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Large amounts of wind and solar can be incorporated onto the grid without a lot of backup generation

(21/05/2010)

Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Department of Energy is investing more than $26 million to further study the Western transmission interconnection, which will help states, utilities, and grid operators prepare for future growth in energy demand, renewable energy resources, and Smart Grid technologies. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has released an initial study assessing the operational impacts and economics of i... [more]

Optomec Aerosol Jet system reduces cost of production of Crystalline Silicon and Thin Film solar cells

(21/07/2009)

Optomec has announced that the company’s Aerosol Jet deposition system has been selected to be part of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Atmospheric Processing Platform in the Process Development and Integration Lab (PDIL). The Aerosol Jet system, which will be installed at NREL’s facility in Golden, Colorado, will be primarily used to develop deposition processes for metallization and coatings to reduce c... [more]

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