Energy Storage
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is speeding the development and validation of next-generation energy storage technologies to enable widespread decarbonization of the energy and transportation sectors through innovation and collaboration.
Grid Energy Storage
Redox. Vanadium. When combined with “batteries,” these highly technical words describe an equally daunting goal: development of energy storage technologies to support the nation’s power grid. Energy storage neatly balances electricity supply and demand. Renewable energy, like wind and solar, can at times exceed demand. Energy storage systems can store that excess energy until electricity production drops and the energy can be deposited back to the power grid.
Grid Integration, Controls, and Architecture
PNNL is leading research efforts to integrate, control, and fully utilize energy storage technologies as part of a modern, decarbonized electric grid.
Electrochemical Energy Storage
PNNL is leveraging fundamental science and industry engagements to deliver commercially relevant processes, technology, and systems for next-generation electrochemical technologies.
Flexible Loads and Generation
PNNL brings recognized expertise and capabilities to its research in flexible generation and loads, driving decarbonization, efficiency, and economic solutions for the nation.
Regulation, Policy, and Valuation
PNNL provides expertise in regulatory and policy analysis for energy storage, including economic valuation, asset optimization modeling, regulatory treatment, policy strategies, and market design.
Chemical Energy Storage
PNNL is working on storing energy in chemical forms to support the country's electric grid.
Science Supporting Energy Storage
PNNL seeks a fundamental understanding of how energy storage materials work under real operating conditions as the foundation for the discovery and development of next-generation energy storage systems.
Bioenergy Technologies
At PNNL, researchers are making high-quality drop-in fuels and valuable chemical products using plentiful domestic resources (like wood and algae) and waste products (like food and agricultural wastes, manure, and sewage sludge). These biofuels and bioproducts offer cost-effective, domestically sourced alternatives, offering pathways to grow the economy and strengthen supply chains.
Vehicle Technologies
At Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, vehicle research is about more than how vehicles are powered—it’s also about how they’re made and used. The Lab’s vehicle technology research portfolio advances all types of vehicles—on-road, rail, maritime, aviation, and off-road—through a range of innovations, from helping manufacturers produce high-performance vehicle components using low-cost domestic materials, to optimizing the movement of goods and people around the nation, to effectively and reliably integrating vehicles with electricity and energy systems.