Materials Science for Hydropower
PNNL leads research in materials science to improve hydropower operations and to enhance hydropower’s capability to provide efficient grid services.
Pumped Storage Hydropower
PNNL researchers are working on efforts that overcome barriers and enhance the capabilities of existing and future pumped storage hydropower facilities.
Terrestrial Aquatics
With research focused on the critical interface of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, PNNL brings integrative science, modeling, analytical tools, and expertise to investigate, prevent, and reverse ecosystem decline.
Environmental Performance of Hydropower
PNNL researchers are advancing hydropower through research and innovation to improve fish passage, turbine design and evaluation, and the regulatory process.
Atmospheric Science
If Earth were the size of an apple, its atmosphere would be no thicker than the apple’s skin. What happens within that thin atmospheric layer is essential to life on the planet, from the quality of the air we breathe to the rainfall that supports agriculture and ecosystems.
Appliance and Equipment Standards
PNNL works with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop standards and test procedures to reduce energy used by residential and commercial appliances.
Human Health
PNNL scientists specialize in the use of omics technologies, such as metabolomics, lipidomics, and genomics, to gain a closer look at activity at the molecular level.
Marine Energy Resource Characterization
PNNL-Sequim researchers are using theoretical analysis, numerical modeling, and field-measurement approaches to improve the development and deployment of marine energy resources.
Marine Energy
PNNL scientists are working to understand marine energy opportunities to advance the widespread deployment of this renewable resource.
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.