Report highlights energy-water-carbon nexus challenges and opportunities May 4, 2022 3:02 pm A new report synthesizes key findings from expert-led discussions on how water can support or influence strategies for reducing greenhouse... View Article
Family-friendly Earth Day virtual event April 20, 2022 4:07 pm Sandia is partnering with national laboratories across the country to host a ‘Sunrise to Sunset’ Earth Day celebration on April... View Article
Innovative Offshore Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Rotors December 22, 2021 12:04 pm This project seeks to advance large offshore vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) rotor technology from concept to lab-scale prototype stage through... View Article
Radar Friendly Blades December 22, 2021 11:59 am Some wind farms have the potential to cause interference with the normal operation of radar systems used for security, weather... View Article
Wind Publications December 22, 2021 11:31 am Journal Articles FY23 Abbas, Nikhar J., Pietro Bortolotti, Christopher Kelley, Joshua Paquette, Lucy Pao, Nick Johnson, “Aero-servo-elastic co-optimization of large... View Article
Blade Materials and Substructures Testing December 22, 2021 9:01 am Wind turbine blades are subjected to a higher number of complex loading cycles not experienced in other applications of composite... View Article
Reliability, O&M, Standards Development December 22, 2021 9:00 am Building on a foundation of analysis capabilities, methods, and industry partnerships established in the Continuous Reliability Enhancement for Wind (CREW)... View Article
Blade Reliability & Composite Materials December 22, 2021 8:56 am Improving wind-turbine blade manufacturing quality and determining the most cost-effective methods to mitigate environmental damage. Unplanned maintenance and component failures... View Article
Rotor Reliability December 22, 2021 8:54 am Rotor Reliability Blade Materials and Substructures Testing Wind turbine blades are subjected to a higher number of complex loading cycles... View Article
Rotor Blade Sensors and Instrumentation December 22, 2021 8:50 am Why Rotor Instrumentation? During a wind turbine’s operational lifetime, its rotor blades endure a wide variety of wind loading. The... View Article