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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).

Hosts Taylor Mankle and Kerrin Jeromin discuss four recent stories from NREL:  

• Ukraine Fights To Build More Resilient, Renewable Energy System in Midst of War: In partnership with USAID, NREL is supporting deployment of renewable-generation-based microgrids that will enable Ukraine to increase its energy independence and resilience by integrating more renewables into its energy mix. 
• NREL Partners With Black Farmers' Collaborative To Plan Solar Panels for Florida Farms and Churches: The Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) Expert Match program is a U.S. Department of Energy initiative that pairs communities with researchers from national laboratories to provide short-term technical assistance to address clean energy goals. NREL is working with Bealsville and the Black Farmers' Collaborative in Florida to incorporate clean-energy technology on farms and in communities. 
• Guidebook Explores Regulatory Barriers and Potential Solutions for Tribal Solar Projects: In a three-year project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Energy Technologies Office, NREL and the Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association (MTERA) set out to learn more about the regulatory barriers that often prevent tribes from implementing solar projects and explore potential solutions through a guidebook. 
• Saving the Planet, One Internship at a Time: With more than 400 individuals, NREL welcomed its largest cohort of interns to the laboratory this summer. The NREL internship programs offer a variety of opportunities to talented, diverse undergraduate and graduate students interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

This podcast is hosted by Jackson Fletcher, Kerrin Jeromin, Taylor Mankle, and Nataleah Small and written and produced by Hannah Halusker, Allison Montroy, and Kaitlyn Stottler. Editors are Joe DelNero, Brittany Falch, and Taylor Mankle. Graphics by Brittnee Gayet. Music by Ted Vaca and 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.