NREL Archives - High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC https://insidehpc.com/tag/nrel/ At the Convergence of HPC, AI and Quantum Tue, 15 Aug 2023 19:33:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3 57143778 LLNL: 9,000 Exascale Nodes for Power Grid Optimization https://insidehpc.com/2023/08/llnl-9000-exascale-nodes-for-power-grid-optimization/ https://insidehpc.com/2023/08/llnl-9000-exascale-nodes-for-power-grid-optimization/#respond Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:57:53 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=92093

Ensuring the nation’s electrical power grid can function with limited disruptions in the event of a natural disaster, catastrophic weather or a manmade attack is a key national security challenge. Compounding the challenge of grid management is the increasing amount of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind that are continually added to the […]

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]]> https://insidehpc.com/2023/08/llnl-9000-exascale-nodes-for-power-grid-optimization/feed/ 0 92093 Quantum: Atom Computing and NREL Explore Electric Grid Optimization https://insidehpc.com/2023/07/quantum-atom-computing-and-nrel-explore-electric-grid-optimization/ Thu, 20 Jul 2023 14:49:07 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=91960

BOULDER, CO, July 20, 2023 – Atom Computing and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced are exploring how quantum computing can help optimize electric grid operations. During this week’s IEEE Power and Energy Society general meeting in Orlando, NREL researchers demonstrated how they incorporated Atom Computing’s atomic array quantum […]

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]]> 91960 NREL to Test Software-Defined Smart Grid AI Chip Developed by NVIDIA and Utilidata https://insidehpc.com/2021/12/nrel-to-test-software-defined-smart-grid-ai-chip-developed-by-nvidia-and-utilidata/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 21:01:24 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=88875

PROVIDENCE, RI – December 16, 2021 – NVIDIA and grid-edge software company Utilidata said today they are developing a software-defined smart grid chip powered by NVIDIA’s AI platform and embedded in smart meters. The joint effort is designed to enhance grid resiliency, integrate distributed energy resources (DERs) — including solar, storage, and electric vehicles (EVs) […]

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]]> 88875 ExaWind: How Exascale-class HPC Will Help Optimize Skyscraper-sized Wind Turbines of the Future https://insidehpc.com/2021/10/exawind-how-exascale-class-hpc-will-help-optimize-skyscraper-sized-wind-turbines-of-the-future/ Wed, 06 Oct 2021 20:27:51 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=88486

A wind power revolution is blowing through the U.S. electrical industry, and exascale-class supercomputing is expected to play an increasingly instrumental role in its growth. The Energy Information Administration puts wind power’s share of America’s electricity generation at 8.4 percent in 2020, up from less than 1 percent in 1990. Increasingly competitive on cost and […]

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]]> 88486 Supercomputing the Expansion of Wind Power https://insidehpc.com/2020/04/supercomputing-the-expansion-of-wind-power/ https://insidehpc.com/2020/04/supercomputing-the-expansion-of-wind-power/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:51:06 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=83724

Researchers are using TACC supercomputers to map out a path towards growing wind power as an energy source in the United States. "This research is the first detailed study designed to develop scenarios for how wind energy can expand from the current levels of seven percent of U.S. electricity supply to achieve the 20 percent by 2030 goal outlined by the U.S. Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in 2014."

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]]> https://insidehpc.com/2020/04/supercomputing-the-expansion-of-wind-power/feed/ 1 83724 Job of the Week: HPC User Support Technician at NREL https://insidehpc.com/2020/01/job-of-the-week-hpc-user-support-technician-at-nrel/ Sat, 25 Jan 2020 18:59:27 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=82372 NREL is seeking an HPC User Support Technician in our Job of the Week. "Your job will be front-line support for the High Performance Computing user community which includes scientists, researchers, and students at many levels of education and experience."

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]]> 82372 HPE Tackles AI Ops R&D for Energy Efficiency, Sustainability and Resiliency in Data Centers https://insidehpc.com/2019/11/hpe-tackles-ai-ops-rd-for-energy-efficiency-sustainability-and-resiliency-in-data-centers/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:00:14 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=81165 Today HPE announced an AI Ops R&D collaboration with NREL to develop AI and Machine Learning technologies to automate and improve operational efficiency, including resiliency and energy usage, in data centers for the exascale era. The effort is part of NREL’s ongoing mission as a world leader in advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies to create and implement new approaches that reduce energy consumption and lower operating costs.

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]]> 81165 HP-CAST Returns to Denver for SC19 https://insidehpc.com/2019/10/hp-cast-returns-to-denver-for-sc19/ Sat, 12 Oct 2019 15:33:38 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=80490

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has posted the preliminary agenda for their HP-CAST user group meeting. The event takes place Nov. 15-16 in Denver, right before SC19. "The High Performance Consortium for Advanced Scientific and Technical (HP-CAST) computing works to increase the capabilities of innovative HPE solutions for HPC and AI. HP-CAST provides guidance to Hewlett Packard Enterprise on the essential development and support issues for such systems."

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]]> 80490 Job of the Week: Visualization Scientist at NREL https://insidehpc.com/2019/09/job-of-the-week-visualization-scientist-at-nrel/ Sat, 07 Sep 2019 15:05:33 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=79896 NREL in Golden, Colorado is seeking a Visualization Scientist in our Job of the Week. "The Visualization and Analysis group in NREL’s Computational Science Center has an immediate opening for a Scientist to pursue cross-disciplinary research projects in scientific visualization with an emphasis in visual analytics and knowledge discovery in large-scale computational data."

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]]> 79896 Epic HPC Road Trip Continues to NREL https://insidehpc.com/2019/05/epic-hpc-road-trip-continues-to-nrel/ Wed, 29 May 2019 15:08:34 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=78097

In this special guest feature, Dan Olds from OrionX continues his Epic HPC Road Trip series with a stop at NREL in Golden, Colorado. "When it comes to energy efficient computing, NREL has to be one of the most advanced facilities in the world. It’s the first data center I’ve seen where their current PUE is shown on a LCD panel outside the door. When I was visiting, the PUE of the Day was 1.027 – which is incredibly low."

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