You know the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)? Venerable research institution, respected worldwide?
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Laboratory of the Rockies' | NREL
www.nrel.gov
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
You know the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)? Venerable research institution, respected worldwide?
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
Today, DOE renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), one of the crown jewels of U.S. science and engineering for renewable energy, the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). We should be reinvesting in our world-leading national labs not renaming them. www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Lab of the Rockies' | NREL
www.nrel.gov
December 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Today, DOE renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), one of the crown jewels of U.S. science and engineering for renewable energy, the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). We should be reinvesting in our world-leading national labs not renaming them. www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
Hearing DOGE is cutting off access to EIA and NREL datasets 🔌💡
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hearing DOGE is cutting off access to EIA and NREL datasets 🔌💡
Very cool map from NREL on the cartography of US data centers www.linkedin.com/posts/billy-...
April 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Very cool map from NREL on the cartography of US data centers www.linkedin.com/posts/billy-...
If you use tools and data from NREL, I recommend you download them now.
February 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you use tools and data from NREL, I recommend you download them now.
Hey if anyone at NREL or DOE or anywhere really knows more or has thoughts about the renaming of NREL and wants to share, Signal is davelevitan.26 and you can remain anonymous
News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Lab of the Rockies' | NREL
www.nrel.gov
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Hey if anyone at NREL or DOE or anywhere really knows more or has thoughts about the renaming of NREL and wants to share, Signal is davelevitan.26 and you can remain anonymous
I tweeted this already but I just can't fucking believe these morons renamed NREL, so I'm tweeting it again.
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News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Laboratory of the Rockies' | NLR
www.nrel.gov
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I tweeted this already but I just can't fucking believe these morons renamed NREL, so I'm tweeting it again.
www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
Happy 100th birthday to President Carter, who started the Department of Energy, and started the Solar Energy Research Institute (which later became NREL). Today we are reaping the rewards of cheap solar, wind, and batteries because of the investments President Carter made.
October 1, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Happy 100th birthday to President Carter, who started the Department of Energy, and started the Solar Energy Research Institute (which later became NREL). Today we are reaping the rewards of cheap solar, wind, and batteries because of the investments President Carter made.
NREL (now the National Lab of the Rockies), which the administration has gutted, studies algae for energy!
June 20, 2026 at 6:05 PM
NREL (now the National Lab of the Rockies), which the administration has gutted, studies algae for energy!
NEW: There's been another round of layoffs at the lab formerly known as NREL.
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
National Lab of the Rockies, formerly NREL, lays off more than 130 employees
The cuts impacted staffers engaged in both research and operations at the lab.
www.cpr.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:34 PM
NEW: There's been another round of layoffs at the lab formerly known as NREL.
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
It’s still NREL. Fuck off.
The Trump administration says it has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory the "National Laboratory of the Rockies." "The renaming is effective immediately and will be reflected in all public communications and official correspondence." www.nrel.gov/news/detail/... 🔌💡
News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Lab of the Rockies' | NREL
www.nrel.gov
December 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It’s still NREL. Fuck off.
I've taken a tiny step against facism by making a backup of the Department of Energy (NREL, specifically) Laboratory Analytical Procedure documents that I use periodically at work. I can't promise to track document updates or anything, but at least if these are deleted we'll have something. #ChemSky
GitHub - pbulsink/NREL-LAP: A Backup of NREL LAP documents.
A Backup of NREL LAP documents. Contribute to pbulsink/NREL-LAP development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I've taken a tiny step against facism by making a backup of the Department of Energy (NREL, specifically) Laboratory Analytical Procedure documents that I use periodically at work. I can't promise to track document updates or anything, but at least if these are deleted we'll have something. #ChemSky
NREL has produced 1000 patents and 50,000 publications and billions of dollars in economic benefit and the people in charge probably want to kill it
NEW: I heard from a bunch of NREL employees after the announcement of a name change yesterday. They're not thrilled.
"Morale is bad. Funding is tenuous.... I've been through two W administrations, many R congresses, and [the first] Trump admin. This is the worst."
"Morale is bad. Funding is tenuous.... I've been through two W administrations, many R congresses, and [the first] Trump admin. This is the worst."
'A Collective WTF': National Renewable Energy Laboratory Gets a Trumpian Name Change
NREL employees, many of whom joined the lab specifically to work toward its clean energy mission, are not happy about the oil-soaked leadership's moves.
www.gravityisgone.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
NREL has produced 1000 patents and 50,000 publications and billions of dollars in economic benefit and the people in charge probably want to kill it
The NREL Seams Study says a continent-scale HVDC macrogrid would cost $28 billion, or 11% of Jeff Bezos' net worth.
i miss when rich people dick measured against each other by the quality of public works prrojects that they funded as opposed to dick measuring about who can be more racist
July 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The NREL Seams Study says a continent-scale HVDC macrogrid would cost $28 billion, or 11% of Jeff Bezos' net worth.
Official news release.
NREL is now NLOR (does not roll off the tongue).
www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
NREL is now NLOR (does not roll off the tongue).
www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Official news release.
NREL is now NLOR (does not roll off the tongue).
www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
NREL is now NLOR (does not roll off the tongue).
www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
NEW: I heard from a bunch of NREL employees after the announcement of a name change yesterday. They're not thrilled.
"Morale is bad. Funding is tenuous.... I've been through two W administrations, many R congresses, and [the first] Trump admin. This is the worst."
"Morale is bad. Funding is tenuous.... I've been through two W administrations, many R congresses, and [the first] Trump admin. This is the worst."
