D.O.E. chooses NW team for $178M smart grid demo
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Category: ResearchType: News
Source: PNNL
Date: Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
November 24, 2009 
RICHLAND, Wash. - The D.O.E. has selected a Northwest team led by Battelle to conduct a regional smart grid demonstration. The plan will expand existing electric infrastructure and test new smart grid technology with approximately 60,000 customers in 5 states over the next 5 years.
In addition to leading the project, Battelle will use the Electricity Infrastructure Operations Center at Pacific Northwest National Lab to analyze field data collected during the project. Battelle operates PNNL for DOE.
"We're thankful to Secretary Chu, the D.O.E. and to our plan team members for the opportunity to bring transformational smart grid science and technology to life in a way that will benefit our nation for many generations to come," said Mike Kluse, a senior vice president at Battelle and PNNL director.
Read the entire news release here.
Battelle is the world's biggest non-profit independent research and development organization, providing innovative solutions to the world's most pressing needs through its 4 global businesses: Lab Management, National Security, Energy Technology, and Health and Life Sciences. It advances scientific discovery and application by conducting $5.2 billion in global R&D annually through contract research, Lab management and technology commercialization. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Battelle oversees 20,400 employees in in excess of 130 locations worldwide, including 7 national labs which Battelle manages or co-manages for the D.O.E. and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and 2 international laboratories-a nuclear energy lab in the United Kingdom and a renewable energy lab in Malaysia.
Pacific Northwest National Lab is a D.O.E. Office of Science national Lab where interdisciplinary teams advance science and technology and deliver solutions to America's most intractable problems in energy, national security and the environment. PNNL employs 4,650 staff, has a $918 million yearly budget, and has been managed by Ohio-based Battelle since the lab's inception in 1965. Follow PNNL on Facebook, Linked In and Twitter.
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