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Hard Rock Drilling Facility
Facility • Geothermal resources are typically associated with igneous and metamorphic rocks, which are harder than the sedimentary rocks through which most oil and gas wells are drilled. The Hard Rock Drilling Facility features a vertical coring machine designed and developed at Sandia. It is used for: Evaluating hard-rock penetration technologies, Researching...

Hawaii Public Utilities Commission Energy Storage Systems Workshops
Page • Presented by: Hawaii Public Utilities Commission,U.S. DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program,and Sandia National Laboratories Energy storage is the key to unleashing the power of renewables; relieving generation, transmission, and distribution demands; and hastening the transition to a decarbonized future. Policymakers, regulators, and other employees affiliated with state energy...

HelioCon Highlight: Solar Dynamics, NSTTF to demonstrate off-the-shelf wireless control system
News Article, September 6, 2023 • Earlier this year the Heliostat Consortium, co-led by Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), announced seven awards related to a request for proposals (RFP) targeting the U.S. Department of Energy’s goals for heliostat cost reduction, sustained multifaceted innovation, and improved solar field performance. Sandia’s National Solar...
Two technologist stand atop the solar tower with the helioststa and control room behind them

HelioCon’s latest request for proposals supports widespread use of concentrating solar power
News Article, January 29, 2024 • The Heliostat Consortium has released its next request for proposals focused on lowering the costs of heliostat technologies, improving performance, and creating new heliostat industry opportunities. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the consortium consists of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (lead) and partnering organizations Sandia National Laboratories and the...

HELPR
Page • Hydrogen Extremely Low Probability of Rupture (HELPR) is a modular, probabilistic fracture mechanics platform developed to assess the structural integrity of natural gas infrastructure for transmission and distribution of hydrogen natural gas blends. HELPR contains fatigue and fracture engineering models to allow fast computations while its probabilistic framework enables users...

Henk Laubscher
Staff Page • R&D, Mechanical Engineering. Biography Henk Laubscher is a young and creative mechanical engineer with a strong practical background and a passion for sustainability. His field of expertise is solar thermal energy and he holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering (thermal energy storage) that he obtained at Stellenbosch University, South...

Henry Guan
Staff Page • Electrical Engineer. Biography Henry Guan is an Electrical Engineer in the Energy Storage Technologies and Systems department at Sandia National Laboratories. He is a member of the Demonstration Projects team and focuses on energy storage system applications and system deployments. Henry received a B.S and M.S in Electrical Engineering from...

High Operating Temperature (HOT) Facility
Facility • Sandia’s High Operating Temperature (HOT) Facility houses a 20-foot-tall drill rig, heating chamber, and process gas heater. HOT can simulate conditions deep underground by elevating the temperatures directly to the drill bit and can enable drilling through different types of rock, such as granite. In addition to testing drilling tools...

High Performance Computing (HPC) Resources
Facility • The technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories have access to High Performance Computing (HPC) Production Clusters for solving, visualizing, and interpreting large, complex science and engineering problems.  Currently there are 4 such Linux clusters available, Sky Bridge, Chama, Uno and Ghost, with a total of over 75,000 processing cores.  The...

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Page • Sandia-designed wave energy converter powers data collection aboard the Pioneer Researchers develop rapid PFAS detector Future of geothermal in New Mexico Asteroid hunting using heliostats? Sandia National Labs’ energy mission seeks to enhance national security and prosperity through sustainable, transformative approaches to energy problems. Learn More News .highlight-article { padding:...

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Page • As data-center demand grows, Sandia advances AI controls to keep voltage steady in real time Sandia-designed wave energy converter powers data collection aboard the Pioneer Researchers develop rapid PFAS detector Future of geothermal in New Mexico Sandia National Labs’ energy mission seeks to enhance national security and prosperity through sustainable,...

How do you ship a wave? In a box, of course. A WaveBox.
News Article, September 12, 2024 • A forklift loads the SWEPT Lab onto a flatbed truck A group of engineers watch as a forklift moves a shipping container onto a flatbed truck. The container is about to embark on a four-day trip from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Corvallis, Oregon. Inside the container is a one-of-a-kind mobile...

