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The following news stories take an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at how NLR is leading energy systems innovation and integration.
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July 2026
Affordable Homes, Cooling Centers, and a Faster Grid? Yes, Please
Four new companies earned funding through IN2’s Scalable Tech Track and will soon trial their technologies in cities, power grids, and homes across the United States.
Water Power Winners Emerge As Collegiate Competitions Surge
Top teams claim prizes at 2026 Hydropower and Marine Energy Collegiate Competition final events, and DOE welcomes a record 45 teams for the 2027 season.
NLR and ExxonMobil Launch Accelerate Program for Advanced Materials Innovators
NLR is collaborating with ExxonMobil to launch a program to help innovators overcome the challenges in scaling and de-risking their technologies on the path to commercialization.
US Hydropower Faces Supply Chain Challenges With Large Power Transformers
A new report identifies nine unique challenges that hydropower facilities face when upgrading or replacing large power transformers.
NLR Expands Computational Capability for Large-Scale Decision Optimization Under Uncertainty
A recent demonstration has shown that a class of planning models—built using stochastic optimization—can now be executed at a faster pace and on larger problems than previously possible at the laboratory.
HERO’s Mission: Building a Blueprint for Wave Energy Components
The latest HERO WEC mission status update examines how a new charge controller design could fill a gap in the wave energy industry.
New Partnerships With State of Alaska and University of Alaska Fairbanks Expand on Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
NLR Laboratory Director Jud Virden signs partnership agreements at the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference in Anchorage.
June 2026
Entropy Facilitates Charge Separation, Even in One-Dimensional Semiconductors
New study challenges existing understanding by revealing entropy’s role in one-dimensional systems.
How To Climb a Critical Mineral Mountain? Come Together, Right Now
At the 2026 Partner Forum, industry, academia, government, and researchers convened to talk U.S. supply strangleholds, modern mining, and optimism.
From Mine to Megawatt: How NLR Is Securing Critical Mineral Supply Chains for the Power Grid
In the latest Tell Me Something Grid, Sarah Inskeep talks supply chain for energy technologies and one NLR model that brings them together.
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Last Updated April 21, 2026