23 Facts About NREL

NREL is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Department of Energy and operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, a joint venture between MRIGlobal and Battelle.

NREL serves as a reduced-risk platform for research, and through partnerships those advances can effectively be translated into serving the interest of both the private sector and the public sector.

NREL focuses on the core values of the partnering entity, the willingness to set and meet timely goals, dedication to transparency, and a reciprocating intent to further development.

NREL does provide funding opportunities through their competitively placed contracts.

NREL has a user access program that allows outside researchers to use the Energy Systems Integration Facility and rely on its staff of scientists and engineers to develop and evaluate energy technologies.

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Several other ways exist for universities and industry to work with NREL, including a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, a Funds-In Agreement, and a Technical Services Agreement .

NREL offers technical services to partners who require resources that are not available to them through the form of a Strategic Partnership Projects agreement, which formerly was known as a Work-for-Others agreement.

NREL offers licensing for many of its technologies related to energy efficiency and renewable energy development.

NREL has a list of 150 market summaries available for licensing, and the list includes information about the descriptions of the technologies, their benefits, potential applications, and their current stage in development.

NREL brings in dozens of students annually through the Solar University-National lab Ultra-effective Program, which was created to facilitate existing and new interactions between universities and the laboratory.

NREL's PV Manufacturing Research and Development Project is an ongoing partnership between NREL and private sector solar manufacturing companies.

NREL is capable of providing testing and evaluation to the PV industry with indoor, outdoor, and field testing facilities.

NREL is able to provide testing on long-term performance, reliability, and component failure for PV systems.

NREL has accelerated testing capabilities from both PV cells and system components to identify areas of potential long-term degradation and failure.

The Photovoltaic Device Performance group at NREL is able to measure the performance of PV cells and modules with regard to a standard or customized reference set.

NREL allows industry members to test and evaluate potential products, with the hope that it will lead to more cost effective and reliable technology.

NREL seeks to raise public awareness of PV technologies through its deployment services.

NREL provides a number of technical and non-technical publications intended to help raise consumer awareness and understanding of solar PV.

Scientists at NREL perform research into energy markets and how to develop the solar energy market.

NREL is an active organizer and sponsor in the DOE's Solar Decathlon.

NREL provides information on solar energy, beyond the scientific papers on research done at the lab.

At the Solar Radiation Research Laboratory, NREL has been measuring solar radiation and meteorological data since 1984.

NREL has produced many technologies that impact the wind industry at a global level.