NREL Inventiveness Sets New Record for Patent Activity

For Greg Glatzmaier, the road between innovation and implementation runs along a dusty stretch of highway about a dozen miles south of Boulder City, NV, where his patented idea could solve an industry problem. The destination for his idea is Nevada Solar One, an outpost in the desert where 186,000 parabolic shaped mirrors tilt to capture the sun’s rays. “When the plant first opened, there was nothing around it but open desert with mountains to the west and east,” said Glatzmaier, a senior engi...