A new sodium battery technology shows promise for helping integrate renewable energy into the electric grid. The battery uses Earth-abundant raw materials such as aluminum and sodium.

PNNL’s contributions over the last year span scientific discovery, sustainable energy and national security.

Direct visualization of metal atoms during shear deformation has broad applications from battery design to vehicle lightweighting.

Interns dive into important research that addresses national needs.

EGRASS helps prepare and fortify critical structures to protect against the worst consequences of new hurricanes.

The Washington State Academy of Sciences added six people from PNNL to its 2022 class of inductees.

DOE to invest with PNNL in streamlining the commercialization of national laboratory innovations.

A new longer-lasting sodium-ion battery design is much more durable and reliable in lab tests. After 300 charging cycles, it retained 90 percent of its charging capacity.

Jie Xiao, a world leader in electrochemical energy storage, has received the E.O. Lawrence Award from the Department of Energy.

PNNL researchers developed a new model to help power system operators and planners better evaluate how grid-forming, inverter-based resources could affect the system stability.

Road tripping? PNNL’s researchers driving science and technology for clean, efficient and convenient transportation.

New facility will accelerate energy storage innovation, increase clean energy adoption and grid resilience.

New PNNL report identifies best practices for equitable outcomes in the new energy economy.

Scientists have created a battery designed for the electric grid that locks in energy for months without losing much storage capacity.

COVID-19 changed when and where we use electricity. Researchers showed that commonly available total demand data masked the actual changes.

Recognizing how innovation and clean technologies at the very edge of the grid can work together to transition the electricity system, PNNL takes a multidisciplinary approach to advancing and integrating renewable energy solutions.

Technology designed to bolster the electric grid and store large amounts of energy from renewable sources is available for licensing.

Fifteen female materials scientists and engineers have collaborated on a perspective of electrochemistry in battery design.

Carbon-neutral waste-to-fuel flow cell process generates its own energy.

A new PNNL study quantifies hydropower's contribution to grid stability. When other power sources go out, hydropower can ramp up, recoup shortfalls, and stabilize the grid nearly instantaneously.