Facilities | PNNL

Aquatic Research Laboratory

Specialized facilities are essential to the advancement of PNNL’s sponsored research programs and LDRD-funded projects.

Unique facilities at PNNL, including dedicated laboratories for power grid operations, marine sciences, data analytics, and atmospheric sciences, equip researchers to take on some of the most challenging questions, and expand the frontiers of scientific understanding and technological possibility.

In addition to more than two dozen state-of-the-art facilities supporting the laboratory’s missions in scientific discovery, energy resiliency, and national security, PNNL is the steward of two U.S. Department of Energy national scientific user facilities, ARM and EMSL, serving more than 2,000 researchers worldwide each year.

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Carbon Mineralization Laboratories

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Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis

PNNL is the lead institution for the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis (CME), an EFRC that seeks to establish the fundamental principles needed for efficient interconversion of electrical energy and chemical bonds.

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Center for the Science of Synthesis Across Scales

PNNL has partnered with University of Washington (UW) to co-lead the Center for the Science of Synthesis Across Scales, an EFRC based at UW.

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Chem/Bio Isolation Laboratories at PNNL-Sequim

PNNL-Sequim has laboratories that are physically-isolated and individually-accessed spaces, which enable research using organisms, materials, or equipment that require additional levels of protection

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Climate-Simulated Algae Ponds at PNNL-Sequim

PNNL-Sequim has indoor climate-simulation raceway ponds for microalgae culture that are monitored under carefully controlled conditions.

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Computational and Applied Geophysical and Geomechanics Laboratory

The Computational and Applied Geophysical and Geomechanics Laboratory enables subsurface fluid dynamics modeling, stability prediction of perforation tunnels, simulation test design, fluid removal or injection monitoring, and more.

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Connected Lighting Test Bed

The Connected Lighting Test Bed is a large warehouse filled with lights, cables, controllers, and computers where researchers can study connected lighting.

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Discovery Hall

Discovery Hall elevates scientific engagement by giving PNNL the ability to convene science and technology conferences and workshops in a modern, high-tech venue that accommodates large groups (450+ people) as well as small gatherings.

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Electricity Infrastructure Operations Center

Shaped with input from utilities, technology vendors, and researchers, the Electricity Infrastructure Operations Center serves as a unique platform for researching, developing, and deploying technologies to improve grid management.

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Electronics/Optics Laboratories at PNNL-Sequim

PNNL-Sequim has electronics and optics laboratories for sensor system development, platform development, and field operations command and control.

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Energy Frontier Research Centers

The Department of Energy has established a network of Energy Frontier Research Centers throughout the nation.

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Energy Sciences Center

Scheduled for completion in 2021, a new Energy Sciences building will serve as a focal point for the synergistic research being conducted among PNNL scientists and academic partners

PNNL’s millimeter-wave imaging technology, conducted in the EDL, uses radio waves in the millimeter spectrum to safely penetrate clothing and reflect off body-worn concealed threats. According to commercial partner Leidos, the systems have been used to scan more than 100 million airline passengers worldwide.

Engineering Development Laboratory

The workspaces within EDL include multiple electronics laboratories dedicated to national security missions, as well as dedicated precision surface mount technology fabrication equipment.

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Environmental Chambers

PNNL’s environmental chambers allow researchers to compare indoor and outdoor performance of building equipment to improve efficiency, standards, and more.

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Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

From microbes to molecules, researchers at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory use nature as inspiration to address some of the most critical challenges facing our nation and the world

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Greenhouse at PNNL-Sequim

PNNL-Sequim has a 720-square-feet greenhouse with an automated roof and side venting so that researchers can work under natural lighting with controlled thermal conditions.

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Grid Storage Launchpad at PNNL

The DOE’s Office of Electricity has selected PNNL as the site for a new, national grid energy storage research and development (R&D) facility to accelerate the development of the next generation of grid energy storage technologies.

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High Throughput Center

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

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Hydrobiogeochemistry Laboratory at PNNL-Sequim

The Hydrobiogeochemistry Laboratory at the PNNL-Sequim contains cutting edge laboratory and field deployable instrumentation for evaluating a wide range of hydrological and biogeochemical processes

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Hyperbaric Laboratory at PNNL-Sequim

PNNL-Sequim is home to a Hyperbaric Laboratory where research related physical, chemical, and biological processes in ocean waters is conducted.