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News and Feature Stories
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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March 2026
In Alaska, a Data Center Inside a Power Plant, Inside a Microgrid
A hydropower microgrid in Cordova, Alaska, will now host a data center, furthering a project initiated by the U.S. Department of Energy to localize resources and reduce exposure to outages.
Researchers Use Light To Tune Electronic Properties in Ultrathin Materials
NLR researchers developed a scalable, light-based method that achieves the spatial precision and stability needed for commercial applications in multilogic devices, inverters, and optoelectronic devices.
REopt Expands Options To Help Energy Managers Cut Costs
NLR’s REopt Web Tool tells a more comprehensive story with the addition of air-source heat pump (ASHP) analysis capabilities and other user-friendly features that streamline efforts to optimize a building’s energy system.
Rising Above the Tide: Strategic Energy Planning on Tangier Island
Tangier Island is working with the Energy Technology Innovation Partnership Project (ETIPP) to enhance energy reliability and generate energy-bill savings for the town and its residents.
February 2026
Could a New Kind of Data Center Give Back to the Grid?
Data center company Verrus recently partnered with experts at the National Laboratory of the Rockies to investigate whether their more grid-friendly data center design was ready for the real world.
Remote Control: Rural Alaska Communities Seek Nuanced Solutions to Energy System Challenges
As case studies in a report show, integrating local energy sources in remote Alaska communities can be successful with proper planning, workforce training, and control systems.
Evaluating Mixed Energy Resources To Meet Dynamic Power Demand of Data Centers
Researchers show how firm and fast-response power can serve large loads.
From Life Events to Travel Trends, DEMOS Tool Brings Demographic Realism to Transportation Modeling
Researchers at NLR developed DEMOS, a demographic microsimulator that fills a critical gap in transportation modeling by accounting for major life transitions that shape population dynamics and mobility patterns.
How To Crack the Wave Energy Code
MODAQ 2 offers marine energy developers the data they need—reliably collected in a scalable platform that is ready for the ocean.
Will Water-Powered Microgrids Work in the Real World?
National Laboratory of the Rockies webinar series will highlight how researchers test and de-risk marine energy microgrid technologies in the lab.
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Last Updated Jan. 22, 2026