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On May 21, 2013, in

SWiFT: Innovating the Future of Wind Farm Performance It is well known that large amounts of wind energy are not effectively harvested in large wind farms because the turbines “shadow” each other and reduce the output of the turbines located in their wake. The wakes also produce increased turbulence and uneven loading on the shadowed [...]


Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne Testing

On December 19, 2012, in Concentrating Solar Power, ECIS, Energy, Facilities, National Solar Thermal Test Facility, News, News & Events, Partnership, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Newsletter

On November 24, 2012 the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) began testing of the Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) solar receiver shroud.  Fifteen days of solar testing are scheduled for this testing.  The flux levels on the shroud range between 100 and 500 suns.  The work is sponsored by PWR in cooperation with the Department [...]


NE Workshops

On November 5, 2012, in

  Many thanks to all participants at the Scientific Visit on Crystalline Rock Repository Development in Prague, Czech Republic, 24–27 September 2012. The visit was hosted by the Czech Radioactive Waste Repository Authority (SÚRAO), co-hosted by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), and co-sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Background Crystalline rock is under consideration [...]


Areva Solar and Sandia Labs Join Forces for CLFR Molten-Salt Storage

On September 17, 2012, in Concentrating Solar Power, Customers & Partners, Energy, News, Partnership, Renewable Energy, Solar

Areva Solar is collaborating with Sandia National Laboratories on a new concentrated solar power (CSP) installation with thermal energy storage. The CSP storage project combines Areva’s modular Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) solar design with Sandia Labs’ proven molten-salt storage system. This will be the first CSP integration with Sandia Labs’ Molten-Salt Test Loop System [...]


NASA’s Solar Tower Test of the 1-Meter Aeroshell

On August 23, 2012, in Concentrating Solar Power, Energy, Facilities, National Solar Thermal Test Facility, News, Partnership, Renewable Energy, Solar, Videos

This test is part of a series in support of NASA’s In-Space Propulsion Technologies (ISPT) program. An aeroshell allows a spacecraft to use friction from a planet’s or moon’s atmosphere as a braking force—allowing the probe to carry less fuel (for braking rockets) and permitting that now-available space and mass to be used for mission-relevant [...]


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