Sandia News Releases

Category Archives: Partnerships / Technology transfer

New SunCatcher™ power system unveiled at National Solar Thermal Test Facility

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July 7, 2009
New SunCatcher™ power system unveiled at National Solar Thermal Test Facility
Sandia worked closely with Stirling Energy Systems, Tessera Solar to optimize design

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Stirling Energy Systems (SES) and Tessera Solar recently unveiled four newly designed solar power collection dishes at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test [...]

Sandia signs agreement with Chinese university

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July 1, 2009
Sandia signs agreement with Chinese university
MOU with Tsinghua University focuses on global issues
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and Tsinghua University in China have signed an agreement that will focus research on global understanding and technical solutions for low-carbon energy alternatives.
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlines the intention to develop cooperative [...]

Hydrogen Road Tour event in Livermore will showcase fuel cell vehicles

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May 27, 2009
Hydrogen Road Tour event in Livermore will showcase fuel cell vehicles

LIVERMORE, Calif. — As Sandia National Laboratories prepares to cohost the upcoming Hydrogen Road Tour in Livermore, Calif., Sandia’s hydrogen program manager, Jay Keller, asserts that recent advances in hydrogen technology are real and significant.
“Sandia has been at the forefront of [...]

Sandia, Purdue investigate new methods for monitoring and operating wind turbines

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May 27, 2009
Sandia, Purdue investigate new methods for monitoring and operating wind turbines

Jon White, a Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University, conducts a field test on one of the Sandia experimental wind turbines in Bushland, Texas. (Photo by Mark Rumsey).
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Sandia signs MOU with Japanese national institute

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May 26, 2009
Sandia signs MOU with Japanese national institute

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have signed an agreement to conduct and share research of mutual interest.
Areas of immediate importance named in the memorandum of understanding include photovoltaics, nanoelectronics, nanomaterials and computational investigations [...]

Sandia successfully completes hydrogen storage system for GM

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May 7, 2009
Sandia successfully completes hydrogen storage system for GM

LIVERMORE, Calif. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have successfully designed and demonstrated key features of a hydrogen storage system that utilizes a complex metal hydride material known as sodium alanate. The system, developed through a multiyear project funded by General Motors Corp., [...]

Sandia, Mesalands Community College sign agreement to jointly research new wind energy technologies

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April 23, 2009
Sandia, Mesalands Community College sign agreement to jointly research new wind energy technologies
MOU is first ever between a two-year college and national laboratory
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In the first arrangement of its kind between a national laboratory and a two-year college, Sandia National Laboratories and Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari, N.M., recently [...]

New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program helps 286 small businesses in 2008

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March 30, 2009
New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program helps 286 small businesses in 2008
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory, assisted 286 small businesses in 2008 with projects ranging from helping a door restoration company to assisting Nambe Pueblo create a water model.
This was Sandia’s eighth year and [...]

Sandia Science & Technology Park receives top award

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February 11, 2009
Sandia Science & Technology Park receives top award
National group recognizes park for success, total community impact

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Sandia Science & Technology Park has received the 13th annual Outstanding Research/Science Park Achievement Award given by the national Association of University Research Parks (AURP).
The award recognizes research parks that excel [...]

Biofuels can provide viable, sustainable solution to reducing petroleum dependence, say Sandia researchers

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February 10, 2009
Biofuels can provide viable, sustainable solution to reducing petroleum dependence, say Sandia researchers

LIVERMORE, Calif. — An in-depth study by Sandia National Laboratories and General Motors Corp. has found that plant and forestry waste and dedicated energy crops could sustainably replace nearly a third of gasoline use by the year 2030.
The [...]

Sandia adopts new agreement forms to allow universities/industry to use facilities

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January 14, 2009
Sandia adopts new agreement forms to allow universities/industry to use facilities

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is adopting two new Department of Energy (DOE) model agreements that will simplify the way universities and industry use the Labs facilities.
DOE recently finalized the agreement forms — one designed for proprietary research and the [...]