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October 28, 2009
Sandia, others funded to sequence microbial genes for potential biofuels use
The 454 genome sequencing instruments (shown here at the Joint Genome Institute’s Walnut Creek, Calif., headquarters) are among the platforms to be utilized in the grasslands project. Photo courtesy of Roy Kaltschmidt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Click the image to [...]
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July 16, 2009
Sandia sponsors Earth, Wind, and Sun conference
July 21-22 event to feature keynote speakers, workshops, 60 booths
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Speakers, booths, tours and workshops on how to green buildings to conserve energy and water and to reduce the environmental impact of transportation will be part of the second annual Earth, Wind and [...]
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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 [...]
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June 4, 2009
New type of membrane developed at Sandia may help make hydrogen hybrid cars a reality
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers may have developed the key to making hydrogen cars a commercial reality.
A major roadblock in the development of hydrogen cars has been the lack of a reliable hydrogen fuel cell [...]
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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 [...]
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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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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., [...]
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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 [...]
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April 20, 2009
Sandia to celebrate Earth Day April 22 with a variety of events
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories will celebrate Earth Day April 22 with events ranging from a talk by a landscape designer to a variety of booths encouraging people to put a little “green” in their lives. The theme [...]
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April 2, 2009
Energy policy must reconcile values across security, economics, and the environment, energy leaders assert
LIVERMORE, Calif. — At a workshop convened by Sandia National Laboratories and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Sustainability Solutions Institute (SSI), some 25 leaders from academia, government, and the private sector gathered on March 18-19 to [...]
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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 [...]
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