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Sandia to host Deployable Wind Power for Defense and Disaster Response Workshop on June 17th

News Article, June 13, 2022 • Sandia National Laboratories, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, and the University of Dayton Research Institute will present the Deployable Wind Power for Defense and Disaster Response Workshop on June 17, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. EDT. Stakeholders from the defense and disaster response communities are invited to attend to...

Sandia to participate in panel on role of emerging technologies for Arctic energy justice

News Article, January 25, 2022 • Renewable energy technologies’ program manager Abraham Ellis will represent Sandia as a panelist in an upcoming ArcticX virtual event on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 12:00-2:00 p.m. MST. The panel will focus on the role of emerging technologies to address energy justice in the Arctic. Ellis will discuss Sandia’s experience with...

Sandia to study effects of wildfire smoke on the reliability of solar power

News Article, March 4, 2024 • Sandia National Laboratories’ Photovoltaics program recently won a Small Innovative Projects in Solar (SIPS) award to study the effects of smoke exposure on PV power plants. The award, which focuses on innovative, early-stage ideas that can produce significant results within the first year and lay the foundation for continued research,...

Sandia Wind Energy Technologies Program takes lead for six incubator awards

News Article, November 8, 2023 • Sandia National Laboratories received the lead on six new incubator awards announced by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office on October 20. WETO provided the wind-specific seed funding for a new program to create novel pathways to innovation while allowing the national labs a higher degree of risk...

Sandia, UNM Form Alliance to Promote Research, Recruiting

News Article, September 10, 2015 • By signing the memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a Strategic Alliance, then Sandia President and Director Paul Hommert and University of New Mexico Provost Chaouki Abdallah expanded our institutions’ commitment to work together to help redefine the future of science and engineering for national security, partner on research, and jointly...

Sandia’s concentrating solar power program to take part in upcoming 2022 SolarPACES Conference

News Article, September 23, 2022 • Sandia National Laboratories' (Sandia) researchers will present and exhibit at the upcoming SolarPACES 2022 conference taking place Sept. 27-30, 2022, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The conference will be held at the Albuquerque Convention Center, and feature esteemed speakers such as Martin Heinrich, United States Senator for New Mexico; Avi Shultz,...

Sandia’s concentrating solar quarterly seminar addresses challenges associated with surfaces at high temperatures

News Article, June 22, 2022 • Sandia National Laboratories’ Concentrating Solar Power Program will present its third quarterly concentrating solar seminar, “Textured Surfaces for Applications in Concentrating Solar Power,” on June 23, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. MDT. Professor Ranga Pitchumani, of the Advanced Materials and Technologies Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering...

Sandia’s concentrating solar quarterly seminar addresses paradigms in thermal energy storage

News Article, August 30, 2022 • Join Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility as it hosts, “Thermal Energy Storage Paradigms,” with featured guest Dr. Charles Forsberg, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, from 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m., MT. This fifth session of the Quarterly Concentrating Solar Seminar Series will include:...

Sandia’s marine researchers to host MASK Basin WEC Workshop Information Session

News Article, May 11, 2023 • Join Sandia National Laboratories as it hosts the “WEC Design, Modeling, Control, and Testing Workshop Information Session,” Tuesday, June 6, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. MT. During this informative session, you’ll learn what to expect at the in-person WEC workshop hosted by Sandia later this year. The in-person...
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Sandia’s SpinnerLidar project chosen to bring enhanced wind turbine technology to market

News Article, July 8, 2024 • The U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office selected Sandia National Laboratories’ SpinnerLidar project for funding through the fiscal year 2024 Base Annual Appropriations Technology Commercialization Fund. The SpinnerLidar was designed by the Technical University of Denmark and can measure the wind with higher spatial and temporal resolution than...
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Sandia’s Water Power program to present WEC Design Optimization Toolbox webinar

News Article, January 14, 2022 • Join Sandia National Laboratories as it hosts a webinar on the “WEC Design Optimization Toolbox (WecOptTool)” on Feb. 7, 2022, from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET. The Wave Energy Converter Design Optimization Toolbox (WecOptTool) is an open-source software for conducting optimization studies of wave energy converters (WEC) and their control strategies....

Sandia’s Water Power program to present WEC Power-Takeoff (PTO) Testing webinar

News Article, March 14, 2023 • Join Sandia National Laboratories as it hosts the webinar, “WEC PTO Testing” on March 24, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. MT. The design and testing of power take-off (PTO) systems for wave energy converters (WECs) is critically important to functionality and performance. This webinar will discuss the key...

