Several technologies developed at or in partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland will receive part of $35 million in federal funding to move them to the marketplace. 

The U.S. Department of Energy selected 42 projects developed at its national laboratories as part of its Technology Commercialization Fund Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness Lab Call, according to a release. The projects will also benefit from more than $21 million in cost-sharing with private and public partners. 

“These projects are designed to address commercialization challenges, accelerate the development of promising technologies and streamline processes to efficiently deliver innovative energy solutions to the market,” DOE said in a statement. 

Among those projects connected to PNNL receiving funding: 

• Updates to the free to use VIPS (Visual Intellectual Property Search) platform which provides a portal connecting research with marketplace applications. 
• A process to manufacture high-performance oxide-dispersion-strengthened, or ODS, copper, which is crucial for applications in the energy and chemical sectors due to its strength, thermal stability, and high thermal and electrical conductivity. 
• A stereovision thermal imaging system originally developed for use in siting and monitoring of offshore wind projects but applicable to all wind energy projects and national security monitoring. 
• Technology advancing the domestic manufacturing of advanced sulfide solid electrolytes, which are used in high performance and safe all-solid-state batteries. 
• Commercialization of a coating for flexible surfaces used in marine and hydro energy technologies to inhibit biogrowth. 
• The Shad Tag, an acoustic transmitter used to study the behavior and survival of fish species such as juvenile American shad.