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A Dashboard for Trucking Efficiency, an HVAC Game Changer, and More Power With Less
Peaks to Power
Disclaimer: This episode was produced when the laboratory operated as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The laboratory is now the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR).
Are you curious about new technologies that maximize performance while minimizing energy use and costs? If yes, this episode is for you. Learn about:
- A tool package that is helping trucking companies reduce fuel usage and costs by streamlining their fleet design and logistics.
- A breakthrough in air conditioning that transforms how we condition air and when we use electricity to do it.
- A silicon-carbide-based power module with never-before-seen efficiency, power density, and low-cost manufacturability.
This episode was hosted by Kerrin Jeromin and Taylor Mankle, written and produced by Allison Montroy, Hannah Halusker, and Kaitlyn Stottler, and edited by Taylor Mankle, Joe DelNero, and Brittany Falch. Graphics are by Brittnee Gayet. Our title music is written and performed by Ted Vaca and episode music by Chuck Kurnik, Jim Riley, and Mark Sanseverino of Drift BC. Peaks to Power is created by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden, Colorado. Email us at podcast@nlr.gov. Follow NLR on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and Facebook.
