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Aerodynamic Wind-Turbine Blade Design for the National Rotor Testbed
News Article, November 13, 2015 • The NRT blade shape as viewed from the tip and at an elevation angle of 30° above the suction surface. Sandia has designed a new wind-turbine blade for the National Rotor Testbed (NRT) project and for future experiments at the Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) facility with a specific focus...

Investigations on Anti-biofouling Zwitterionic Coatings for MHK Is Now in Press
News Article, November 13, 2015 • Sandia’s Marine Hydrokinetic (MHK) Advanced Materials program has a new publication on the antifouling efficacy of zwitterionic coatings. These polymeric coatings contain no metal and have both positive and negative chemical charges as part of their molecular structure. The coating was investigated in response to finding environmentally friendly materials for...

New CREW Database Receives First Set of Data
News Article, November 13, 2015 • The CREW public benchmark represents analysis of US wind fleet performance based on aggregated fleet reliability data. Sandia’s Continuous Reliability Enhancement for Wind (CREW) project has received its first large set of data, which reassessed its data-collection efforts to target wind-farm owner/operators that have in-house reliability data collection tools. After...