The demand for energy is growing—and so is the technology supporting it. However, future development of power generation technologies could be affected by a key factor: material supply.

PNNL researchers co-organized a workshop on fusion commercialization with partners from industry and academia

Klickitat Valley Health's fuel cell and microgrid project boosts rural healthcare, enhancing energy resilience and sustainability for social equity.

After 20 years of contributions to the field of hydrogen safety, the Hydrogen Safety Panel launched its new mentoring program at PNNL earlier this year. Now, the program has selected its first two mentees.

A Helios Hydra UX DualBeam, which utilizes a plasma focused ion beam and scanning electron microscope for sample preparation and analysis, was installed at the Grid Storage Launchpad.

PNNL researchers work with industry partners to transform large language models.

Research that modeled increased heat pump adoption alongside climate change impacts in Texas showed that high-efficiency heat pumps buffer the strain that electric heating might put on the power grid.

University of Washington Professor David Baker won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for computational protein design.

PNNL introduces students to career opportunities in energy sciences through Pathway Summer School programs.

Pasco School District educators joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for an immersive learning experience through the RENEW STEM Institute.

The Sodium-ion Alliance for Grid Energy Storage, led by PNNL, is focused on demonstrating high-performance, low-cost, safe sodium-ion batteries tested for real-world grid applications.

PNNL's McDearis and Rod designed a new device—a porous soil stake—that, once installed, enables repeated sampling of a specific soil site at multiple depths, without further disrupting the soil.

A newly funded project will develop the fundamental understanding of phenomena that underpin material properties important for quantum applications.

Secretary Granholm praises heat pump workforce development efforts at this year's instructor training program.

Over the past three years, PNNL’s Know Your Collaborator (KYC) workshop series has engaged hundreds of academic partners and institutional researchers internationally on the topic of research security.

Francesca Pierobon holds a joint appointment with UW and WSU to advance low-carbon technologies.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists discussed their materials research at Accelerate’24.

PNNL researchers have developed a new, physics-informed machine learning model that accurately predicts how heat accumulates and dissipates during friction stir processing.

Three PNNL-supported projects are at the forefront of developing advanced data analytics technologies to enhance the U.S. power grid’s reliability, resilience, and affordability.

PNNL researchers will pursue both fundamental and applied projects with this support from the Department of Energy