Research at the Intersection of Science, Technology, Policy, and Economics

We perform research and development to support effective utilization of energy technologies, ensuring an integrated energy system that is affordable, reliable, and secure.

Energy Markets & Planning Department

The Energy Markets & Planning (EMP) department inspires and informs impactful solutions to existing and emerging global energy challenges through objective and timely research and technical assistance.

Systems and Energy Technologies Analysis Department

All energy systems have some sort of environmental impact. By understanding these impacts and their interactions with systems, we can provide thorough, unbiased data and inform policies that improve the economy, the environment and human health.

Energy Efficiency Studies Department

We conduct techno-economic analyses of more efficient end-use equipment and develop associated metrics and testing methods, supporting a variety of policy programs and end-use research projects.

Latest News

Energy Technologies Area Staff Honored in 2025 Director’s Awards

Nov-21-25

This year’s Director’s Awards at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) recognized... Read more

LBNL Researchers Support Commercialization of 2025 Nobel Winner’s MOF Technology

Nov-17-25

Omar Yaghi, the James and Neeltje Tretter Chair in UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry and former director of the Molecul... Read more

Recent Publications

Kemp, Julie Mulvaney."Analysis of Electricity Price Differentials for the Utah Office of Energy Development." (2025).

Frick, Natalie Mims, and Vinita Srinivasan."Large Load Literature Review." (2025).

Gorman, Will, Galen L Barbose, Sunhee Baik, Cesca Miller, and Juan Pablo Carvallo."Backup power or bill savings? How electricity tariffs impact residential solar-plus-storage usage in the United States."Utilities Policy 96 (2025) 102035. DOI