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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has launched the construction of a research facility for exploring new energy storage technologies.

The 86,000-square-foot facility will include space for 35 research laboratories.

The 86,000-square-foot facility will include space for 35 research laboratories.

House and Senate spending proposals for fiscal year 2022 have put energy R&D and technology demonstration programs in line for major budget increases, while the bipartisan infrastructure package that the Senate passed earlier this month could provide billions of additional dollars in funding.

 E-Mail IMAGE: PNNL scientist Ruozhu Feng created a series of molecular engineering steps to cultivate fluorenone's energy-carrying capability, part of an effort at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to develop new energy-storage technology... view more  Credit: (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) A compound used widely in candles offers promise for a much more modern energy challenge--storing massive amounts of energy to be fed into the electric grid as the need arises. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laborator...