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November 2021
Navigating Our Ever-Changing Electric Sector: The 2021 Standard Scenarios Outlook Is Here
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's 2021 Standard Scenarios Outlook is now available. The Standard Scenarios are a suite of annually released future scenarios for U.S. power sector evolution through 2050.
NREL Tool Provides Cybersecurity and Savings for Hydropower Plants
A new NREL and Argonne National Laboratory tool named the Cybersecurity Value-at-Risk Framework provides hydropower operators complete and customized assessments of their cybersecurity risks and demonstrates how different investments will help improve overall resilience.
October 2021
Q&A With Jon White: Achieving Security by Design
NREL's Cybersecurity Program Director Jon White shares his own path into the field and the laboratory's strategy for deploying technologies that stay one step ahead of adversaries.
New Hydropower Report Identifies Opportunities To Reform the Licensing Process
A national laboratories report, titled "An Examination of the Hydropower Licensing and Federal Authorization Process," identifies what factors can add time, cost, or risk when earning a hydropower license so decisionmakers can streamline the process and create carbon-free energy.
Turning the Tide for Renewables in Alaska
NREL is leading a multi-laboratory team to deploy three underwater moorings to collect data in Cook Inlet, a highly energetic corner of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Alaska.
Where the East Meets the West: Interconnections Seam Study Shows Value in Joining U.S. Transmission Grids
A novel multi-model analysis led by NREL explores the benefits and costs of uniting two of the world’s largest power systems.
September 2021
NREL Researchers Study Synergistic Value Streams in Hybrid Power Plants
NREL is collaborating with Idaho National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories to develop FlexPower, a colocated, variable generation hybrid power plant enhanced with energy storage, stationed at the Flatirons Campus.
August 2021
NREL Study Shows a Bright Future for Energy Storage in South Asia
NREL performed a first-of-its-kind assessment of opportunities for grid-scale energy storage in South Asia over the next three decades.
NREL Develops FLASH Hydropower Framework for a Greener Grid
With support from the U.S. DOE Water Power Technologies Office, NREL researchers are developing the Framework for Linked Analysis of Streamflow and Hydropower (FLASH), a systems-engineering-based approach that will improve hydropower's representation in grid operations modeling.
RAPID Changes Are Coming for Hydropower
Launched in 2015, the Hydropower RAPID Toolkit collects and organizes the latest regulations that protect air and water quality, preserve wildlife habitats, prevent soil erosion, and shield valuable cultural and recreational resources.
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Last Updated April 21, 2026