IN THE NEWS

A Consumer's Guide to Rooftop Solar and Home Energy Storage

PNNL researchers publish an open-access, practical homeowner's guide for navigating the costs and benefits of installing renewable energy systems. Read more here.

Full PR100 Report Now Available: Puerto Rico Can Feasibly Transition to 100% Renewable Energy by 2050

PNNL modeling experts contribute to study's conclusion that the Caribbean island can transition to 100% renewable energy, but significant system upgrades and investments—guided by meaningful community participation—are needed to get there. Read more here.

Clean Energy, One Community at a Time

PNNL helps communities transition to clean energy and boost their energy resilience. Read more here.

Staff Accomplishment: Bethel Tarekegne

PNNL staff member leads the way for equity and energy justice in new Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society Task Force. Read more here.

Staff Accomplishment: Samrat Acharya

PNNL engineer and team receive best paper award at IEEE conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies. Read more here.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Energy Storage Safety and Reliability Forum - May 14–16

Sponsored by DOE Office of Electricity's Energy Storage Program, the Energy Storage Safety and Reliability Forum, hosted at PNNL's campus in Richland, WA, will focus on the current state of energy storage safety and reliability and identify additional R&D efforts to advance the DOE roadmap for energy storage. The forum will also examine key challenges, opportunities, and potential solutions for improving the safety and reliability of energy storage systems. Registration and Event Overview.

Advanced Grid Institute Industry Day 2024 - August 28

Advanced Grid Institute Industry Day, hosted at Washington State University's Tri-Cities campus in Richland, WA, will bring together colleagues from state and federal agencies, utilities, industry, national laboratories, and academia, for a day of lively panel discussions and presentations. This year’s theme is “Nexus of Power Systems Engineering and Advanced Analytics toward a Resilient and Decarbonized Grid.” Registration and Event Overview.

PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS

Laying the Groundwork for Long-Duration Energy Storage | Journal Article | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 79
Correlations Between Molecular Structure, Solvation Topology, and Transport Properties of Aqueous Organic Flow Battery Electrolyte Solutions | Journal Article | ACS Materials Letters 5
In Situ Observation of the Atomic Shuffles During the {112 ¯1} Twinning in Hexagonal Close-Packed Rhenium | Journal Article | Nature Communications 15
Unlocking Li Superionic Conductivity in Face-Centred Cubic Oxides via Face-sharing Configurations | Journal Article | Nature Materials 23
Improving Cycling Performance of Anode-Free Lithium Batteries by Pressure and Voltage Control | Journal Article | ACS Energy Letters 9
Coupling of the Electricity and Transportation Sectors - Part I: Sector Overviews | April 18, 2024 | Report | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Accelerating Economics and Development | News Release | Standard Hydrogen Corporation

About Energy Storage at PNNL

PNNL research provides a clear understanding of the technology needs for integrating energy storage into the grid. We work with utilities and industry to assess the optimal role for energy storage installations under local operational and market conditions. Our research teams support field deployments where we work with stakeholders to characterize the value, understand usage and controls, and generally improve the benefits that energy storage systems provide to the grid. These data, provided to all stakeholders, assure that research development and deployment is working toward a cleaner power future for America.

Understanding the benefits of the wide variety of storage technologies and developing the critical advancements required to bring down the cost of energy storage will help integrate renewable power sources such as wind, solar, and marine energy and energize a modern, flexible, and resilient power grid.

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