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PV performance and modeling collaborative seeks 2025 workshop topics
January 10, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories, CFV Labs and GroundWork Renewables are soliciting technical presentation proposals from the photovoltaic community for the 2025 PVPMC Workshop to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 13-15, 2025. The workshop’s Call for Abstracts seeks submissions from stakeholders on topics such as modeling approaches, new data and other noteworthy...

CSP seminar series session focuses on bulk solids handling
January 8, 2025 • Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility welcomes Greg Mehos, director of Greg Mehos & Associates LLC, for the next session of the Concentrating Solar Power Seminar Series. “Storage and Flow of Bulk Solids,” will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. MST to 11:00 a.m. MST. When compared to...

Increasing efficiency and power density for next-generation electric drivetrains
December 23, 2024 • (a) Simplified diagram of the GaN trench MOSFET. (b) Image of the MOSFET devices under test. (c) Image of the 2” wafer as fabricated. While the underlying science benefits a range of potential applications and industries, the team’s research was funded by the DOE Vehicle Technologies Office which is investigating...

TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo 2025 call for papers now open
December 17, 2024 • The TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo event aims to bring together experts in technology research and innovation, storage implementation, commercialization and markets, and regulatory frameworks to explore how storage can continue to expand its real-world impact. Deployment and application of battery energy storage systems (BESS) continue to grow at...

Sandia releases new report on social burden applications with utility partners
December 9, 2024 • Sandia, working with Southern California Edison and the California Public Utilities Commission, is evaluating how electric utilities can use equity and resilience metrics to help inform resilience-driven infrastructure investments for climate adaptation. Sandia’s newest report, Integration of Equitable Resilience Metrics into Climate-Informed Electric Utility Planning Processes, Phase One, evaluated Social...
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Algae scrubbing for waterway remediation and biofuel production
December 3, 2024 • Photo caption: Principal Investigator Ryan Davis and team have advanced an algae flow-way system that reclaims major nutrients, metals, and organic and inorganic carbon from surface waters. Sandia researchers are advancing algae flow-way systems that screen out pollutants from the environment. Designed to simultaneously remediate water and grow algae for...
A researcher in a lab coat sits beside a flow way containing algae

Albuquerque mayor honors Sandia researcher who invests in his community
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...

Sandia addresses barriers to hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines
November 18, 2024 • Pre-ignition is one of the key barriers preventing hydrogen-fueled combustion engines from achieving efficiency and power-density parity with current diesel powertrains. To address this issue, Sandia has developed an experimental framework to isolate and study various sources of pre-ignition. The research team recently updated the framework with a new methodology...
Conceptual schematic of the pre-ignition mechanisms in a hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine (left). A multi-camera, high-speed system for testing and visualizing oil pre-ignition using Sandia's optical engine (right).

New report uses data to uncover similarities across Permian Basin counties
November 4, 2024 • A new report by the Permian Energy Development Lab provides a framework for studying a large and diverse geographic area by aligning counties based on shared characteristics rather than just physical proximity. The report, “Community archetypes in the Permian Basin and their relationship to energy resources,” highlights the differences and...
A map showing the Permian Basin region which stretches from southeast New Mexico into southwestern Texas

Sandia develops mobile cybersecurity test for electric vehicle charging stations
November 1, 2024 • Sandia, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, developed a new approach that allows for agile, mobile testing of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The new testing method, which focuses on communications and cybersecurity functionality of electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), could fill a critical need in the future of grid...

Sandia releases Microgrid Design Toolkit 1.4 to the public
October 31, 2024 • Sandia has released the latest Microgrid Design Toolkit 1.4 software download to the public. MDT 1.4 expands on Sandia’s existing MDT build, which serves as a decision support software for microgrid designers. Download the Microgrid Design Toolkit Intended for use in the early stages of the design process, MDT uses...
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Finding the right mix to make engines cleaner
October 29, 2024 • Diesel fuel, used to fuel vehicles, heavy machinery, and generators, produces harmful emissions like particulate matter (soot) and nitrogen oxides when burned. Sandia’s Charles Mueller and collaborators were recently featured for their work as part of an Energy I-Corps team that focused on lowering harmful emissions from diesel engines. The...

OpenCSP, a new platform for open code and data, launches during SolarPACES 2024
October 10, 2024 • Sandia National Laboratories’ Concentrating Solar Power program recently launched OpenCSP, a collaborative environment for CSP code and data development. The new, open-source platform is comprised of source code, applications and data to enable collaborative development for the CSP community worldwide. The platform’s launch was announced this week during SolarPACES 2024...
heliostats reflectng sunset at NSTTF

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day 2024
October 8, 2024 • October 8 recognizes National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day. The date — 10/08 — represents the atomic weight of hydrogen, the most abundant element on Earth. Sandia’s hydrogen and fuel cells technologies programs celebrated multiple highlights this year — from a notable test contributing to the safety codes and standards...

CSP Seminar Series: Overview and Opportunities for the Generation 3 Particle Pilot Plant
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

eGrid 2024 Workshop registration now open
October 2, 2024 • The 9th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGrid 2024) will be held November 19–21, 2024, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. This international workshop, sponsored by IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) and organized by Sandia National Laboratories, will provide a forum...

Where did it come from? Climate research
September 23, 2024 • Andy McIlroy warmly recalls Labs Director James Peery’s first visit to Sandia’s California site in January 2020. “He’d been on the job for less than two weeks, yet he was laser-focused on discussing a strategy for how Sandia approaches climate change,” Andy said. James asked Andy to champion development of...
Scientists in and in front of the Da Vinci II balloon

IEA Task 13 report offers new guidelines for photovoltaic bifacial tracker systems
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...

Successful G3P3 receiver test is a step towards commercial scalability
September 18, 2024 • Researchers at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility have successfully tested the Generation 3 Particle Pilot Plant’s falling particle receiver. This new receiver is double the size of its predecessor and operates at two megawatts of concentrated radiative energy. The test represents an important step toward the commercial scalability of...

Transformation in the Permian Basin
September 17, 2024 • Stretching across 66 counties in West Texas and eastern New Mexico, the vast region known as the Permian Basin is a cornerstone of the U.S. energy economy. The Permian Basin accounts for nearly half of U.S. crude oil production, and if it were a country, it would be one of...
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TCF Open Voucher Call application window closes soon
September 16, 2024 • Do you know entrepreneurs and innovators with big ideas to advance clean energy technologies? Let them know the submission deadline for the Office of Technology Transitions’ (TCF) Open Voucher Call is Oct. 3, 2024.   The Technology Commercialization Fund Open Voucher Call will award up to 21 vouchers worth $100,000 each....

How do you ship a wave? In a box, of course. A WaveBox.
September 12, 2024 • A forklift loads the SWEPT Lab onto a flatbed truck A group of engineers watch as a forklift moves a shipping container onto a flatbed truck. The container is about to embark on a four-day trip from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Corvallis, Oregon. Inside the container is a one-of-a-kind mobile...

Sandia launches new cyber labeling webpage
August 1, 2024 • Sandia partnered with five other DOE national laboratories to investigate the applicability of a labeling program for operational technology, such as solar inverters and smart meters. We are now excited to share research findings on our new cyber labeling webpage.   Our cyber labeling research is intended to answer a variety...
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