3D-printed part adds value to wind power
A new turbine blade tip promises to make wind energy production more efficient.
Stan Atcitty recognized for tribal electrification work
Award honors power engineers for leadership and innovations that benefit rural communities.
Plugging in new technologies
Lab News looks back on two decades of research at the Distributed Energy Technologies Lab.
Boosting battery research
Sandia researchers are working to make large backup batteries that cost less, hold more energy and are less likely to burst into flame.
Electrical circuits encased in fluid may reshape data-center design
Researchers at Sandia are testing a new method for cooling computer servers that could almost entirely eliminate the need for the power-hungry fans and chillers used in conventional cooling systems.
Earth Month around the Labs
Teams at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility and Photovoltaic System Evaluation Laboratory research new applications for renewable energy.
Sandia microgrid expert named IEEE Fellow
Sandia electrical engineer Michael Ropp has been recognized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his work improving the resiliency of the electrical grid.
From nose cones to molten salts
Since 1978, the National Solar Thermal Test Facility has supported the development of concentrating solar power technologies and served as a testing ground for aerospace and defense applications.
Sandia studies subterranean storage of hydrogen
Sandia engineers and scientists are exploring depleted oil and natural gas reservoirs to determine whether they can be used to store clean hydrogen.
Sandia works to protect electric grid from solar threats, nuclear detonation
Communication systems and infrastructure resilience experts from throughout the Labs collaborated to propose mitigation options to the Department of Homeland Security.