The Applied Process Engineering Laboratory (APEL) is a business startup center designed for innovators in engineering, manufacturing, and technology.

Located at Washington State University Tri-Cities, this facility is devoted to the science and engineering of deriving energy from agricultural and forest residues, municipal and industrial waste streams, and other renewable resources.

The Advanced Battery Facility was built to bridge the gap between fundamental battery research and commercial-scale battery development. The facility provides an ideal system for exploring a broad range of chemistries and materials.

PNNL has a series of three laboratories dedicated to researching, testing redox, and scaling up flow batteries—a battery type used primarily for power grid applications.

At PNNL’s High Throughput Center, robots handle routine and repetitive small-scale laboratory tasks to improve the researchers’ labor landscape—and productivity.

Scientists and engineers at PNNL have long performed research with hydrothermal liquefaction. PNNL's expertise is available to industry partners.