After years of planning, the historic Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay is now powered by solar panels – as long as they’re kept clear of bird droppings, that is.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory reports on special GPS technology that is helping solar power plant operators more easily find issues in large solar panel grids.
A National Renewable Energy Lab analyst determines that U.S. solar generation is actually at least 2.6 times greater than we’ve been told.
The EPA and NREL join forces to help communities and landowners evaluate vacant sites for renewable energy potential without the need for technical expertise.
NREL talks about the LCA Harmonization Project, which gives decision-makers and investors more exact estimates of greenhouse-gas emissions for renewable and conventional generation.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory takes a look at how solar leasing is helping homeowners in less affluent neighborhoods discover they be able to actually afford solar energy after all.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s is working with modern, megawatt-scale machines, studying ways to increase wind turbine efficiency at lower cost.