Tag: national renewable energy laboratory
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EDITORIAL: Bigger name, broader mission for energy lab
When President George H.W. Bush renamed the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in 1991, he touted the “outstanding progress” accomplished at the Golden, Colorado facility. Bush noted the redesignation as a national lab reflected a “commitment to finding new ways to produce and use energy that is cleaner, more…
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory renamed to fit Trump’s energy policy
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory based in Golden has a new name to match the shift in U.S. energy policy under President Donald Trump. The Department of Energy announced it renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to the “National Laboratory of the Rockies” effective immediately on Monday. The renaming of the lab is meant to…
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Colorado takes a quantum leap | Vince Bzdek
Colorado: the Quantum State. Get used to the sound of that. This summer, Colorado beat out 400 other applicants for a major infusion of federal funds to turbocharge its efforts to become the Silicon Valley of quantum computing. This isn’t some farfetched future thing we’re talking about. Colorado is already the epicenter of quantum tech…