Adding Snow to Estimates of Spring Flooding
By adding rain, snow, and rain-on-snow precipitation data to a background model, a new scheme pinpoints local flood risks in order to improve the design of small-scale hydrological infrastructure.
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.
Long-Duration Energy Storage: Crucial to a Reliable and Clean Electric Grid
PNNL energy storage experts express need for continued investment in developing and deploying long-duration energy storage.
Building Science Impact: Joint Appointments Accelerate Research Mission
Chemical Engineer Yong Wang explains the influence and opportunity for joint appointments. Wang maintains one of the longest joint appointment tenures at PNNL.
PNNL Engineer Earns Best Paper Award
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers has given its 2022 Journal Paper Award to Jamie Kono, a PNNL building research engineer.
Six U.S. Graduate Students Join PNNL for DOE’s Prestigious Program
PNNL welcomes six Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research awardees from across the nation.
Next-generation Flow Battery Design Sets Records
A new flow battery design achieves long life and capacity for grid energy storage from renewable fuels.
Research Team Creates New Resilience Analysis Tool for Grid Recovery
Recovery Simulator and Analysis tool further strengthens PNNL’s short-term resilience planning efforts for Puerto Rico.
Building-Grid Ideas Ascend to Summit
The Northwest Connected Communities Summit brought together representatives of five Department of Energy-funded Connected Communities Projects to share ideas and discuss potential collaboration opportunities.
An Energized Visit from Office of Electricity Assistant Secretary Gene Rodrigues
Department of Energy Office of Electricity Assistant Secretary Gene Rodrigues makes his first visit to PNNL.