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DOE Completes Construction of State-of-the-Art Wind Plant Performance Facility

On April 17, 2013, in Energy, Events, News & Events, Partnership, Renewable Energy, SWIFT, Wind Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy and Vestas R&D have completed construction of a new state-of-the-art wind plant research facility at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) facility is the first U.S. facility specifically designed and constructed to tackle the challenges of the DOE Wind Farm of the Future program. [...]


SSLS Exhibit at Explora Museum

On April 14, 2013, in ECIS, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Events, News, News & Events, Solid-State Lighting

EFRC scientist Jeff Tsao, in conjunction with Sandia Erik Spoerke and UNM scientist Patrick Johnson, volunteered at Explora Museum over the weekend. The three scientists participated in a program event hosted by Explora called Portal to the Public, whose goal is to, “Engage in experiential activities with scientists that are your neighbors in the c0mmunity.” [...]


Jonathan Wierer to Present at Illuminating Engineering Society-Albuquerque Section Meeting

On April 12, 2013, in ECIS, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Events, News & Events, Solid-State Lighting

One of our SSLS scientists, Jonathan Wierer, is presenting at the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)-Albuquerque section meeting. The goal of IES is to, “improve the lighted environment by bringing together those with lighting knowledge and by translating that knowledge into actions that will benefit the general populace.” His talk titled, “Latest SSL work at Sandia [...]


George Wang’s Invited Talk at 2013 tSSL

On March 26, 2013, in Conferences, ECIS, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Surety, Events, News, News & Events, Solid-State Lighting

George Wang, a senior investigator in solid-state lighting science, was invited to speak at the 7th Taiwan Solid-State Lighting (2013 tSSL). The conference was held on March 26th-27th in Taipei, Taiwan. The purpose of tSSL is “to bring together scientists and engineers actively engaged in research, development, and manufacturing on all aspects of Solid State [...]


Sandia Report Offers Reliable Way to Evaluate Unintentional Islanding Risk

On February 28, 2013, in DETL, Distribution Grid Integration, Energy, Energy Assurance, Energy Surety, Events, Grid Integration, Infrastructure Security, Microgrid, News & Events, Photovoltaic, Renewable Energy, Research & Capabilities, Solar, Solar Newsletter, SunShot

A recently released Sandia National Laboratories report, “Suggested Guidelines for Assessment of DG Unintentional Islanding Risk,” outlines a procedure to help utility distribution engineers determine the risk of unintentional islanding in distributed energy generation installations. By providing a quick and reliable way to identify situations in which such risk is negligible, Sandia’s approach can help [...]


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