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  • Processing's Mark Rosenzweig featured PNNL's Dave Heldebrant in an article about reversible acid gas capture. 11.02.09
  • The Oregonian's Ted Sickinger asked PNNL's Rob Pratt "5 Questions" about the Smart Grid for its weekly business section column. 10.29.09
  • PNNL's Don Stevens testifies about the role of biomass pyrolysis in bioenergy before the House Science and Technology subcommittee. 10.21.09 - Report summary 239KB
  • Establishing China's Potential for Large Scale, Cost Effective Deployment of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage - Report summary 7MB
  • Carbon capture shows major potential in China More... - 10.14.09
  • The Associated Press' Jay Lindsay quoted PNNL's Yuri Makarov in an article about spinning flywheels as a source of energy storage that was picked up in dozens of publications across the country, including CNBC; Boston Globe; Forbes; The New York Times; and The Washington Post. - 09.21.09
  • Northwest Fishletter quoted PNNL's Geoff McMichael as saying he and other researchers are trying to find out why the Columbia River estuary has higher mortality for acoustic-tagged juvenile fish per kilometer than in the hydro system itself. McMichael presented to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council during a meeting of scientists and policy makers in Astoria, Ore. - 09.17.09
  • The Columbia Basin Bulletin, an electronic salmon recovery and natural resource news service, and The Sequim Gazette reported that PNNL was awarded $6.8 million over three years to research marine, hydrokinetic and conventional river power. - 09.16.09
  • SmartGridNews.com mention's PNNL in an article about the possible new grid demo in the Pacific Northwest. - 09.11.09
  • Chip Gets Appliances Ready for Smart Grid, Appliance Magazine, July/August 2009, p. 33. - 09.09
  • PNNL awarded $6.8 million for marine, river power studies - PNNL News Release - 09.01.09
  • Battelle issued a news release announcing details surrounding the Battelle-led partnership to bid on Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Test Bed Project proposal. Battelle's Carl Imhoff did about a half-dozen interviews and articles have already appeared in the Tri-City Herald , EETimes and Tacoma News-Tribune. - 08.27-28.09
  • Clean Skies News interviews PNNL's Mike Davis about the most effective approaches for solving key energy and environmental challenges. 08.09
  • PNNL receives $5.73 million for integrated climate research and smart grid analysis - 08.04.09
  • E&E TV's Monica Trauzzi interviewed PNNL's Mike Davis about how the U.S. and China can engage in tackling climate change. 07.17.09
  • Environmental Leader mentions PNNL as setting the standards for LED efficiency, in an article about how LEDs are making their way into into commercial and home applications. 07.16.09
  • LED Magazine's Brian Owen mentions PNNL's Robert Lingard's (and team's) work on a new informational document that helps the solid-state lighting industry navigate photometric reports. 07.15.09
  • Peninsula Daily News' Diane Urbani de la Paz quoted PNNL's Charlie Brandt in a story about Sen. Patty Murray's efforts to get the Marine Sciences Laboratory $1.75 million for renewable ocean energy research. 07.10.09
  • In a recent interview with Clean Skies News, PNNL's Mike Davis talks about the most effective approaches for solving key energy and environmental challenges. He addresses the importance of linking technology, policy, and capital, and of focusing on special outcomes rather than special interests. The interview runs approximately six minutes. 08.09
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Think Out Loud" talk show invited PNNL's Pete McGrail to participate in a discuss about the future of coal, the use of carbon sequestration to contain emissions and CO2's impact to climate. 04.22.09
  • The Daily Astorian's Cassandra Profita quoted PNNL's Ron Thom about the challenges of measuring how habitat enhancement projects are helping salmon survive and recover. 04/20.09
  • LED Magazine's Brian Owen covered a recent PNNL Web cast about the Commercially Available LED Product Evaluation and Reporting program (a.k.a. CALiPER), at which scientists presented results from the program's seventh round of testing
  • External media coverage for Pretreatment Engineering Platform. 04.11.09
  • Blue Light Specials Lighting consumes one-fifth of the electricity generated in the United States. Solid-state lighting offers tremendous potential to improve the situation - once major research challenges are overcome. 03.20.09
  • The Xconomy.com Seattle published an article on UW Energy Talks Dive Deep into Boeing Biofuels, Smart Grid Savings, and Solar - quoting Rob Pratt. 03.19.09
  • The Washington Post filed an article on the smart grid after interviewing PNNL's Carl Imhoff. The front-page article addressed the Olympia Peninsula study conducted in 2007 and smart grid technology. 03.10.09
  • The Oregonian, Seattle PI, Tri-City Herald, and all local television stations featured stories quoting PNNL seismologist Alan Rohay on earthquake swarms occurring in southeastern Washington since January. 03.10.09
  • The New York Times featured a 'career path' article about being a hydrologist. PNNL's Mark Wigmosta was interviewed and quoted in the article. 03.07.09
  • Mother Jones and several other Websites published an article that addresses DOE's Big Sky Regional Partnership and the laboratory's carbon sequestration demonstration project underway at Wallula, Wash. 03.05.09
  • InfoWorld.com's Sustainable IT reporter Ted Sampson quoted PNNL's Steve Widergren (as speaking on behalf of the GridWise Architecture Council) in an article touting "Four big reasons to get behind the Smart Grid". 02.26.09
  • Energy Central references PNNL's estimation of the $450 billion it would take to create a 21st century transmission system in an article entitled "Advancing the Grid". 02.25.09
  • Philly.com carried an article about the smart grid, smart meters and plug-in electric hybrid vehicles, and referenced PNNL's study that estimates that the nation's unused off-peak power-production capacity could fuel 84 percent of the country's 220 million vehicles "if they were plug-in hybrid electrics" 02.22.09
  • Human biomarker reveals brain injuries in salmon - PNNL study finds new tool to improve fish passage at dams - What's good for humankind is also good for endangered salmon. 02.12.09
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    • New York Times published an article on a technical paper by PNNL marine biologist Ann Miracle regarding her predictive biomarker research involving brain-injured salmon. 02.12.09
    • Northwest Public Radio broadcast a story on PNNL research conducted by marine biologist Ann Miracle regarding her predictive biomarker research. 02.12.09
  • The Tri-City Herald published an article on the Pretreatment Engineering Platform, which quoted PNNL's Gordon Beeman on progress being made at the facility. Northwest Public Radio stations throughout the Pacific Northwest also aired an interview with Beeman. The radio segment aired in the Seattle market as well as east of the Cascades. 02.11.09
  • Environment and Energy Daily quoted PNNL's Ron Melton about what kinds of smart grid communications. 01.26.09
  • Fox Business News is running a 5 ½ - minute special segment on The Smart Grid, which features interviews with PNNL ALD Mike Davis and engineer Carl Imhoff. (Select "What is a Smart Grid" segment from video menu.) 01.26.09
  • PNNL developing blueprint for code enforcement in China.

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