NREL's Building-Integrated Supercomputer Provides Heating and Efficient Computing (Fact Sheet)

Program Document · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014

OSTI ID:1159347

NREL's Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) is meant to investigate new ways to integrate energy sources so they work together efficiently, and one of the key tools to that investigation, a new supercomputer, is itself a prime example of energy systems integration. NREL teamed with Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Intel to develop the innovative warm-water, liquid-cooled Peregrine supercomputer, which not only operates efficiently but also serves as the primary source of building heat for ESIF offices and laboratories. This innovative high-performance computer (HPC) can perform more than a quadrillion calculations per second as part of the world's most energy-efficient HPC data center.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Communications and Outreach
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1159347
• Report Number(s): NREL/FS-6A42-62864
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Innovation Impact: Energy Systems Integration, NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory); For more information, contact Kevin Eber at [e-mail].
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ESIF
ENERGY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
ENERGY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION FACILITY
HEWLETT-PACKARD
PEREGRINE
SUPERCOMPUTER
HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
HPC: INTEL
LIQUID COOLING
WARM-WATER COOLING
PETAFLOP
WASTE HEAT REUSE
EVAPORATIVE COOLING
R&D 100 AWARD
LABORATORY OF THE YEAR
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
BIG DATA