PNNL and Amazon will collaborate to help grid operators respond to emergencies and threats.

From smart grid pioneers to AI innovators, the EIOC continues shaping the future of the power grid.

Wei Wang’s career helped shape the rise of energy storage at PNNL—from a small emerging field to a cornerstone of the nation’s reliable energy future.

A perspective paper recently published by PNNL researchers underscores how the Lab’s research on electrochemical energy storage is preparing the electric grid to meet the energy needs of the future.

The Department of Energy’s Transportation Technologies Office has issued two 2026 Annual Merit Review Awards to researchers from PNNL. Both awards recognize PNNL researchers whose work is reducing the need for critical materials.

Novel Applications for Synchronized Power Instrumentation seeks to improve electric grid resilience, reliability, security, and affordability.

Battery researchers are ready to work with private companies who want to test their own chemistries in a prismatic cell format.

Stakeholders convened at PNNL to build a shared understanding of energy storage siting, permitting, safety, and local engagement.

An AI program called AtomAI helped PNNL researchers reveal key design principles for protein interfaces with mineral surfaces.

Secretary Wright visited PNNL's campus in Richland, Washington, late last year to meet with innovators in chemistry, biology, computing, and more.

PNNL offers a third-party testing environment to provide battery companies with independent data about their grid-scale systems.

A modeling study shows that adding batteries to a dam could decrease the wear and tear on hydropower turbines and open up new opportunities for dam operators to earn revenue.

Mystery of how important aluminum minerals form and dissolve solved with materials science and advanced imaging studies.

Nanosize platelets of an aluminum material slide and join in a staggered orientation to form larger crystals.

Early career researchers recognized with Team Science Award by the Department of Energy for presentation highlighting the collaborative science performed by IDREAM.

PNNL researchers Daniel Deng and Yehia Ibrahim join the 2025 class of National Academy of Inventors Fellows.

For nearly 20 years, PNNL has invested in a multidisciplinary effort to develop better batteries.

GSL's utility-grade battery testing operation is now fully operational.

IDREAM researchers uncovered how dimeric complexes control how aluminum hydroxide minerals dissolve.

From developing new energy storage materials to revealing patterns of Earth’s complex systems, studies led by PNNL researchers are recognized for their innovation and influence.