Recognizing visionary scientists for exceptional research, leadership, and impact at PNNL.

PNNL's E-COMP initiative is helping unleash American energy innovation with advanced theories, models, and software tools to better operate power systems that rely heavily on high-speed power electronic control.

di Vacri’s expertise in low-background detection earned her a place on the Executive Board of the Coordinating Panel for Advanced Detectors.

In the search for rare physics events, extremely pure materials are essential. A partnership between PNNL and Ultramet has led to tungsten with low contamination from other elements.

Researchers at PNNL studied the effects of high temperatures and ionizing radiation on tungsten heavy alloys.

Erik Lentz and Christian Boutan will research quantum information science-enabled discoveries in high energy physics with these awards.

PNNL’s experts in electrification advised ports how to modernize the use of energy resources at the Port of Anacortes. Now they will help do the same with several others.

The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit brings together researchers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors to showcase the latest technologies shaping tomorrow’s energy landscape. This year, eight projects led by PNNL were featured.

Three PNNL technologies have been declared winners of 2025 Federal Laboratory Consortium Awards, named for a program that recognizes federal laboratories and their industry partners for outstanding technology transfer achievements.

The Generator Scorecard, developed by PNNL in partnership with BPA, automates generator evaluations, reducing engineering workloads and improving grid reliability.

PNNL teamed up with multiple agencies to install a battery energy storage system at a South Dakota Air Force base.

Future holiday homecomings could include efficient heat pumps in cold climates and homes designed and built with the environment in mind.

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

How to keep stray radiation from “shorting” superconducting qubits; a pair of studies shows where ionizing radiation is lurking and how to banish it.

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.

The search for dark matter includes expertise in radio frequency signal detection, quantum sensing, and high-energy physics at PNNL.

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

EGRASS wins in the software/services category and is awarded a gold medal as special recognition in corporate social responsibility.

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

The National Transmission Planning Study presents several transmission expansion scenarios that would reliably support the growing demand for energy across the nation.