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Deployment of UEP Battery Energy Storage System on the Navajo Nation

News Article, June 6, 2022 • On May 5, 2022, the Sandia Energy Storage Demonstration Projects team, supported by the DOE Office of Electricity’s (DOE-OE) Energy Storage Program, successfully deployed a 3 kW/13 kWh rechargeable zinc manganese dioxide (ZnMnO2) battery system to replace lead acid batteries at an off-grid home on the Navajo Nation in Arizona....

Download Sandia’s Resilient Node Cluster Analysis Tool (ReNCAT)

News Article, June 7, 2023 • The Resilient Node Cluster Analysis Tool (ReNCAT), developed by Sandia National Laboratories, is now publicly available for download. This desktop application provides decision support for stakeholders to identify potential portfolios of microgrids within a community or set of communities that maximize residents’ access to critical services in an equitable way...
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Sandia develops toolset to better meet utility power needs in disadvantaged communities

News Article, June 16, 2022 • Sandia’s electric power systems research team recently completed a toolset that improves visibility into the power grid by applying machine learning methods to customers’ home utility power meter data.  The toolset provides the ability to determine the electrical phase of the power meter using the data produced by a neighborhood’s...

Sandia researchers connect the dots between energy equity and energy storage

News Article, May 9, 2022 • Energy storage technologies, particularly those with longer duration capabilities, are not only critical for implementing widespread use of renewable energies but also ensure governments consider energy equity when developing policies and industry rules, according to a paper published in the Electricity Journal by Sandia researchers. “Over the last couple of...
BEHIND THE METER — Sandia researchers make the case that energy storage could be an important tool in policymaking to achieve both energy equity and climate security goals. Photo by Jon Moore from Unsplash