Advancing Affordability in Grid Planning and Operations
The Grid Modernization Lab Consortium (GMLC) is developing solutions, strategies, and resources for better integrating equity and justice goals in electricity planning and operations.
Buoy Loan Program
The WindSentinelTM lidar buoys, manufactured by AXYS Technologies, collect a comprehensive set of atmospheric and oceanographic measurements needed for offshore wind resource characterization.
Climate Change and Federal Hydropower
A report on the projected effects of climate change on federal hydropower through the end of the twenty-first century.
The Contradictory Catalyst
Using a natural catalyst from bacteria for inspiration, researchers have now reported the fastest synthetic catalysts to date for hydrogen production-- producing 45 million hydrogen molecules per second.
Distributed Wind Power Keeps Spinning, Growing
America's use of distributed wind — which is wind power generated near where it will be used — continues to grow, according to the 2016 Distributed Wind Market Report.
Night Vision for Bird- & Bat-Friendly Offshore Wind Power
PNNL's ThermalTracker software analyzes video with night vision, the same technology that helps soldiers see in the dark, to help offshore wind power be bird- and bat-friendly.
Seaweed-fueled Cars? Maybe One Day, with Help of New Tech
New ARPA-E funding in enabling PNNL to develop two different technologies that could one day enable cars to run on biofuel made from seaweed grown in the open ocean.
Harnessing Molds to Make Valuable Products
Scientists have learned more about how molds become cellular factories that can synthesize a range of diverse products.
Adventures of Women in Science
At the center of many research teams are women — scientists and engineers who chase mystery and replace it with discoveries.
From Moo to Goo: Cooperating Microbes Convert Methane to Alternative Fuel Source
PNNL scientists have developed a system to convert methane into an energy-rich substance that can be used as the basis for biofuels and even feed for cows that create the gas in the first place.