Lithium Extraction and Geothermal Energy, a Dynamic Duo
Research shows that coupling geothermal power plants with lithium extraction from geothermal brine would make geothermal energy more economically viable, providing renewable energy and valuable raw materials.
Collaboration, Data Sharing, and Community Engagement are Key to Building a Resilient Grid
At the second Grid Resilience to Extreme Events Summit, a diverse range of experts gathered to tackle the biggest challenges in building a resilient grid.
Flow Tradeoff Tool
The Flow Tradeoff Tool is a free, comprehensive software toolkit designed to evaluate trade-offs between hydropower energy production and environmental flows.
Faster Fish Tracking Through the Cloud
Near-real-time fish tracking using a new acoustic receiver developed by PNNL can support enhanced fish passage through hydropower dams.
Buoy Oh Buoy! Floating Instruments Receive Major Upgrade
Research buoys managed by PNNL underwent a $1.3-million upgrade that included more powerful lidar that reaches heights of today’s taller wind turbines.
Who Will Get the Prize for Better Hurricane Monitoring?
The Ocean Observing Prize is a competitive incentive program to help inventors advance new concepts for marine energy technologies that can power ocean observing systems, particularly those that inform us about hurricane formation.
Water Quality
PNNL water quality research and tools help inform hydropower decisions and operations.
Technical Reports
The HydroPASSAGE project has technical reports related to the toolsets and associated research on biological reponse, fish passage, and hydropower.
Climate Events Create Compound Challenges for Electricity Planning
Researchers at PNNL used key metrics to develop visualizations that show how the combined effects of climate change on hydropower and load influence the frequency, duration, and severity of power shortfalls.
PNNL Publishes Data on 2017 Distributed Wind Energy
PNNL's latest distributed wind power report shows larger installations on the rise.