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Request for Information ‘listening session’ will examine two new hydropower incentives programs
News Article, August 5, 2022 • The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) Water Power Technologies Office will host a “listening session” on Aug. 9, 2022, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET, regarding a Request for Information (RFI) which will inform two new hydropower incentives programs: Section 243: Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvement Incentives Program and Section 247: Maintaining and...

Researcher makes the most of Sandia’s educational opportunities
News Article, April 13, 2022 • Sandia Water Power program researcher Chris Chartrand recently completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering thanks to educational opportunities offered through Sandia National Laboratories’ University Education Programs. Sandia offers these benefits to build the professional capabilities of the Laboratories’ employees and designs individual programs to support special technical talent acquisition, workforce...

Sandia and Port of Alaska sign agreement on renewable-energy and resilience research 
News Article, May 23, 2022 • A new memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Sandia National Laboratories and the Port of Alaska was announced on Monday, May 23, at the ArcticX Summit. This collaboration demonstrates both Sandia’s and the Port of Alaska’s commitment to increasing energy reliability and resilience, as well as transitioning to a clean-energy economy...
Port of Anchorage, Alaska.

Sandia conducts cybersecurity research to reduce threats to nation’s wind fleet
News Article, February 17, 2023 • Wind energy-specific cybersecurity research and development is critical to the defensive protection of wind assets from cyber threats. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) recognizes the need to assess risks and consequences associated with malicious activities—whether physical or cyber—and has prioritized the strengthening of the...

Sandia CSP researcher awarded 2021 SHPE STAR Award
News Article, November 24, 2021 • Sandia National Laboratories’ concentrating solar power researcher Ken Armijo was recently awarded a 2021 SHPE Technical Achievement and Recognition (STAR) Award during the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers’ (SHPE) 2021 National Convention held Nov. 10-14, 2021, in Orlando, Florida. For almost 50 years, SHPE has recognized professional excellence, honoring Hispanics...
Image of Ken Armijo at the ceremony holding the SHPE STAR award.

Sandia economist selected fellow of energy association
News Article, January 10, 2024 • Peter Kobos, an economist and manager at Sandia National Laboratories, has been selected as a senior fellow of the United States Association for Energy Economics. Kobos defines energy economics as the science of storytelling, using data to determine which energy technologies can perform as needed and which technologies are cost-effective enough...
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Sandia Enters Agreement to Build Zero-carbon Hydrogen Economy
News Article, February 8, 2022 • Sandia National Laboratories has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Los Alamos National Laboratory and the New Mexico Departments of Economic Development; Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources; and Environment to develop a zero-carbon hydrogen economy not only in New Mexico but across the United States. This MOU strengthens...

Sandia issues Request for Information on advanced solar energy system deployment
News Article, June 6, 2023 • Sandia National Laboratories has released a Request for Information (RFI) inviting comments on the deployment of an advanced solar energy system. The deadline for responses has been extended to Friday, July 21, 2023. Introduced in 2021, the advanced solar energy for mission assurance and decarbonization concept seeks to provide Sandia’s...
Concentrating solar power tower at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF)

Sandia launches new cyber labeling webpage
News Article, August 1, 2024 • Sandia partnered with five other DOE national laboratories to investigate the applicability of a labeling program for operational technology, such as solar inverters and smart meters. We are now excited to share research findings on our new cyber labeling webpage.   Our cyber labeling research is intended to answer a variety...

Sandia marine energy researchers to host second WecOptTool webinar
News Article, August 29, 2022 • Join Sandia National Laboratories’ (Sandia) Water Power program as it hosts the “Wave Energy Converter Design Optimization with WecOptTool,” webinar on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. MT (11:00 a.m. ET), via Teams. The Wave Energy Converter Design Optimization Toolbox (WecOptTool) is an open-source software for conducting optimization studies...

Sandia Partnerships: Scaled Wind Energy Technology and Microgrid Testing Webinar
News Article, March 13, 2024 • Join experts from Sandia National Laboratories’ Wind Energy Design and Experimentation Department as they host, “Sandia Partnerships: Scaled Wind Energy Technology and Microgrid Testing,” on April 2, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. MT.   The Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) project, long known for its research into advanced rotor...
three wind turbines outlined by a luminous sunset at the Sandia Wind Farm Testing Facility

Sandia photovoltaics degradation study receives nationwide airtime
News Article, November 1, 2023 • Sandia National Laboratories researcher Marios Theristis recently spoke to Yale Climate Connections regarding the release of his team’s five-year degradation study of 834 fielded photovoltaic (PV) modules, representing 13 module types from seven manufacturers in three climates. The researchers’ objective was to quantify degradation rates of recent, widely used PV...

