Berkeley Lab Energy Technologies Area

As electricity demand is expected to surge, Berkeley Lab Energy Technologies Area is leveraging demand flexibility capabilities for U.S. industry in conjunction with U.S. Department of Energy Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation.

Currently, only 9% of utilities offer demand flexibility programs and just 4% of customers participate. That means there is massive potential for the industrial sector to help stabilize the grid through load flexibility that utilizes existing capacity already on the market.

Resource-secure Energy Flexibility (REFLEX) will develop and demonstrate innovative approaches for harnessing load flexibility as a strategy to cut operational costs and support rapid growth in industrial productivity with existing grid resources.

The project will feature real-world load flexibility in multiple applications including:
- Data centers
- Food distribution
- Manufacturing
- Water treatment

REFLEX will be complemented by analysis of market potential and business case support tools. Read more in the project brief:

Improving U.S. Industrial Competitiveness and Productivity Berkeley Lab projects among Department of Energy awardees for industrial innovation

Berkeley Lab's REFA tool provides a simple and practical calculation of the overall economic and financial performance of reconductoring solutions, considering advanced and traditional conductor technology solutions.

Transmission planners across the country are finding it valuable in their analysis efforts. Register for your free account here: refa.lbl.gov

U.S. Department of Energy

ICYMI! 💡 U.S. Department of Energy has selected Berkeley Lab’s Energy Technologies Area (ETA) to receive $2.5 million in U.S. Department of Energy Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation funding for our Food & Beverage Operation and Deployment Center project.

Our project will help catalyze and enable the adoption of next-generation process and equipment technologies, improving the efficiency and competitiveness of American industry.

🔗 Learn more via the first link in the comments.

📣 Thrilled to share: U.S. Department of Energy has selected Berkeley Lab’s Energy Technologies Area (ETA) to receive $6 million in U.S. Department of Energy Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation funding for our thermal management and project. Our project will help advance U.S. National Laboratory capabilities to accelerate the development and adoption of transformational technologies to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of American industry.

🔗 Learn more via the first link in the comments.