Pacific Northwest Technology Today is Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's monthly online newsletter. This newsletter is intended to keep our elected officials, political staffers, and decision makers updated about developments, technologies, projects and more, between PNNL and its local and regional colleagues.
Volume 1, Issue 2
July 21, 2006
Editor's Note
Energy continues to be an issue of concern for not only our nation, but the world. Recent events including the war on terror; the 2003 blackout of the northeastern United States and Canada; and the imminent peak in global oil production have caused world leaders to take a hard look at the future of global energy.
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PNNL Driving the Future of Northwest Energy
As the nation struggles to answer the looming question of how to meet its growing energy needs, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington is developing technologies that may provide the answers.
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Providing More Affordable Energy, One Watt at a Time
As the need for energy finds its way into more aspects of people's everyday lives, energy efficiency and affordability becomes progressively important. Without a major shift in the way the nation's energy system is planned, built and operated, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers project that the U.S.
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Washington Organization Helps Boost Energy Companies Capital
For more than two decades, the Washington Technology Center has been a commanding force in aiding research, development and commercialization of viable technology products and services in Washington state.
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Bio-based Products Key to Economic Viability of Alternative Fuels
The increasing cost and decreasing availability of oil has sent industry, academia and government scrambling to find viable, alternate technologies to produce the fuels the world continues to demand.
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