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.
Renewable Energy
PNNL draws on a strong base of atmospheric sciences, grid operations and controls, and engineering and analytical capabilities to help overcome these challenges.
Emergency Response
As a national laboratory in service to the nation, PNNL is called upon to support grid-related emergency response. PNNL develops tools to help the energy sector better anticipate and protect against emergencies, as well as respond when they do happen.
Border Security
PNNL applies decades of expertise in science and engineering to help stay ahead of emerging threats at our nation's borders.
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.
Waste-to-Energy and Products
PNNL is using in-house-developed tools and expertise to investigate the conversion of waste products such as manures and wastewater into biofuels that power transportation.
Hydrogen & Fuel Cells
Sustainable low-cost hydrogen generation, an effective hydrogen infrastructure, and fuel cell cost, performance, and durability challenge fuel cells for widespread deployment.