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2021 DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage program annual Peer Review
News Article, September 20, 2021 • Sandia will host this year’s virtual DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program Annual Peer Review from October 26-28, 2021. The annual Peer Review assembles researchers from across the DOE landscape to summarize the state of the art in energy storage research, development, and application. Technical topics will include Innovative...

Atrisco Heritage Academy High School Solar + Storage Project
News Article, October 27, 2022 • Sandia recently partnered with Albuquerque Public Schools, NM Energy Minerals and Natural Resources Department, the Department of Energy, and OE Solar for the opening of the district’s largest solar installation together with the state’s most extensive battery energy storage system. The $3.2 million solar + storage project at Atrisco Heritage...
Atrisco Heritage Ribbon Cutting

Australian Renewable-Energy Official Visits Sandia
News Article, July 15, 2015 • Louise Vickery, General Manager, Renewable Futures at the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). At the end of June, Louise Vickery, General Manager, Renewable Futures at the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) visited Sandia. ARENA manages the Australian government’s commitment to improve the competitiveness of renewable energy technologies and to increase...

Babu Chalamala elected to National Academy of Engineering
News Article, May 8, 2024 • Since joining Sandia in 2015, Babu Chalamala has diligently worked to improve the safety and reliability of grid storage technologies. In the long run, his efforts support the large-scale integration of grid storage and the modernization of the electricity infrastructure. In the short term, they have earned him election to...

Black engineer awards distinguish Sandia Labs
News Article, March 9, 2022 • Expertise in advanced modeling and performance shines through Ten Sandia National Laboratories engineers received Black Engineer of the Year Awards this year, including Most Promising Scientist in Government, Research Leadership, Science Spectrum Trailblazers and Modern-Day Technology Leaders. Honorees include Sandia mechanical, electrical, civil, aerospace and aeronautical engineers who excel in...

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....

eGrid 2024 call for papers now open
News Article, May 6, 2024 • The 9th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGrid 2024) will be held on November 19-21, 2024, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. This international workshop — sponsored by IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) and organized by Sandia National Laboratories and University...

eGrid 2024 Workshop registration now open
News Article, October 2, 2024 • The 9th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGrid 2024) will be held November 19–21, 2024, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. This international workshop, sponsored by IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) and organized by Sandia National Laboratories, will provide a forum...

Hongyou Fan Chosen for Prestigious Lecture on Creating Nanomaterials
News Article, June 30, 2015 • Sandia researcher Hongyou Fan to give the 2015 Fred Kavli Distinguished Lecture in Nanoscience. (Photo by Stephanie Blackwell) Sandia researcher Hongyou Fan (at the Advanced Materials Laboratory, operated in cooperation with the University of New Mexico) was selected by the Materials Research Society (MRS) and the Kavli Foundation to deliver...

International team plans to transform battery databases
News Article, January 30, 2023 • A consortium of researchers, including Sandia battery experts Yuliya Preger and Valerio De Angelis, are working together to stimulate battery innovation by developing battery databases. Ultimately, they hope to expand the role of batteries in supporting the transformation of electric grid infrastructure including the integration of renewable energy resources and...
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Long Duration Energy Storage National Consortium hosting first Annual Workshop
News Article, July 29, 2024 • The LDES National Consortium is hosting its first Annual Workshop on September 10-11 in Los Angeles, California. The focus of the Annual Workshop will be to increase partnership opportunities and networking among individuals and organizations directly engaged in LDES technology development, investing, market planning, project management, and policymaking. Hosted by...

New advances in power distribution grid modeling focus of Sandia research
News Article, July 15, 2019 • To better understand the impact of increasing amounts of privately-owned renewable energy and energy storage on the electric grid, major advances in developing more accurate electricity distribution grid models have been created by researchers at Sandia, in conjunction with researchers at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Palo Alto,...

New report highlights Sandia’s grid, energy storage efforts
News Article, May 8, 2023 • Sandia’s 2022 Grid Modernization and Energy Storage Annual Report is now available. Sandia’s Grid Modernization and Energy Storage program works to advance a national vision of a secure, resilient, and sustainable electric system for all users. The achievements listed in the report reflect a strategic approach combining technology development; modeling,...

PR100 Final Results Public Webinar
News Article, January 23, 2024 • Puerto Rico has committed to 100% renewable energy by 2050—and the new Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transition to 100% Renewable Energy (PR100) Study results can help them get there. Join the U.S. Department of Energy on Feb. 7 at 2:30 ET for a presentation of final results from PR100....
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Register today: forum highlights the future of safe, resilient energy storage systems
News Article, February 5, 2019 • On March 6-8, the 2019 Energy Storage Systems Safety & Reliability Forum will convene to discuss the current state of energy storage systems’ safety and reliability (ESS-SR) and mitigation strategies to improve all levels of system safety and reliability. This open forum assembles a diverse mix of speakers from industry, universities,...

Registration is now open for the 2022 Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop
News Article, August 2, 2022 • We are pleased to announce registration is now open for the virtual 2022 Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop, hosted by Sandia National Laboratories. The workshop will be held August 23-24, 8AM to 4PM MT, via zoom. The goal of this workshop is to identify research directions and priorities for...
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Registration is Now Open for the DOE OE Peer Review and EESAT 2017
News Article, August 15, 2017 • Register now for the DOE OE Energy Storage Peer Review, October 9-10, and the 10th Biennial Electrical Energy Storage Applications and Technologies (EESAT) Conference, October 11-13, co-located at the Westin Hotel—Gaslamp District, in San Diego, California (USA). The annual U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity and Energy Reliability Peer...

Ribbon cutting for Sandia/Emera DC microgrid
News Article, November 12, 2019 • Modernizing energy delivery DC Microgrid PI Jack Flicker discusses Sandia and Emera’s project and advantages of creating self-sustaining microgrids during the ribbon cutting for Phase one of the project at the new KAFB community center near the Base’s temporary housing units. (Photo by Dan Ware) At a ribbon cutting held...
DC Microgrid PI Jack Flicker discusses Sandia and Emera’s project and advantages of creating self-sustaining microgrids during the ribbon cutting for Phase one of the project at the new KAFB community center near the Base’s temporary housing units. (Photo by Dan Ware)

Sandia abuses batteries for better energy storage
News Article, August 13, 2019 • by Michael Baker | Photograph by Randy Montoya Sandia National Laboratories engineers June Stanley and Chris Grosso demonstrate how the drop tower they built abuses batteries to understand how the lithium-ion cells respond to different types of stress. (Photograph by Randy Montoya) Batteries never really stand a chance against Sandia...

Sandia Co-Hosts Energy Storage Systems Safety & Reliability Forum
News Article, May 20, 2021 • Sandia National Laboratories partnered with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to co-host the annual Energy Storage Systems Safety & Reliability Forum sponsored by the Department of Energy Office of Electricity. The event held April 19 and 20, 2021, included participants from national laboratories, independent testing and research organizations, battery manufacturers, electric...

Sandia engineer elected fellow of two prestigious national societies
News Article, March 2, 2022 • Babu Chalamala, an engineer and manager of Sandia National Laboratories’ energy storage group, was recently elected fellow of two prestigious national societies. On Jan. 26, he became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. On Dec. 7, he became a fellow of the National Academy of...
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