Post, August 25, 2021 • Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage: Development and construction of a 10MVA liquid helium cooled Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) device by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and deployment to stabilize the 900 mile, ac intertie between BPA and Southern California. (ref: LANL Publication)
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1997 R&D 100 Award
Post, August 25, 2021 • Transportable PQ2000 BESS Technology: PQ2000 Power Quality System Developers: AC Battery Corp.Electric Power Research InstituteOglethorpe Power Corp.Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.Sandia National LaboratoriesU.S. DOE – Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program The PQ2000 Power Quality System is an easily installed power source that delivers up to 2,000,000 watts for 30 seconds, and it...
2003 R&D 100 Award
Post, August 25, 2021 • Fiber Optic Electrical Current Transducer Technology: Fiber Optic Electrical Current Transducer Developers: Airak, Inc.PPISandia National LaboratoriesU.S. DOE – Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program The Fiber Optic Electrical Current Transducer is an optical current sensor that measures current, magnetic fields, and ambient/conductor temperature in high-power applications with increased safety, isolation, and...
2003 R&D 100 Awards
Post, August 25, 2021 • Technology: Emitter Turn-Off (ETO) Thyristor Switch Emitter Turn-Off (ETO) Thyristor Switch Developers: SolitronicsVirginia TechAmerican Competitiveness InstituteU.S. DOE – Office of Electricity, Energy Storage ProgramSandia National Laboratories The Emitter Turn-Off (ETO) Thyristor Switch (pdf) is an inexpensive, high power/high speed, semiconductor switch for use in high power converters requiring elevated current and reverse voltage...
2009 & 2010 Energy Storage Association Philip Symons Award
Post, August 30, 2021 • Dr. Imre Gyuk, Energy Storage Program Manager, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, was named winner of the 2009 Energy Storage Association’s Philip Symons Award. Also, John Boyes of Sandia National Laboratories was awarded the ESA’s 2010 Philip Symons Award. The award is in memory of ESA founding member,...
2009 R&D 100 Award
Post, August 30, 2021 • Technology: High-temperature Silicon Carbide (SiC) Power Module SiC Power Module (covered and exposed) Developers: Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc.Univ. of ArkansasRohm Co., Ltd.Sandia National LaboratoriesU.S. DOE – Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program The High-temperature Silicon Carbide (SiC) Power Module is a high-temperature 250°C power module implementing silicon carbide power transistors and integrated...
2011 R&D 100 Award
Post, August 30, 2021 • Ultra-high-voltage Silicon Carbide Thyristor Technology: Silicon-carbide thyristor Developers: GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc.Sandia National LaboratoriesU.S. DOE – Office of Electricity, Energy Storage ProgramU.S. Army/Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center Ultra-high-voltage Silicon Carbide Thyristor A DOE Energy Storage Systems project, managed by Sandia National Laboratories in partnership with GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc., and the U.S....
2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
Post, August 30, 2021 • Dr. Stanley Atcitty, left, and Dr. Imre Gyuk, right, at the Smithsonian, following the 2012 PECASE awards ceremony. Dr. Stanley Atcitty, an energy storage systems researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, was among 13 U.S. Dept. of Energy-funded researchers to be named a winner of the 2012 Presidential Early Career Award...
2015 R&D 100 Award
Post, August 30, 2021 • 6.5 kV 60A SiC JFET Half-Bridge Module Technology: 6.5 kV Enhancement-Mode Silicon Carbide JFET Switch Developers: United Silicon Carbide Inc.Sandia National LaboratoriesU.S. DOE – Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program For the next-generation power-conversion technology to meet the efficiency and reliability demands of integrated renewables and energy storage systems requires using...
2016 NAATBatt Lifetime Achievement Award
Post, August 30, 2021 • Dr. Imre Gyuk, Energy Storage Program Manager, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability The NAATBatt International Board of Directors presented the 2016 NAATBatt Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service to Dr. Imre Gyuk, Energy Storage Program Manager of the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy...
