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Biennial Sandia Blade Workshop returns to Albuquerque
News Article, February 3, 2023 • After a four-year hiatus, the Sandia Blade Workshop returned to Albuquerque in October. The workshop is a key venue for wind energy stakeholders, bringing together wind industry experts, wind farm owners and operators, manufacturers, and researchers from across the world. The 2022 conference, Oct. 17–20, drew record-breaking attendance with more...

PV Performance Modeling Collaborative accepting workshop proposals
News Article, February 1, 2023 • The PV Performance Modeling Collaborative (PVPMC) is currently accepting presentation proposals from the PV community for the 2023 PVPMC Workshop to be held May 9-10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Co-sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories, GroundWorkRenewables and CFV Labs, the two-day workshop will examine the technical challenges and opportunities...

Registration is now open for the 2022 Sandia Blade Workshop
News Article, June 29, 2022 • We are pleased to announce registration is now open for the 2022 Sandia Blade Workshop to be held Oct. 17-20, 2022, in Albuquerque, NM. To register, please visit the Eventbrite webpage, and keep in mind that your registration is not complete until also paying the registration fee on Sandia Pay....

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 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 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 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’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...
Image of the SpinnerLidar affixed to the GE wind turbine

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)...

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...