WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has released report PNNL 38942, titled 'Benefits of Energy Storage for Washington, D.C.--Analysis for the Department of Energy and Environment,' authored by Jeremy Twitchell, Prathit Dave, Dan Boff and Jess Barcco in January 2026 under U.S. Department of Energy contract DE AC05 76RL01830. Commissioned by the District's Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE), the memorandum evaluates how deploying energy storage in Washin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Resident Inspector in Hanford issued the following activity report for the week ending Jan. 23, 2026: * * * TO: Technical Director FROM: Hanford Site Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Hanford Activity Report for the Week Ending January 23, 2026 Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility: WTCC manages most safety systems at the LAW Facility that protect worker health and safety under the facility's chemical safety management program instea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's guide 'Safety Planning for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Projects' (PNNL 25279 3, January 2020) sets out principles, templates and tools to help project teams develop robust safety plans for hydrogen production, storage, distribution and end use systems. Developed by the Hydrogen Safety Panel, the document emphasizes that effective planning is essential not only to protect people, equipment and the environment, but also to safegua  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has published report PNNL 37358, titled 'Financing Storage as a Transmission Asset: Initial Considerations for an Emerging Use Case,' authored by Daniel S. Boff, Jay Barlow and Jeremy B. Twitchell in January 2026 under U.S. Department of Energy contract DE AC05 76RL01830. Funded by DOE's Office of Electricity Energy Storage Office, the paper analyzes the financial implications of deploying energy storage as a regulated transm  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has issued report PNNL 37956, titled 'Principles and Options for Designing Battery Energy Storage Zoning Ordinances,' authored by Devyn W. Powell and Jeremy B. Twitchell in July 2025 under U.S. Department of Energy contract DE AC05 76RL01830. Commissioned by DOE's Office of Electricity Energy Storage Office, the report surveys city and county codes and two model ordinances to identify common building blocks and policy choices  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has released report PNNL 38619, titled 'CAMEO: A Co design Architecture for Multiobjective Energy System Optimization--Project Report,' authored by Sumit Purohit, Rounak Meyur, Sam Donald, Tonya Martin and Thiagarajan Ramachandran in October 2025 under U.S. Department of Energy contract DE AC05 76RL01830. The document describes CAMEO (Codesign Architecture for Multi objective Energy System Optimization) as a modular workflow   more