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2024 European PVPMC Workshop announces call for abstracts
News Article, April 15, 2024 • Sandia National Laboratories’ PV Performance and Modelling Collaborative has released a call for abstracts for the 2024 European PVPMC Workshop. The Technical University of Denmark, European Energy, and Sandia will host the event taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 21-22, 2024.  Workshop organizers are currently inviting session abstracts on the...
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Albuquerque mayor honors Sandia researcher who invests in his community
News Article, November 22, 2024 • Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller recently honored Sandia solar researcher Ken Armijo for his outstanding community service and volunteer impact in the local community. Armijo, along with several other volunteers and one volunteer organization, were recognized in late October during a ceremony for their diverse contributions and work to support those...

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

Concentrating Solar Technologies Program to host System Advisor Model (SAM) seminar
News Article, November 28, 2022 • Sandia National Laboratories’ Concentrating Solar Technologies Program, as part of its Concentrating Solar Seminar Series and in conjunction with the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF), will present, “System Advisor Model (SAM) for Concentrating Solar Power,” facilitated by Paul Gilman, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00...

CSP Seminar Series: Overview and Opportunities for the Generation 3 Particle Pilot Plant
News Article, October 4, 2024 • The next installment of the National Solar Thermal Test Facility’s Concentrating Solar Power Seminar Series will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, from 10-11 a.m. MDT. Join Generation 3 Particle Pilot Plant (G3P3) Principal Investigator Jeremy Sment for “Overview and Opportunities for the Generation 3 Particle Pilot Plant,” an...
Image of the two towers:orignal built in 197 and the new G3P3 tower with heliostats at the bottom

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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Family-friendly Earth Day virtual event
News Article, April 20, 2022 • Sandia is partnering with national laboratories across the country to host a ‘Sunrise to Sunset’ Earth Day celebration on April 22. The day-long event will feature science-based, educational activities for kids K-12. At 11:30AM (MST) Sandia’s Kenny Armijo will provide a tour of the National Solar Thermal Test Facility and...

IEA Task 13 report offers new guidelines for photovoltaic bifacial tracker systems
News Article, September 20, 2024 • Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories were part of an international team to publish a new report featuring best practices for bifacial photovoltaic tracking systems. In August, the International Energy Agency Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme Task 13 released, “Best Practices for the Optimization of Bifacial Tracking Systems 2024,” which provides an...

National Solar Thermal Test Facility prepares for new tower construction
News Article, January 23, 2023 • Construction on the new tower at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) is planned to begin Feb. 16, 2023, with a groundbreaking ceremony to take place at the facility. The tower is part of the Phase III, $25 million award announced by The U.S. Department of Energy...

National Solar Thermal Test Facility to take part in American Solar Energy Society Virtual Tour
News Article, September 30, 2022 • Sandia National Laboratories’ (Sandia) Renewable Energy programs will participate in the American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour Oct. 1-2, 2022. The largest grassroots solar, renewable energy, and sustainable living event in the nation will offer a glimpse into the renewable energy research and development taking place at Sandia, and...

New virtual tour that’s got the power
News Article, April 3, 2023 • It hasn’t harnessed the power of Shazam, yet, but the Distributed Energy and Technologies Laboratory (DETL) is exploring how to integrate emerging technologies into today’s energy grid. Discover everything DETL is doing with solar power, electric vehicles, battery technology and more, all from the comfort of your desktop or mobile...

Photovoltaic panels catch the sun despite the snow
News Article, July 20, 2022 • Alaska trials of icephobic coating show 85% increase in energy output A Sandia-led research team has developed a transparent, polymeric-based coating that helps photovoltaic panels continuously shed snow and ice. Early field trials in Alaska demonstrated that coated panels can produce 85% more energy, compared to uncoated panels. Preliminary data...

Plenary session to present the results of a blind photovoltaic modeling intercomparison
News Article, September 14, 2022 • Sandia photovoltaic researcher Marios Theristis will be one of three plenary speakers featured at the scientific opening session of the upcoming 8th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-8) to take place Sept. 26-30, 2022, at the Milano Convention Centre in Milan, Italy. Theristis will present, “International Photovoltaic Modeling Intercomparison,”...
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PV Performance Modeling Collaborative Workshop explores PV technical challenges and opportunities
News Article, October 16, 2024 • Sandia National Laboratories, the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and European Energy co-organized and hosted the 2024 PV Performance Modeling Collaborative (PVPMC) Workshop in Copenhagen, Denmark, August 21 – 23, 2024. The three-day event focused on research and development to increase the accuracy and technical rigor of PV performance models...

Registration now open for the 2024 PVPMC Workshop
News Article, March 29, 2024 • The 2024 PV Performance Modeling Collaborative Workshop will take place May 7–9, 2024, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Registration is now open.   The popular workshop addresses the current state of photovoltaic system models, works to develop a path forward for establishing best practices on PV system performance modeling and sets the...
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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 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 Pilot Program to Assist Small Clean-Energy Companies
News Article, July 23, 2015 • The National Solar Thermal Test Facility at Sandia could be used for collaborative research through the Small Business Voucher Pilot. (Photo by Randy Montoya) The DOE chose Sandia as one of five leads in a pilot that will give small, clean-energy companies access to national laboratory expertise and resources. Sandia...

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...
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