White Delivers Alumni Keynote at University Sustainability Showcase
Andrew White goes back to his alma mater, Georgia Tech, as young alumni keynote speaker for the Sustainability Showcase, part of the university’s larger Sustainable Development Goals Action & Awareness Week.
Optimize, not Oversize
Energy storage is slowly shifting utility planning practices from the current paradigm, which ensures grid reliability by building reserve generation resources, to ensuring grid reliability by optimizing grid services.
Perspective Paper Showcases How PNNL’s Electrochemical Energy Storage Research Is Shaping the Future of the Electric Grid
A perspective paper recently published by PNNL researchers underscores how the Lab’s research on electrochemical energy storage is preparing the electric grid to meet the energy needs of the future.
Energy Storage Powerhouse Wei Wang Receives PNNL Inventor of the Year Award
Wei Wang’s career helped shape the rise of energy storage at PNNL—from a small emerging field to a cornerstone of the nation’s reliable energy future.
PNNL and Amazon Partner to Advance AI Tools for a More Reliable, Secure and Affordable Grid
PNNL and Amazon will collaborate to help grid operators respond to emergencies and threats.
Influx of Electric Vehicles Accelerates Need for Grid Planning
A new PNNL report says the western U.S. power system can handle large-scale vehicle electrification up to 24 million vehicles through 2028, but more than that and cities could start feeling the squeeze.
Simulating the Role of Grid-Forming Inverters in the Future Electric Grid
PNNL researchers developed a new model to help power system operators and planners better evaluate how grid-forming, inverter-based resources could affect the system stability.
New Grid-Forming Inverter Models Help Utilities Plan for a Renewable Future
PNNL and collaborators developed new models—recently approved by the U.S. Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)—to help utilities understand how new grid-forming inverter technology will enhance grid stability.