PNNL Publishes Distributed Wind Energy Report
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued its annual report on distributed wind.
The World’s Energy Storage Powerhouse
Pumped-storage hydropower offers the most cost-effective storage option for shifting large volumes of energy. A PNNL-led team wrote a report comparing cost and performance factors for 10 storage technologies.
DOE Offers Prize Funding for Marine Energy Technologies
The Powering the Blue Economy Ocean Observing Prize is now accepting applications for its first stage, the Discover Competition.
ThermalTracker-3D
PNNL’s ThermalTracker-3D software tracks bird and bat behaviors to inform wind plant siting and operations as well as mitigate risk to the species.
Gorton Joins Advisory Board at Alma Mater
PNNL ocean engineer Alicia Gorton was invited to serve on the advisory board of the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
AGU Honors Four PNNL Scientists for Journal Reviews
PNNL scientists Larry Berg, Susannah Burrows, Nicholas Ward, and Yun Qian were named among the most outstanding journal reviewers by the American Geophysical Union.
Taking Stock of Salmon Survival, Dams and Science
PNNL biologists have developed a more efficient way to estimate salmon survival through dams that uses solid science but saves over 42 percent of the cost.
National Laboratory Team Wins Best Paper at Resilience Conference
PNNL has earned “Best Paper” at an international resilience conference for research on hydropower’s capabilities and constraints in the event of extreme events, like hurricanes and rolling blackouts.
Offshore Wind Research Buoys Float into California’s Waters
PNNL deployed two research buoys in waters off the West Coast for the first time in deep water, supporting a DOE and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management effort to gather measurements that support offshore wind locations and technologies.