The role of computational science in energy efficiency and renewable energy
Steve Hammond · International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques · 2002
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado is the nation's premier laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research. The laboratory's mission is to develop renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices and advance related science and engineering to address the nation's energy and environmental goals. A new computational sciences initiative at NREL seeks to dramatically increase the computational expertise and capabilities of the Lab. Integrating numerical simulation and information technology into the laboratory research agenda presents unique challenges and opportunities. In this talk we will discuss the wide variety of scientific research being pursued at the laboratory and the role that computational science can play in helping to improve energy efficiency research and to dramatically reduce the cost of exploiting renewable energy technologies. This talk will also discuss challenges faced in developing large numerical applications for parallel high performance computing systems and architectural support for numerical methods of choice. NREL's web page is: http://www.nrel.gov/ .