Sandia releases 2022 Microgrid Conceptual Design Guidebook
News Article, April 27, 2022 • Sandia National Laboratories’ microgrid research and development team has released the 2022 Microgrid Conceptual Design Guidebook. Using the framework described in this guidebook, stakeholders can come together to quantify site-specific vulnerabilities, identify the most significant risks to electricity delivery, and establish electric outage tolerances across various communities. The guidebook includes an...
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Sandia releases Microgrid Design Toolkit 1.4 to the public
News Article, October 31, 2024 • Sandia has released the latest Microgrid Design Toolkit 1.4 software download to the public. MDT 1.4 expands on Sandia’s existing MDT build, which serves as a decision support software for microgrid designers. Download the Microgrid Design Toolkit Intended for use in the early stages of the design process, MDT uses...
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Sandia researcher contributes to Wind report published by National Academy of Sciences
News Article, March 18, 2022 • The National Academy of Sciences recently published the new report, “Wind Turbine Generator Impacts to Marine Vessel Radar,” co-written by Sandia wind energy researcher Ben Karlson. While wind energy development is expected to grow along the U.S. Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf and expand into the Gulf of Mexico and the...

Sandia researcher recruits summer interns at AISES conference
News Article, October 28, 2021 • The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) held its national conference Sept. 23-25, 2021, in Phoenix, AZ. Sandia National Laboratories’ (Sandia) Sandra Begay, a photovoltaics researcher, attended to recruit interns at the event. The day before the conference began, Begay attended the first in-person assembly of the DOE Office...

Sandia scientists provide technical assistance to Rocking Solar, an American-Made Solar Prize Finalist with a product that could transform the urban landscape
News Article, September 13, 2021 • Sandia National Laboratories’ researchers recently hosted Darin Palmer, CEO of Rocking Solar, for a demonstration of his potentially game-changing approach to populating commercial rooftops with solar. The two-day visit in late July offered Sandia Photovoltaic Systems Evaluation Laboratory (PSEL) scientists and Sandia Experimental Solid Mechanics engineers an up-close look at...
From left to right: CEO of Rocking Solar, Darin Palmer; Sandia PV Researcher, Laurie Burnham; Student, Joseph Coston; PV Technologist, Doug Robb; Sandia PV Researcher, Dan Riley; and PV Technologist, William Snyder.

Sandia snow-shedding paper chosen as an ‘Editor’s Pick,’ featured in Best of Advanced Materials Technologies 2021
News Article, June 7, 2022 • A photovoltaics (PV) research team led by Sandia National Laboratories recently learned that their journal article, "Facilitating large-scale snow shedding from in-field solar arrays using icephobic surfaces with low-interfacial toughness," was chosen as an Editor's Pick and is featured in the annual Best of Advanced Materials Technologies issue. The Best...
Imagesof snow-covered, photovoltaic panels, where snow has shed from panels with new snowphobic coatings developed at Sandia.

Sandia solar facilities to host American Solar Energy Society conference tour
News Article, March 25, 2022 • The 51st Annual National Solar Conference will be held June 21-24, 2022, in Albuquerque, NM, at the University of New Mexico campus and online. Hosted by the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and the New Mexico Solar Energy Association (NMSEA) this year’s technical sessions will include topics such as: Grid...

Sandia solar scientist receives HENAAC Award
News Article, November 1, 2021 • Systems engineering researcher Dr. Ken Armijo has been selected to receive the 2021 Hispanic Engineers National Achievement Awards Conference’s (HENAAC) Most Promising Engineer or Scientist with Advanced Degree (PhD) Award. Sponsored by Great Minds in Stem (GMiS), the award honors the best and brightest science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)...
Dr. Ken Armijo

Sandia sponsors New Mexico Earth Day Festival
News Article, March 21, 2024 • Sandia National Laboratories is sponsoring the Earth Day Festival NM 2024 event on Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque. Join Sandia in this celebration of our planet and discover ways all of us can take action to protect it. This family-friendly event...
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