National Laboratory of the Rockies

Amped to take water power to the next level? Enter @Energy’s 2027 Hydropower and Marine Energy Collegiate Competitions for a chance to float your ideas, make a splash, and win some cash! Multidisciplinary teams compete for prize pools totaling $715K! bit.ly/3N8otoD

The first-ever Livewire User Guide outlines two paths for transportation data users: Best practices for data stewards adding to the Livewire catalog, and for data consumers looking to access high-quality transportation data. bit.ly/4cKrTbA

Applications are open for new Energy to Communities cohorts! ⚡ Modern Grid Planning: Help utilities use better data for smarter, flexible planning. 🏗️ Data Center Development: Support communities navigating siting, permitting & impacts. Apply: bit.ly/4cL6IGb

Congratulations Fossil Ridge High School, the winners of the 2026 Colorado Regional High School Science Bowl! The team now looks to National Science Bowl Finals in Washington, D.C. in April.

What drives optimal energy siting decisions? Register for a free March 24 webinar to learn how NLR’s reV model evaluates capacity, interconnection considerations, siting constraints, and more to identify least-cost energy deployment pathways: bit.ly/4scsyHG

Could a new kind of power supply help make data centers grid-friendly? ON Energy Storage is partnering with NLR and our first-of-its-kind data center grid simulator to learn how well their tech mediates spikes, powers through grid anomalies, and more. ➡️ bit.ly/4b4ibiX

The expertise of 17 @energy #NationalLabs at your fingertips - that’s the vision for the Genesis Mission, an initiative to develop an integrated,AI-driven platform to accelerate research. Learn how NLR is leveraging our expertise to support Genesis at bit.ly/4b1wZ1L

From Puerto Rico to the Rockies, NLR researcher Glorynel Ojeda Matos is turning her lived experience with hurricanes into practical solutions for stronger water and energy systems. Read her story ➡️ bit.ly/NLRBeneaththeS…

Cordova’s hydropower plant produces excess electricity, but nothing’s wasted. The remote city installed a modular data center directly inside its microgrid hydro plant to make use of excess power. Read on, bit.ly/4bpt5zH

Controlling electronic properties in atomically thin materials is a challenge. Researchers developed a scalable, light-based method that achieves the spatial precision & stability needed for commercial applications in multilogic devices, inverters, & more. bit.ly/4l7LDb3

🔧💨 As heat pump tech improves, NLR’s REopt® Web Tool now offers air-source and geothermal heat pump analysis and other new features that could help facility managers cut costs and boost energy performance. 💡📉 bit.ly/4cWDoMS

🤖⚡ AI-driven data centers are rapidly increasing electricity demand worldwide. Join the Solutions Center’s upcoming webinar to explore how AI workloads affect grid operations—and how AI tools are improving forecasting and more. Register ➡️ bit.ly/46wrghS

Facing a sinking shoreline, Tangier Island is rising to meet its energy challenges. 🌊 Learn more about how DOE’s ETIPP is helping the island chart their strategy for energy reliability with community-guided solutions: bit.ly/4ssqtHj

NLR researchers mapped the combustion properties of cycloalkanes, which can be blended into SAF to improve engine efficiency and produce less soot, with the energy density and material properties jet engines require. Read the article: bit.ly/46YFkAI

Data centers consume huge amounts of energy. ⚡⚡️️ But what if they could also give energy back? @verrusdata’s data center design could do just that. And it’s ready to go thanks to recent testing on a one-of-a-kind simulation platform at NLR. bit.ly/4aQKCPY

As AI-related energy demand increases, nuclear energy is being explored as a robust option to support data centers and other large loads. Join a discussion with NICE Future on the nexus of nuclear energy and AI. 📅 March 4, 2026 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4aFPZ5G

A report highlights the steps remote Alaska communities—alongside the Energy Technology Innovation Partnership Project (ETIPP)—are taking to address their energy challenges. Read more: bit.ly/40i95sN

Through ENERGY's Genesis Mission, NLR researchers, along with our national lab colleagues, are answering the call to address major science & technology challenges and accelerate advancements for the nation. NLR will focus on grid & biotech challenges.  bit.ly/4aWiISL

NLR is #hiring a Laboratory Program Manager for the Building Technologies program. The LPM will serve as the relationship manager for DOE’s Buildings Technology Office, strengthen #partnerships, & oversee #buildings R&D activities across the laboratory. bit.ly/3ZIFTuz

Data centers have unique power demands, and the National Laboratory of the Rockies has unique capabilities to study them. Learn how we used the ARIES platform to demonstrate a mix of resources for powering data centers and other large loads. bit.ly/3OyjTQB