Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

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PNNL: Communities Should Take Bigger Role in Coal Plant Closures
A report by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory says that communities facing coal plant closures need to do a better job of preparing for the loss.
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PNNL Breaks Ground on Energy Storage Lab
A new federal lab designed to speed up research into grid storage technologies should be up and running by the fall of 2023, barring supply chain issues.
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Study Links Western Wildfires to Arctic Ice Melt
A PNNL study has solidified the link between melting Arctic Ocean ice and the wildfires that regularly ravage the Western U.S.
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PNNL: New Climate Pledges Likely to Thwart Worst-case Warming
GHG pledges made ahead of COP26 “significantly” increase the chance that global warming can be limited to under 2 degrees Celsius by 2100, report says.
University of Southern California
Extreme Sea Levels to Occur More Frequently, Study Says
The type of extreme sea levels previously expected to occur once every 100 years could happen annually by 2100 because of global warming, a new study says.
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Global Warming Delaying Rainy Seasons, Study Shows
Global warming has delayed tropical monsoon seasons by four days, which affects agriculture in India, Africa and other regions, a new study shows.
SunLine Transit Agency
California Transit Agency Testing Nat Gas-to-Hydrogen Converter
A new technology to convert natural gas into hydrogen for bus fuel is starting a three-year test run in Thousand Palms, Calif.
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PNNL Tool Weighs Trade-offs on Climate Measures
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has come up with an approach to scientifically analyze the competing factors that come with climate change measures.
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Small Reactors Can Compete on Cost, PNNL Study Finds
Small modular reactors appear to be cost-competitive compared to other energy sources in the Pacific Northwest, according to a joint PNNL-MIT study.
Energy, Building Cybersecurity Top Concerns at DOE National Labs
Cybersecurity will be a critical challenge for grid-interactive buildings, according to the U.S. national laboratories.

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