NREL Delivers Impact Through Commercialization in Record Volume

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been well known throughout its 45-year history for defining the cutting edge of renewable energy technology. Those who have been paying attention, particularly over the past decade, will also recognize NREL as the definitive leader in private partnerships across the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) national laboratory system.

Central to NREL’s mission is the research and development of novel and desperately needed technologies germane to the imminent energy transition. Pursuing this mission, NREL generates tremendous impact alongside motivated partners, together maximizing decades of taxpayer investment in the laboratory.

Over time, presidential administrations, Congress, and DOE have invested more than $15 billion in NREL. The resulting resources, capabilities, and expertise have positioned NREL as the go-to partner to companies large and small across the globe looking for answers to complex energy