Distributed Wind
PNNL’s research, data, and analysis help interested parties, policymakers, and industry understand issues unique to distributed wind in the United States.
Environmental Monitoring and Wind-Wildlife Impacts
PNNL research is helping reveal the intersection of wildlife and wind turbine technology.
Wind Systems Integration
Integrating renewables with the grid.
Grid Cybersecurity
PNNL supports the U.S. Department of Energy’s cybersecurity goal of strengthening today’s energy delivery systems and creating more resilient, self-defending energy systems for the future. With more than 100 technical experts focused on cybersecurity infrastructure research and solutions, PNNL has been advancing the reliability and security of the nation's power system for more than a decade.
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.