Hydrodynamic Energy Systems
Page • Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies harness energy from waves, currents, tides and ocean thermal gradients to generate renewable energy Sandia’s Hydrodynamic Energy Systems department leverages key research and engineering capabilities in support of the growing MHK industry. View our Hydrodynamic Energy Systems Program Overview video! Click each pin on the map to...

Hydrodynamic Energy Systems
Page • Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies harness energy from waves, currents, tides and ocean thermal gradients to generate renewable energy Sandia’s Hydrodynamic Energy Systems department leverages key research and engineering capabilities in support of the growing MHK industry. View our Hydrodynamic Energy Systems Program Overview video! Click each pin on the map to...

Hydrodynamic Energy Systems Facilities & Implementation
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Hydrodynamic Energy Systems Personnel
Page • Staff Contact an expert within Hydrodynamic Energy Systems Program. Support Staff Letty Bermudez Business Operations Analystlabermu@sandia.gov Marisa Montes Technical Business Development Specialistmmontes@sandia.gov

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
Page • Sandia contributes to the science of advanced hydrogen and fuel cell technologies by providing a deep, quantitative understanding and scientific basis for materials interaction with hydrogen and safety. Sandia researches and develops methods to discover materials for hydrogen production, storage and use, evaluating their properties and performance. Sandia has expertise...

Hydrogen Effects on Materials Laboratory
Facility • The Hydrogen Effects on Materials Laboratory is the cornerstone of Sandia’s research expertise in hydrogen compatibility of materials and a core capability stewarded by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office at the Department of Energy. The laboratory houses specialized assets for evaluating materials...

Hydrogen for Rail Applications
Page • A diagram of a hydrogen fueling station for rail transport. Click image to enlarge. Sandia’s hydrogen for rail program enables the safe and effective use of hydrogen systems for rail applications. Our contribution includes reviewing existing codes and standards related to hydrogen systems for rail, as well as assessing the...

Hydrogen Production
Page • At the Combustion Research Facility, researchers can replicate the high energy flux and rapid heating rates that materials encounter in a concentrating solar reactor. Sandia maintains the equipment, technical expertise, and partnerships required to develop technology for solar thermochemical hydrogen production and thermal storage. Sandia’s experimental materials development and characterization...

Hydrogen Quantitative Risk Assessment
Page • Sandia’s Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) team develops methodologies to identify hazards, understand risk drivers, and develop strategies to reduce risk in hydrogen infrastructure. The models, data, methods, and tools developed by Sandia facilitate the use of science and engineering to inform the revision of codes and standards that ensure the...

Hydrogen Release Behavior
Page • Sandia’s hydrogen safety codes and standards research program develops the technical data and scientific understanding to inform science-based improvements to the codes and standards that define the safe use of hydrogen. Research includes studies on the fundamental behavior and characteristics of a hydrogen release, such as dispersion, accumulation, ignition, flame...

Hydrogen Safety, Codes, and Standards
Page • Sandia’s hydrogen safety, codes, and standards research program develops the technical data and scientific understanding necessary to inform science-based improvements to the codes and standards that define the safe use of hydrogen. These codes and standards are critical for the broader commercial use and deployment of hydrogen. Our research includes...

Hydrogen Storage
Page • As part of a multilab consortium, researchers at Sandia are advancing hydrogen storage materials. Sandia maintains extensive facilities for the design, synthesis, and characterization of hydrogen storage materials. Our major hydrogen storage research activities include: fundamental studies of hydrogen interactions with solid-state materials; design and synthesis of promising on-board reversible...

Hydrogen Subsurface Storage
Page • Sandia leverages analytic capabilities and laboratories to support experimentation and research for characterizing the suitability of subsurface hydrogen storage. We study multiple subsurface environments — including domal salt structures, bedded salt/sedimentary formations and porous media — to store and recover hydrogen for safe and effective industrial use. Sandia’s microbiology experts prepare...
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