2022 Entrepreneurial and Sammy Award Winners Announced
The Richland Rotary’s 2022 Entrepreneurial Awards ceremony was held on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. The Entrepreneurial Awards are a Tri-Cities mainstay, beginning in 1996 at the urging of AM Sastry, an employee of PNNL and Richland Rotarian. Sastry approached the club about recognizing the amazing, creative and talented group that are entrepreneurs within the bi-county […]
Lomasney to Lead Technology Deployment and Outreach at PNNL
New Director Will Lead PNNL’s Efforts to Commercialize Science and Technology Innovations RICHLAND, Wash.—Christina Lomasney, a veteran entrepreneur with experience in technology innovation and commercialization, has been named director of Technology Deployment and Outreach at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
2021 Entrepreneurial and Sammy Award Winners Announced
The Richland Rotary’s 2021 Entrepreneurial Awards ceremony was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. After more than a year of virtual meetings it was a pleasant experience to hold a socially distance hybrid in-person/virtual experience for this year’s awards. Many of the awardees were able to join Rotary in-person to be honored for their work […]
Boninger Wins 2020 Sam Volpentest Entrepreneurial Leadership Award (Sammy)
Ronald (Ron) M. Boninger, a member of the TCRD Board of Directors, is the winner of the 2020 Sam Volpentest Entrepreneurial Leadership Award, better known as the “Sammy.” Boninger is the CEO of Carbitex, Inc., a Board and Executive Committee member of Fuse SPC, and the owner and founder of Stillmore, LLC. Boninger noted that […]
17 Of The World’s Most Cited Scientists Work At PNNL
Each year Clarivate Analytics determines the top 1% of researchers based on how often other researchers cite their work as a measure of their works’ impact on the worldwide research community. This year’s list includes seventeen scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). They are among the most influential in the world. The laboratory scored […]
Carbon Tech Startup Locates R&D Facilities In Research District
OCO Corporation, a venture-backed carbon-tech startup company located their research and development facilities in the Applied Process Engineering Laboratory (APEL), located in the Tri-Cities Research District (TCRD). OCO is currently commercializing patented technology to build a novel process device, known as an electolyzer, to convert carbon dioxide and water using zero-carbon sources of electricity, such […]
Military Readiness Center Coming To Horn Rapids
In 2019, the Army National Guard purchased a 40-acre site in the Horn Rapids Industrial Park for their newest Readiness Center. They are currently working with the City of Richland to obtain building permits with plans to start construction of the $15 million facility in spring 2021 with building occupancy slated for January 2022. The […]
Energy Northwest Leases 300 Acres to Tucci Energy for Solar Farm
On November 30, Energy Northwest announced the company had signed a letter of intent to lease 300 acres of land it received from the U.S. Department of Energy in 2015 to Tucci Energy Services for a solar project that could provide enough electricity to serve more than 11,000 homes. Energy Northwest’s member utilities, which include Benton […]
Horn Rapids Solar, Storage and Training Project
Representatives of Energy Northwest, Tucci Energy Services, Potelco, Inc., the City of Richand, IBEW Local 77, PNNL, and the Washington State Department of Commerce met virtually on November 10 to participate in a ribbon cutting launching the operations of the innovative Horn Rapids Solar, Storage and Training Project. The 20-acre project is located on land […]
PNNL Researchers Protect Super Computers, Federal Facilities From Cyber Risk
Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) developed a new set of software tools to evaluate cybersecurity risk capabilities and flag potential risks at federal buildings and commercial facilities, free of charge. Called the “Training Game,” the game helps familiarize users with key cybersecurity issues, using real-world scenarios. A report card is generated at the […]