic Inverter Reliability Workshop Summary Report & Proceedings

Friedman, D., Hacke, P., Al-Jassim, M., Ovaitt, S. & Shoemaker, S., 2024, 370 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Addressing Critical Problems in Materials Science Through Multiscale and Multimode Characterization (Project 1); Characterization and Optimization of Novel Triple-Conducting Oxide Materials for Energy Applications (Project 2): Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-17-00711

Al-Jassim, M. & Harvey, S., 2024, 16 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

An Updated Life Cycle Assessment of Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Systems Installed in the United States

Smith, B., Sekar, A., Mirletz, H., Heath, G. & Margolis, R., 2024, 85 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Availability and Performance Loss Factors for U.S. PV Fleet Systems

Deline, C., Muller, M., White, R., Perry, K., Springer, M., Deceglie, M. & Jordan, D., 2024, 33 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Best Practices Guide for Energy-Efficient Data Center Design

Van Geet, O. & Sickinger, D., 2024, 48 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Causes of and Solutions to Wind Speed Bias in NREL's 2020 Offshore Wind Resource Assessment for the California Pacific Outer Continental Shelf

Bodini, N., Optis, M., Liu, Y., Gaudet, B., Krishnamurthy, R., Kumler, A., Rosencrans, D., Rybchuk, A., Tai, S.-L., Berg, L., Musial, W., Lundquist, J., Purkayastha, A., Young, E. & Draxl, C., 2024, 30 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

CloudZero Phase 2 Technical Report

Wallace, A., Liao, A., Rager, D., Hasandka, A., Sahu, A., Ryan, N., Drake, S., Rivera, J., Snyder, P., Richardson, B. & Schwalm, K., 2024, 54 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Computer Vision on Edge Devices for the Short Term Prediction of Cloud Cover

Perr-Sauer, J. & White, R., 2024, 22 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

eGridGPT: Trustworthy AI in the Control Room

Choi, S., Jain, R., Emami, P., Wadsack, K., Ding, F., Sun, H., Gruchalla, K., Hong, J., Zhang, H., Zhu, X. & Kroposki, B., 2024, 26 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Encapsulation Materials Tailored to Perovskite Photovoltaics

Witteck, R., Habersberger, B., Gaulding, E. A., Luther, J. & Wheeler, L., 2024, 25 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Environmental Testing of SolarSCADA's SSI Data Acquisition System

McDanold, B. & Muller, M., 2024, 19 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Estudio de Resiliencia de la Red Electrica de Puerto Rico y Transiciones a Energia 100% Renovable (PR100): Informe resumido (Spanish Translation)

Baggu, M., Burton, R., Blair, N., Sengupta, M., Harris, T., Barrows, C., Sky, H., Gevorgian, V., Keen, J., Smith, E., Campton, M., Jena, S., Yang, J., Williams, T., Das, P., Elsworth, J., Joshi, P., Weiner, C., Morris, J. & McKinsey, J. & 59 others, Dhulipala, S. C., Molnar, S., Yan, W., Sharma, P., Wang, W., Latif, A., Thom, D., Dalvi, S., Baring-Gould, I., Lave, M., Wachtel, A., Jones, C. B., Moog, E., Mammoli, A., Garrett, R., Haines, T., Vining, W., Newlun, C., Hart, O., Elizondo, M., Fan, X., Maloney, P., Bharati, A., Vyakaranam, B., Chalishazar, V., Royer, P., Bereta dos Reis, F., Li, X., Mahapatra, K., Dagle, J., Ke, X., Zhao, M., Vasios, O., Franklin, T., Abdelmalak, M., Guddanti, K., Acharya, S., Cruz, M., Etingov, P., Qin, C., Bedoya, J., Nguyen, T., Bhadra, S., Tbaileh, A., Ward, L., Sinnott, V., Mendez-Curbelo, P., Cappers, P., Deason, J., Pigman, M., Lewis, L., Murphy, J., Kobayashi-Carvalhaes, T., Bennett, M., Liu, Y., Cutler, H., Shields, M., Jeon, H. & Chait, M., 2024, 60 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Generative AI for Power Grid Operations