'A Collective WTF': National Renewable Energy Laboratory Gets a Trumpian Name Change
NREL employees, many of whom joined the lab specifically to work toward its clean energy mission, are not happy about the oil-soaked leadership's moves.
www.gravityisgone.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NEW: I heard from a bunch of NREL employees after the announcement of a name change yesterday. They're not thrilled.
"Morale is bad. Funding is tenuous.... I've been through two W administrations, many R congresses, and [the first] Trump admin. This is the worst."
"Morale is bad. Funding is tenuous.... I've been through two W administrations, many R congresses, and [the first] Trump admin. This is the worst."
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL):
Das NREL hat detaillierte Metastudien zu den Emissionen verschiedener Energiequellen durchgeführt.
Windenergie: 4–12 g CO₂/kWh
Solarenergie: 20–50 g CO₂/kWh
Kernenergie: 12–24 g CO₂/kWh
#Weidel - AKW sind CO2-frei
#AfDmachtDumm
Das NREL hat detaillierte Metastudien zu den Emissionen verschiedener Energiequellen durchgeführt.
Windenergie: 4–12 g CO₂/kWh
Solarenergie: 20–50 g CO₂/kWh
Kernenergie: 12–24 g CO₂/kWh
#Weidel - AKW sind CO2-frei
#AfDmachtDumm
January 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL):
Das NREL hat detaillierte Metastudien zu den Emissionen verschiedener Energiequellen durchgeführt.
Windenergie: 4–12 g CO₂/kWh
Solarenergie: 20–50 g CO₂/kWh
Kernenergie: 12–24 g CO₂/kWh
#Weidel - AKW sind CO2-frei
#AfDmachtDumm
Das NREL hat detaillierte Metastudien zu den Emissionen verschiedener Energiequellen durchgeführt.
Windenergie: 4–12 g CO₂/kWh
Solarenergie: 20–50 g CO₂/kWh
Kernenergie: 12–24 g CO₂/kWh
#Weidel - AKW sind CO2-frei
#AfDmachtDumm
🌞 Solar just keeps getting better!
The latest NREL PV efficiency charts highlight record-breaking solar tech:
⚡ 33.9% – Longi’s perovskite-silicon tandem
⚡ 27.09% – Longi’s heterojunction back-contact
⚡ 23.64% – First Solar’s thin-film CIGS
⚡ 47.6% – Fraunhofer ISE’s four-junction cell
The latest NREL PV efficiency charts highlight record-breaking solar tech:
⚡ 33.9% – Longi’s perovskite-silicon tandem
⚡ 27.09% – Longi’s heterojunction back-contact
⚡ 23.64% – First Solar’s thin-film CIGS
⚡ 47.6% – Fraunhofer ISE’s four-junction cell
March 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🌞 Solar just keeps getting better!
The latest NREL PV efficiency charts highlight record-breaking solar tech:
⚡ 33.9% – Longi’s perovskite-silicon tandem
⚡ 27.09% – Longi’s heterojunction back-contact
⚡ 23.64% – First Solar’s thin-film CIGS
⚡ 47.6% – Fraunhofer ISE’s four-junction cell
The latest NREL PV efficiency charts highlight record-breaking solar tech:
⚡ 33.9% – Longi’s perovskite-silicon tandem
⚡ 27.09% – Longi’s heterojunction back-contact
⚡ 23.64% – First Solar’s thin-film CIGS
⚡ 47.6% – Fraunhofer ISE’s four-junction cell
Super cool map showing electricity, data, and datacenter infrastructure from NREL has been updated:
www.nrel.gov/docs/gen/fy2...
www.nrel.gov/docs/gen/fy2...
May 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Super cool map showing electricity, data, and datacenter infrastructure from NREL has been updated:
www.nrel.gov/docs/gen/fy2...
www.nrel.gov/docs/gen/fy2...
Single junction solar cells have a theoretical efficiency of 33.16%, while multi-junction solar cells have a theoretical efficiency of 86.8%. NREL tracks the maximum efficiency of solar cells over time. 🧪🔌💡 www.nrel.gov/pv/cell-effi...
Best Research-Cell Efficiency Chart
www.nrel.gov
December 8, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Single junction solar cells have a theoretical efficiency of 33.16%, while multi-junction solar cells have a theoretical efficiency of 86.8%. NREL tracks the maximum efficiency of solar cells over time. 🧪🔌💡 www.nrel.gov/pv/cell-effi...
A lot of people still don’t realize that dramatic cost reductions in geothermal is something happening *right now*, not theoretically in the future.
Here is a look at the cost numbers published by NREL every year for Deep Enhanced Geothermal. A 50% improvement in 2024 with a lot more to come.
Here is a look at the cost numbers published by NREL every year for Deep Enhanced Geothermal. A 50% improvement in 2024 with a lot more to come.
December 12, 2024 at 1:57 PM
A lot of people still don’t realize that dramatic cost reductions in geothermal is something happening *right now*, not theoretically in the future.
Here is a look at the cost numbers published by NREL every year for Deep Enhanced Geothermal. A 50% improvement in 2024 with a lot more to come.
Here is a look at the cost numbers published by NREL every year for Deep Enhanced Geothermal. A 50% improvement in 2024 with a lot more to come.
I for one will continue calling it the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
December 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I for one will continue calling it the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
NREL is a national treasure. The work they do is foundational to our energy future. This is another horrible blow to the country.
May 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
NREL is a national treasure. The work they do is foundational to our energy future. This is another horrible blow to the country.