Program Areas Energy Efficiency Energy Research Critical Infrastructure Protection Nuclear Energy Renewable & Fossil Energy Waste Legacy

Renewable Energy / Fossil Energy Since the early 1970s, Sandia has applied the system analysis, technology development, and engineering design expertise derived from our nuclear weapons program to advance energy technology needs. Initially, this work focused on the identification and development of fundamental concepts to meet these needs, and through the years we sought to bring about further engineering improvements. Recently, emphasis has turned to application and industrial use of these technologies, a focus ideally suited for the engineering orientation of Sandia. The Renewable Energy / Fossil Energy Program currently includes the following Program Areas: Fossil Energy Renewable Energy Technologies Much of the work centers around partnering with industrial suppliers and users of the technology. Projects utilize a wide and diverse set of capabilities ranging from the ability to perform a broad base of energy system studies to solid state physics. Capabilities also include expertise in geoscience and geotechnology, materials science, combustion science and technology, electrochemistry, computer science, and inorganic and organic chemistry, as well as the broad disciplines of electrical, chemical, and mechanical engineering, and engineering mechanics. This Program is ideally suited to take advantage of an emerging national focus to develop energy supply resources and conversion/utilization processes that fully account for and reduce potential environmental consequences. Renewable energy technologies, technologies for reduced industrial waste generation, technologies for more efficient extraction energy resources from the earth, advanced transportation technologies with significantly reduced environmental impact, and development of advanced material such as catalysts and membranes for improved energy conversion processes are all areas of this Program that will have a vital role. Of particular note is our interest in contributing to technology development for advanced transportation systems that essentially take the automobile out of the environmental equation. While the DOE will remain our primary customer, we will work increasingly closer with partners and stakeholders such as the automotive industry, other manufacturers, the oil, gas, and geothermal industries, regulatory bodies, electric and gas research institutes, and state and local governments as we seek to facilitate the implementation of these technologies. In addition, we will work with U.S. government agencies and U.S. industrial technology suppliers to assist the implementation of these technologies in the international marketplace. While the application focus of the Program will be important maintaining our sound, advanced technology base and our leadership role in these technologies will be essential. Contact: Andrew Flood Sandia National Laboratories P.O. Box 5800, MS-0741 Albuquerque, NM 87185-0741 Phone: 505-844-1099, Fax: 505-844-7786 Email: apflood@sandia.gov This page was last updated on 06/20/01