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NREL's total estimated funding for FY08 was $304 million, with nearly 87% of the Lab's funding coming from the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Private firms, other DOE offices, and other government agencies provide the balance of the Laboratory's funding.

DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

NREL conducts renewable energy and energy efficiency R&D in 12 main programmatic areas. Each research area is enhanced by crosscutting functions, including industry partnerships and technology transfer, analysis, and program integration. To find out more about the Laboratory's main programs, core capabilities, and related analysis and models, see the program pages below.

Analytic Studies
Biomass
Building Technologies
Distributed Energy
Federal Energy Management
Vehicle Technologies
Geothermal Technologies
Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Technologies
Industrial Technologies
Solar Energy Technologies
Weatherization and Intergovernmental
Wind and Hydropower Technologies

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's 12 program areas are led by experts in technology management with capabilities that span our wide range of renewable energy technologies. Learn more about our talented team.

DOE Office of Science

In work funded by the DOE Office of Science, our scientific staff conducts fundamental and theoretical research in advanced materials and processes.

Office of Science Support at NREL

DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OEDER)

In work funded by the DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OEDER), our engineering staff conducts applied research and engineering in electric distribution technology and standards development, DG interconnection testing, regulatory evaluation, high-temperature superconductivity research, and storage.

OEDER Support at NREL

NREL's research also is supported through various grants, cooperative agreements, and other funding sources. Nonprofit and government organizations throughout the world help sponsor the Lab's ongoing research.
  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  World Bank
  National Science Foundation (NSF)
  United Nations Foundation
  U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

 

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