2016 R&D 100 Award
Post, August 30, 2021 • 200A PHPBT Green Tech Special Recognition Technology: Precision High Power Battery Tester (PHPBT) Developers: Sandia National LaboratoriesArbin InstrumentsU.S. DOE – Office of Electricity, Energy Storage ProgramMontana TechFord Motor Company The PHPBT uses high-precision charge/discharge test measurements at up to 200A current to capture electrochemical measurements such as coulombic efficiency with greater...
2017 R&D 100 Award
Post, August 30, 2021 • Technology: Control System for Active Damping of Inter-Area Oscillations Today, electric power grids operate well below transmission capacity to avoid widespread outages due to inter-area oscillations. This new control system improves electric power grid reliability by continuously damping inter-area oscillations, allowing greater power transfer. This control system is the first successful grid demonstration...
2019 EPA Green Chemistry Challenge Winners
Post, August 30, 2021 • Prof. Sanjoy Banerjee of City College of New York and City University of New York Energy Institute, Sandia National Laboratories, Urban Electric Power, Inc., Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the Department of Energy Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Research Program won the 2019 US Environmental Protection Agency Green Chemistry Challenge Award in the...
2019 R&D 100 Award Green Tech Special Recognition
Post, August 30, 2021 • Technology: SiC-based Monolithic Transistor Rectifier Semiconductor Switch Developers: Sandia National LaboratoriesGeneSiC Semiconductor Sandia National Laboratories, in collaboration with GeneSiC Semiconductor, has won Special Recognition for developing the industry’s first commercially available silicon-carbide, transistor rectifier on a single chip. The monolithic transistor rectifier switch allows power-electronic systems to operate at a four-times-higher...
American Indian Science and Engineering Society recognizes early-career Sandia engineer
Post, August 30, 2021 • Dr. Stan Atcitty, who leads the DOE Energy Storage Power Electronics subprogram at Sandia National Laboratories, mentors and coaches many American Indian students and young professionals. One of which is, Dylan Moriarty, a member of the Navajo Tribe. Dylan has been named the 2019 Most Promising Engineer or Scientist by...
R&D 100 Winner 2022: Iron Nitride Soft Magnetics
Post, February 15, 2023 • Iron nitride (Fe4N), a new soft magnetic material, is a high-magnetization and high-resistivity soft magnetic alloy. Fe4N soft magnetic components can reduce next-generation smart grid power electronics system size and weight by up to an order of magnitude over existing state-of-the-art soft magnetic materials, while also realizing increases in efficiency....
Redox Battery receives Green Chemistry Challenge Award
Post, August 30, 2021 • On June 12, 2017 UniEnergy Technology (UET) and Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNNL) jointly received the prestigious EPA / American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Challenge Award. The achievement being recognized is the development and commercialization of an advanced Vanadium flow battery. Using an ingenious mixed acid electrolyte, research at PNNL, funded...
Sandia National Laboratories’ Dr. Leo Small recognized by Royal Society of Chemistry
Post, August 30, 2021 • Dr. Leo Small of Sandia National Laboratories was recognized by the editors of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) as an Outstanding Reviewer on the RSC Advances reviewer panel. Responsible for peer reviews of @20 papers in 2018, this is an important recognition of Dr. Small’s technical visibility and respect in the...
Sandia National Laboratories’ Jon Ihlefeld Receives American Ceramics Society’s 2017 Richard M. Fulrath Award
Post, August 30, 2021 • Jon Ihlefeld, Distinguished Member of Sandia National Laboratories’ Technical Staff Dr. Jon Ihlefeld, a Distinguished Member of Sandia National Laboratories’ Technical Staff, was unanimously selected to receive The American Ceramics Society’s 2017 Richard M. Fulrath Award for his contributions to electronic ceramics research and development. The award will be presented...
Sandia National Laboratories’ Stan Atcitty Honored by New Mexico State House of Representatives
Post, August 30, 2021 • Dr. Stan Atcitty, who leads the DOE Energy Storage Power Electronics subprogram at Sandia National Laboratories, was honored as a distinguished SNL technical staff member and as a serial innovator and multiple R&D 100 recipient. New Mexico House Representative Abbas Akhil asked Dr. Atcitty to join him at the New...