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PNNL-Sequim

The PNNL-Sequim campus, in Sequim, Washington, houses the only marine research facilities in the Department of Energy complex. The campus is uniquely positioned for marine-based research that is focused on helping the nation achieve sustainable energy, a sustaining environment, and coastal security.

Sequim Bay links a small, but relatively undisturbed, watershed to the Strait of Juan de Fuca in the Puget Sound. This allows for:

  • direct studies of environmental impacts on marine species
  • a potential study area for energy deployment
  • use of seawater in adjacent lab facilities
  • testing of innovative marine sensors
  • rapid access to diverse marine environments.

Nearly 15,000 square feet of research laboratories are connected to the bay via a supply system that delivers 200 gallons of seawater per minute and returns it to the bay after treatment. PNNL-Sequim's unique location is also within one of the cleanest airsheds in the world, providing an ultratrace background for work in measurement and signature sciences.

To defend coastal regions, PNNL-Sequim researchers engineer new approaches to address the greatest challenges in detecting and responding to national and global threats. Programs focus on developing efficient and effective ways to translate data acquired from environmental media—air, water, sediment, and biota—into information that can be acted upon.

PNNL-Sequim research is supported by more than 80 staff members with expertise in biotechnology, biogeochemistry, ecosystems science, toxicology, and Earth systems modeling. A dive team is also on staff to support in-water research and testing. Projects at PNNL-Sequim span algal biofuels, biofouling and biocorrosion, climate change and ocean acidification, environmental monitoring, quantification of transport and effects of chemicals in marine environments, and coastal risk and hazard prediction and analysis.

Research Spaces

Aquatics Research Laboratories at PNNL-Sequim The Arctic Research Laboratory at PNNL-Sequim Biofouling/Biocorrosion Mesocosms at PNNL-Sequim Biotechnology Laboratories at PNNL-Sequim Chem/Bio Isolation Laboratories at PNNL-Sequim Climate-Simulated Algae Ponds at PNNL-Sequim Electronics/Optics Laboratories at PNNL-Sequim Hyperbaric Laboratory at PNNL-Sequim Mercury Analytical Laboratory at PNNL-Sequim Mineral Extraction from Seawater at PNNL-Sequim Oil Laboratory at PNNL-Sequim Organic Chemistry Laboratory at PNNL-Sequim Trace Element and Chemical Speciation Laboratories at PNNL-Sequim Hydrobiogeochemistry Laboratory at PNNL-Sequim

Outdoor Research Platforms

Marine Test Sites Greenhouse at PNNL-Sequim In-water Testing Capabilities at PNNL-Sequim Microalgal Research at PNNL-Sequim Outdoor Experimental Tanks at PNNL-Sequim Research Vessels at PNNL-Sequim Scientific Diving at PNNL-Sequim Wetland Research Sites at PNNL-Sequim

Instruments

Littoral Wave Tank at PNNL-Sequim

Contacts

Meg Pinza
Coastal Sciences Group Leader
margaret.pinza@pnnl.gov
(360) 681-3696
Sue Southard
Operations Specialist
sue.southard@pnnl.gov
(360) 681-3615

Research topics

Sustainable Energy
Coastal Science
Earth & Coastal Sciences
Marine Energy
Environmental Monitoring for Marine Energy
Marine Biofouling and Corrosion
Marine Energy Resource Characterization
Testing for Marine Energy
The Blue Economy
Ecosystem Science
Terrestrial Aquatics
Offshore Wind
Wind Energy
Renewable Energy
Environmental Remediation
National Security
Nuclear Energy
Bioenergy Technologies
Fuel Cycle Research

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