PNNL Researchers Speed Power Grid Simulations Using AI
PNNL’s new Smart Power Grid Simulator, or Smart-PGSim, combines high-performance computing and artificial intelligence to optimize power grid simulations without sacrificing accuracy.
Drought Impacts on Hydroelectric Power Generation in the Western United States
New report examining multiple decades of climate and hydropower generation data provides insights into resilience of the western hydropower fleet.
National Hydropower Day
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is celebrating National Hydropower Day.
National Hydropower Day
A round-up of PNNL’s hydropower work from the past year, including grid integration, outreach, and resource availability planning
Conquering Peak Power
PNNL’s Intelligent Load Control technology manages and adjusts electricity use in buildings when there’s peak demand on the power grid.
Federal Buildings
DOE’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) works with the federal agencies to ensure the productivity of energy and water are maximized to meet the agencies missions, illustrating good stewardship of taxpayers’ monies. PNNL plays a role in FEMP’s mission by providing the expertise and resources to help the federal sector become more energy and water efficient. PNNL supports FEMP in multiple fronts, including building optimization, energy and water security, training, and strategic support. PNNL is a go-to resource that provides technical expertise in building operation and maintenance, facility evaluations, water management, resilience planning, and cybersecurity, among others.
Low-Cost, High-Power Laser for Analytical and Other Applications
Power Electronics Laboratory
The Power Electronics Lab enables research on energy systems integration focusing on inverter-based resources and distributed energy resources, through innovative modeling and control design, end use measurement, testing, and validation.
A Search for Sustainable Hydropower
A team of researchers at PNNL has created a publicly available Hydropower eLibrary to improve access to information that could help streamline the FERC environmental review and licensing process.