MAY 28, 2025 Article It’s Not the Heat—It’s the Irrigation A new study led by PNNL researcher TC Chakraborty provides some answers about how irrigated agricultural land near cities affects urban heat stress. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 10, 2023 Article Mapping a Modern Hydropower Vision Developed with community input, the new Hydropower Vision Roadmap lays out a path to achieve a shared vison for modern hydropower by 2050. ( Read More )
JANUARY 31, 2022 Feature Why We Need Hydropower for a Resilient Grid 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. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 6, 2021 Feature Cold Spray to Help Keep Turbines Spinning PNNL’s suite of Solid Phase Processing tools like Cold Spray is helping to strengthen hydroelectric dam materials such as turbines. ( Read More )
