PNNL Technology Fortified Grid, earns national awards
News Highlights: PNNL Technology Fortified Grid, earns national awards
Newswise – RICHLAND, Wash. A device that identifies liquids by ‘reading’ their acoustic signatures and an international partnership that brought greater stability to Central America’s power grid are just two of the latest successes in transferring federal technology to private industry. The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer of accredited workforce behind this and an additional innovation last week with awards recognizing exceptional work in commercializing government technology.
Each winning technology meets a unique need. FluID ™, a cost-effective device that reveals the identity of liquids packed in metal containers, delivers in moments details that used to take weeks. A six-year project between US and Central American agencies supported the Central American network, including technical training and valuable software in the hands of grid operators. And a new licensing program shows how license revenue can be used to provide private companies with an easier way to “test” federal technology.