Tri-Cities Tech Business Update
*PNNL wins technology transfer awards
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and its partners won two Federal Laboratory Consortium awards for "Excellence in Technology Transfer" for transferring two technologies to the commercial sector that create clean energy. The energy harvester technology produces electricity from temperature differences and replaces or extends the life of traditional batteries used in wireless sensors and radio frequency transmitters. The laboratory partnered with Perpetua Power Source Technologies of Portland, Ore. on this award. Solid oxide fuel cells cleanly and efficiently produce electricity from a wide variety of fuel sources and are used in auxiliary power units for transportation. The laboratory partnered with Delphi Corporation, based in Troy, Mich. on this award. The awards will be presented at a ceremony in Charlotte, N.C. in May. Contact Mary Anne Wuennecke at (509) 375-2447.