Choi, S., Jain, R., Feng, C., Emami, P., Zhang, H., Hong, J., Kim, T., Park, S., Ding, F., Baggu, M. & Kroposki, B., 2024, 40 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Heliostat Consortium Annual Report: 2024: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Heliostat Consortium for Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power (HelioCon)

Zhu, G., Sment, J., Turchi, C., Gordon, M., Brost, R., Mitchell, R., Kesseli, D., Farrell, T., Muller, M., Armijo, K., Cholette, M., Emes, M., Zolan, A., Augustine, C., Meyen, S., Tsvankin, D., Yellapantula, S., Kurup, P., Hamilton, W. & Small, D. & 14 others, Spieles, A., Collins, M., Coventry, J., Kattke, K., Izygon, M., Sommers, R., Tsiropoulou, E., Metghalchi, M., Angel, J. R., Schulte, D., Schaefer, L., Ayres, M., Cho, H. & Wagner, M., 2024, 150 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Industrial Energy Storage Review

Hurst, K., Springer, M., Wikoff, H., Cory, K., Garfield, D., Ruth, M. & Bench Reese, S., 2024, 39 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Low Precision and Efficient Programming Languages for Sustainable AI: Final Report for the Summer Project of 2024

De Oliveira Silva, J. V., Tahmid, T. & da Silva Pereira, W., 2024, 27 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Net Zero World 2024 Achievements

Ortega Pastor, A., Benioff, R., Gaspar, D., Man, D., Darghouth, N., Speer, B., Szum, C., Kim, H., Zhou, N., Rough, D., Bracho, R., Moore, S., Hamilton, B., Reber, T., Guba, N., Kholod, N. & Ni, C. C., 2024, 36 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

NX Fuels H2 Shot Incubator Phase I: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-22-23256

Deutsch, T., Topolski, K. & Kee, J., 2024, 22 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Passivated Contacts for Direct Wafer Product: Final Technical Report

Young, D., 2024, 19 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Predictive Models and Novel Accelerated Tests for the Reliability of Cell Metallization in Photovoltaic Modules: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-16-00603

Kempe, M., 2024, 57 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transitions to 100% Renewable Energy Study (PR100): Final Report

Baggu, M., Burton, R., Blair, N., Sengupta, M., Harris, T., Barrows, C., Sky, H., Gevorgian, V., Keen, J., Smith, E., Campton, M., Jena, S., Yang, J., Williams, T., Das, P., Elsworth, J., Joshi, P., Weiner, C., Morris, J. & McKinsey, J. & 59 others, Dhulipala, S. C., Molnar, S., Yan, W., Sharma, P., Wang, W., Latif, A., Thom, D., Dalvi, S., Baring-Gould, I., Lave, M., Wachtel, A., Jones, C. B., Moog, E., Mammoli, A., Garrett, R., Haines, T., Vining, W., Newlun, C., Hart, O., Elizondo, M., Fan, X., Maloney, P., Bharati, A., Vyakaranam, B., Chalishazar, V., Royer, P., Bereta dos Reis, F., Li, X., Mahapatra, K., Dagle, J., Ke, X., Zhao, M., Vasios, O., Franklin, T., Abdelmalak, M., Guddanti, K., Acharya, S., Cruz, M., Etingov, P., Qin, C., Bedoya, J. C., Nguyen, T., Bhadra, S., Tbaileh, A., Ward, L., Sinnott, V., Mendez-Curbelo, P., Cappers, P., Deason, J., Pigman, M., Lewis, L. P., Murphy, J. T., Kobayashi-Carvalhaes, T., Bennett, M., Liu, Y., Cutler, H., Shields, M., Jeon, H. & Chait, M., 2024, 846 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transitions to 100% Renewable Energy Study (PR100): Summary Report

