Value proposition

Advancing scientific discovery and driving innovation that improves energy resiliency and enhances national security.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory advances the frontiers of knowledge, taking on some of the world’s greatest science and technology challenges. PNNL is a U.S. Department of Energy national lab with distinctive strengths in chemistry, Earth sciences, biology, and data science that are central to our scientific discovery mission. PNNL’s research lays a foundation for innovations that advance sustainable energy through decarbonization and energy storage and enhance national security through nuclear materials and threat analyses. PNNL collaborates with academia in its fundamental research and with industry to transition technologies to market.

Fundamental Science, Environment, Energy, National Security, Data Science, Mathematics, High Performance Computing, Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Earth Systems Science, Materials Science, Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, Electric Grid Modernization, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Transportation, Nuclear Energy, Fossil Energy, Cybersecurity, Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Weapons of Mass Effect Detection