Sandia’s Wind Energy Program releases its FY21 Accomplishments Report

News Article, April 8, 2022 • Sandia National Laboratories’ Wind Energy Program has released its Wind Energy Program FY21 Accomplishments Report. The portfolio consists of funding provided by the DOE EERE Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), DOE Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), and the Sandia Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD)...

Sandia’s Wind Energy Program releases its FY22 Accomplishments Report 

News Article, April 5, 2023 • Sandia National Laboratories Wind Energy Program has released its Wind Energy Program FY22 Accomplishments Report. The portfolio consists of projects funded by the DOE EERE Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), DOE Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office, and the Sandia Laboratory Directed Research and Development...

Sandia’s Wind Energy Program releases its FY23 Accomplishments Report

News Article, April 3, 2024 • Sandia National Laboratories’ Wind Energy program has released its Sandia Wind Energy Program FY23 Accomplishments Report. The portfolio consists of projects funded by the DOE EERE Wind Energy Technologies Office, DOE Technology Commercialization Fund, Sandia Strategic Partnerships Projects, and the Sandia Laboratory Directed Research and Development program.     The Wind Energy...

Save the Date — 2022 Sandia Blade Workshop: Oct. 17-20, Albuquerque, NM

News Article, March 1, 2022 • Save the Date! When: October 17—20, 2022 Where: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Please mark your calendars for the return of the Sandia Blade Workshop, in-person and in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Oct. 17-20, 2022. The workshop brings together wind industry experts, wind farm stakeholders and operators, manufacturers, and researchers to address...

Successful G3P3 receiver test is a step towards commercial scalability

News Article, September 18, 2024 • Researchers at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility have successfully tested the Generation 3 Particle Pilot Plant’s falling particle receiver. This new receiver is double the size of its predecessor and operates at two megawatts of concentrated radiative energy. The test represents an important step toward the commercial scalability of...

Surf’s Up! Free webinar on wave energy

News Article, March 20, 2024 • Join our free webinar on March 26 at 11 a.m. Eastern Time with Sandia National Laboratories’ Ryan Coe, Giorgio Bacelli, Dominic Forbush and Tim Donnelly. They will share and discuss recent results from WEC co-design testing on the “WaveBot” device at the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Maneuvering...

TCF Open Voucher Call application window closes soon

News Article, September 16, 2024 • Do you know entrepreneurs and innovators with big ideas to advance clean energy technologies? Let them know the submission deadline for the Office of Technology Transitions’ (TCF) Open Voucher Call is Oct. 3, 2024.   The Technology Commercialization Fund Open Voucher Call will award up to 21 vouchers worth $100,000 each....

TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo 2025 call for papers now open

News Article, December 17, 2024 • The TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo event aims to bring together experts in technology research and innovation, storage implementation, commercialization and markets, and regulatory frameworks to explore how storage can continue to expand its real-world impact. Deployment and application of battery energy storage systems (BESS) continue to grow at...

Technology Commercialization Fund Voucher Call is now open

News Article, June 17, 2024 • Do you know an entrepreneur, innovator, or community partner looking for technical assistance to bring their technology to market? Consider sharing the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Open Voucher Call. The new $2.1 million opportunity will make $100,000 vouchers available to innovators, entrepreneurs,...
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Transformation in the Permian Basin

News Article, September 17, 2024 • Stretching across 66 counties in West Texas and eastern New Mexico, the vast region known as the Permian Basin is a cornerstone of the U.S. energy economy. The Permian Basin accounts for nearly half of U.S. crude oil production, and if it were a country, it would be one of...
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Using the power of the sun to roast green chile

News Article, July 7, 2022 • Greener approach to a New Mexican staple opens possibilities for sustainable food roasting Sandia National Laboratories engineer Kenneth Armijo, who grew up on a chile farm in Sabinal, located between Albuquerque and Socorro, New Mexico, thought there was a “greener” way to roast green chile. The results of his experiments...

Water Power Technologies Office releases 2021-2022 Accomplishments Report

News Article, May 3, 2023 • The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) recently released its 2021-2022 Accomplishments Report, which highlights a selection of projects focused on advancing hydropower and marine energy technologies to help achieve a carbon-free power sector by 2035 and net-zero-emissions economy by 2050 in the United States. Sandia...
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