An analysis of land use in watersheds that supply drinking water to over a hundred United States cities identified a wide range of exposure to potential contamination.

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

PNNL experts perform fundamental climate science work at multiple scales to understand impacts on energy, water, food, and infrastructure systems.

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

Morris Bullock received an award and PNNL staff organized symposia and presented exciting research.

PNNL researchers have uncovered a plant-derived process that leads to the formation of aerosol particles over the Amazon rainforest and potentially other forested parts of the world. 

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

A paper published last year by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory was featured in the 2021 Editor’s Choice collection for the Cell Reports Physical Science journal.

Surface characterization allows researchers to explore the compatibility between different solvent-membrane combinations.

New work developed a methodology to generate building temperature setpoint schedules for use by modelers in large-scale building energy simulations.

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.

Storage Targets and Release Function Inference Tool uses data to infer the operating policies of large reservoirs on a national scale.

A multisectoral analysis that combines land use data with hydrological simulations reveals wide disparities in potential source water contamination.

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

PNNL scientist Brian O’Neill led the compilation of an IPCC chapter about climate-related risks.

Steven Spurgeon, a materials scientist and microscopy researcher at PNNL, has been invited to join the editorial team at Microscopy and Microanalysis.

COVID-19 had multiple impacts on the electric sector and the nature of those impacts varied on the scale analyzed.

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

Three staff selected for leadership program that brings together representatives from all 17 Department of Energy national laboratories to build the national lab leaders of tomorrow.