Solar Energy Research

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the nation’s primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency R&D.

NREL’s strategic direction is to increase its impact on the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s (and the nation’s) energy goals by accelerating research from scientific innovations to market-viable alternative energy solutions.

An important part of NREL’s research is in the field of solar power and solar heating.