Baggu, M., Burton, R., Blair, N., Sengupta, M., Harris, T., Barrows, C., Sky, H., Gevorgian, V., Keen, J., Smith, E., Campton, M., Jena, S., Yang, J., Williams, T., Das, P., Elsworth, J., Joshi, P., Weiner, C., Morris, J. & McKinsey, J. & 59 others, Dhulipala, S. C., Molnar, S., Yan, W., Sharma, P., Wang, W., Latif, A., Thom, D., Dalvi, S., Baring-Gould, I., Lave, M., Wachtel, A., Jones, C. B., Moog, E., Mammoli, A., Garrett, R., Haines, T., Vining, W., Newlun, C., Hart, O., Elizondo, M., Fan, X., Maloney, P., Bharati, A., Vyakaranam, B., Chalishazar, V., Royer, P., Bereta dos Reis, F., Li, X., Mahapatra, K., Dagle, J., Ke, X., Zhao, M., Vasios, O., Franklin, T., Abdelmalak, M., Guddanti, K., Acharya, S., Cruz, M., Etingov, P., Qin, C., Bedoya, J., Nguyen, T., Bhadra, S., Tbaileh, A., Ward, L., Sinnott, V., Mendez-Curbelo, P., Cappers, P., Deason, J., Pigman, M., Lewis, L., Murphy, J., Kobayashi-Carvalhaes, T., Bennett, M., Liu, Y., Cutler, H., Shields, M., Jeon, H. & Chait, M., 2024, 60 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

PV Lifetime Project - 2024 NREL Annual Report

Deline, C., Jordan, D., Sekulic, B., Parker, J., McDanold, B. & Anderberg, A., 2024, 68 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Savings in Action: Lessons Learned from a Vermont Community with Solar Plus Storage

Manogaran, I., Farthing, A., Maguire, J. & Gruchalla, K., 2024, 53 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Tough Break: Many Factors Make Glass Breakage More Likely

Silverman, T., Palmiotti, E., Springer, M., Bosco, N., Deceglie, M., Repins, I. & Gaulding, A., 2024, 14 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Updated Manufactured Cost Analysis for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers

Badgett, A., Brauch, J., Thatte, A., Rubin, R., Skangos, C., Wang, X., Ahluwalia, R., Pivovar, B. & Ruth, M., 2024, 81 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Using Parameter Sweep in WaterTAP to Analyze New Water Treatment Technologies

Panda, K., Knueven, B., Young, E., Helman, S., Allen, J. & Dudchenko, A., 2024, 31 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

WTK-LED: The WIND Toolkit Long-Term Ensemble Dataset

Draxl, C., Wang, J., Sheridan, L., Jung, C., Bodini, N., Buckhold, S., Aghili, C., Peco, K., Kotamarthi, R., Kumler, A., Phillips, C., Purkayastha, A., Young, E., Rosenlieb, E. & Tinnesand, H., 2024, 78 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

2023

Blowdown Recovery System for Cooling Tower Water Treatment

Sickinger, D. & Tomberlin, G., 2023, 31 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Collaborative R&D with First Solar on Understanding Performance Limitations in CdTe (Project 1 "CdTe" - Mods 0-10, 13, 14-A1, 17): Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-13-00507

Perkins, C., 2023, 32 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Diffractive Multiplexing for High-Throughput Roll-to-Roll Laser Patterning of Flexible Organic Photovoltaic Modules: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-17-00721

Tremolet de Villers, B., 2023, 11 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Durable Module Materials (DuraMAT) Consortium Final Technical Report

Barnes, T., Schelhas, L., Hansen, C., Steinman, L. & Jain, A., 2023, 45 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Furthering Advancement to Address Tough Problems Facing the Solar Energy Industry, Spurring the Next Wave of Solar Technology Innovations through Three Progressive Challenges and Cash Incentives: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-20-16742

LaSalvia, V., 2023, 9 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Generating Synthetic Time Series Photovoltaic Data with Real-World Physical Challenges and Noise for Use in Algorithm Test and Validation

Muller, M., Anderson, K. & Deceglie, M., 2023, 35 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Heliostat Consortium Annual Report: 2023

Zhu, G., Augustine, C., Farrell, T., Kesseli, D., Kurup, P., Mitchell, R., Muller, M., Tsvankin, D., Yellapantula, S., Zolan, A., Armijo, K., Brost, R., Gordon, M., Small, D., Sment, J., Smith, B., Collins, M., Coventry, J., Pye, J. & Wang, Y. & 4 others, Cholette, M., Picotti, G., Arjomandi, M. & Emes, M., 2023, 63 p.

Research output: NREL › Technical Report