Partner Week at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) explored disruption—an approaching world of “net zero” energy districts, exascale computing, more efficient photovoltaics, and next-generation wind turbine blades, to name a few. And while the vision was futuristic, the focus was on NREL’s collaboration with more than 700 partners.   NREL researchers, experts and representatives of companies collaborating with the laboratory celebrated accomplishm...