PNNL and their collaborators are investigating combinations of fuels to boost vehicle efficiency, performance, and affordability.

The COMPASS project aims to increase fundamental understanding, models, and the ability to predict change in coastal systems.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, supported by the Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office, is leading a technical assistance initiative to help utilities test and deploy alternate GPS timing solutions.

The Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Institute (CTCI) aspires to establish a premier international center for chemistry and materials science software at extreme scales.

Work funded through U.S. Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) and Building Technologies Office (BTO), supporting enhanced building cybersecurity and energy security.

DREAM generates and optimizes monitoring programs for detecting potential leaks from geological carbon storage.

PNNL is leading an effort to reveal the potential of algae for biofuels to replace conventional fuels for transportation.

In January 2024, CESER—in partnership with GDO, NASEO, and PNNL—created a set of state energy security cohorts to support the coordination and technical development of state energy security planning, assessment, and mitigation.

E4D is a 3D geophysical modeling and inversion program designed for subsurface imaging and monitoring using static and time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), spectral induced polarization (SIP) and travel-time tomography data.

PNNL’s integrated software systems (FRAMES, MEPAS, MetView, APGEMS, CAPP) allow users to assess the environmental fate and transport of contaminants—and the potential impacts on humans and the environment—in a systematic, holistic approach.

From global issues such as melting permafrost and the creation of alternate biofuels to matters affecting microbiomes and micro-sized life, PNNL research is featured in news publications worldwide.

PNNL is a leader in the integration of aberration-corrected electron microscopy, in-situ techniques, and atom probe tomography to address challenges in nuclear materials, environmental remediation, energy storage, and national security.

To help regulators identify a clear pathway to implement policy targets or mandates, PNNL researchers have provided a self-assessment tool.

PNNL’s ESMI is a Laboratory-funded research and development (R&D) program focused on transforming and accelerating materials development processes for next-generation energy storage technologies.