National Renewable Energy Lab Breaks Ground on Research Facility

Environment News Service, July, 2004

GOLDEN, Colorado (ENS) — Construction of a new research building at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) began Tuesday with a ground breaking ceremony. When the new Science & Technology Facility is completed in 2006, the research focus will be on solar photovoltaics, hydrogen and other promising renewable energy technologies.

NREL Director Richard Truly, who hosted the event, said, "We have had a long standing need for more state-of-the-art laboratory space here at NREL, and that's what this innovative facility will provide us. Our emphasis with this facility is squarely on shortening the time it takes to get beneficial technologies into the marketplace."

The new laboratories are designed to allow researchers from different disciplines to interact and...

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