Buildings, the Grid, and an Electric Future
PNNL’s extensive portfolio of buildings-grid research included three projects that helped answer some of the technical questions related to leveraging energy consumption in buildings to enhance grid operations.
North to Alaska: Project Tests Electrification Concepts
Researchers from PNNL have been assessing installation and use of electric heat pumps in an Alaskan community that relies on fuel oil for heat. The resulting information could advance electrification in cold rural areas across the nation.
Improving Grid Reliability in the Face of Extreme Events
PNNL has released the first version of ExaGO, an open-source grid modeling software that can take advantage of emerging heterogeneous computing architecture to help grid operators plan ahead for extreme events.
Solving Scientific Problems with Institutional Collaborations
Brown University Applied Mathematics and Engineering Professor George Karniadakis has driven solutions for science and engineering problems for over ten years with a joint appointment at PNNL.
Marine Thermal Energy Topic Earns Outstanding Paper Honor
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers recognizes Habilou Ouro-Koura at the organization’s recent International Conference on Energy Sustainability.
Artificial Intelligence Brings Better Hurricane Predictions
A new model offers more accurate predictions of how intensely hurricanes may strike.
Ali Zbib, Manager, Nuclear Industry Program
Two Dimensional Meta-Material Windows
We have developed a novel 2D meta-material film that is designed to gather light from any direction perpendicular to the active direction and direct it along a path set by the design of the meta-material. We expect that these simple films may be used in a crossed geometry to provide light direction from any angle. These meta-materials are designed to work in the visible wavelengths and may be used as passive light gathering films for solar power devices or daylighting applications. These films would supplant bulky and expensive mirrored shelves or active solar tracking devices.