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Modeling, data opportunities available for photovoltaic performance and modeling community
News Article, July 28, 2023 • The Photovoltaic (PV) Performance and Modeling Collaborative (PVPMC) has announced several upcoming solar research opportunities that may be of interest to the PVPMC community, including PV modeling comparisons and the chance to participate in the Department of Energy’s Solar Data Bounty Prize. 2023 Blind PVPMC Modeling Comparison Call for Participants:...
A researcher stands among a field of photovoltaic solar panels

Molten salt facility awarded $2.5M to restart testing 
News Article, June 16, 2025 • Concentrating solar thermal power and nuclear industries may soon have a safe, reliable, radiation-free environment to test components in flowing, molten nitrate salts. The U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Energy Technologies Office awarded $2.5 million in funding to Sandia to restart the Molten Salt Test Loop facility at the National...
Images of Principal Investigator Ken Armijo standing by the Molten Salt Test Loop at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility in Albuquerque, NM.

Molten Salts and Materials Testing
Page • The National Solar Thermal Testing Facility is a leader in advanced molten salt testing, achieving world record temperatures of up to 750° Celsius. Molten Salts and Materials Testing The NSTTF boasts the world's largest molten salt research and development test loop supporting both concentrating solar power and industrial processes. Currently,...

Nathan Schroeder
Staff Page • R&D Mechanical Engineer. Biography Nathan Schroeder is an R&D Mechanical Engineer working at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF). Nathan is involved in Gen 3 particle- based acquisition and controls systems. He has conducted over 200 hours of falling particle receiver test operation as part of the Generation 3...

Nathaniel deVelder
Staff Page • Postdoctoral Researcher. Biography Nathaniel deVelder is a postdoctoral researcher in the Wind Energy Computational Sciences Department at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. He holds a master’s of science and PhD from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he worked jointly in the Wind Energy Center and the Theoretical and Computational...

National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (NISAC)
Facility • The National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (NISAC) is a modeling, simulation, and analysis program within the Department of Homeland Security comprising personnel in the Washington, D.C., area, as well as from Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. NISAC prepares and shares analyses of...

National Security
Page • National Security Solutions to National Security Technology Barriers With our deep understanding of wind technology and national security, we quantify barriers and identify pathways to technical solutions. Sandia leads efforts to reduce barriers through: Wind turbine radar interference research and interagency teaming for on- and offshore wind farms Radar interference...

National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF)
Facility • Operated by Sandia for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) is the only large-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) and solar thermal test facility in the United States. The primary goal of the NSTTF is to provide experimental facilities, equipment, and personnel for testing, validating, and...

National Solar Thermal Test Facility and University of Arizona partner for HelioCon project
News Article, January 31, 2024 • Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility is partnering with the University of Arizona's Professor J. Roger Angel for one of four projects the Heliostat Consortium awarded last year. The project, “Twisting Heliostats with Closed Loop Tracking,” targets the U.S. Department of Energy’s goals for heliostat cost reduction, sustained multifaceted innovation,...

National Solar Thermal Test Facility prepares for new tower construction
News Article, January 23, 2023 • Construction on the new tower at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) is planned to begin Feb. 16, 2023, with a groundbreaking ceremony to take place at the facility. The tower is part of the Phase III, $25 million award announced by The U.S. Department of Energy...

National Solar Thermal Test Facility to take part in American Solar Energy Society Virtual Tour
News Article, September 30, 2022 • Sandia National Laboratories’ (Sandia) Renewable Energy programs will participate in the American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour Oct. 1-2, 2022. The largest grassroots solar, renewable energy, and sustainable living event in the nation will offer a glimpse into the renewable energy research and development taking place at Sandia, and...

New connector links structural, electrical systems
News Article, January 10, 2022 • Sandia has filed a patent for a simple modification to traditional rivets that may help engineer safer systems. Kyle LeBlanc and Tim Briggs worked with machinist Brian Holliday to create what they are calling the wire rivet — a rivet with a lengthwise gap that, when crimped together through mechanically...
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New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners Webinar Series
Page • Energy storage is a key ingredient in helping the region meet our energy goals. Storage can play an important role in unleashing the power of renewables, relieving generation, transmission, and distribution demands, and hastening our energy transition to a cleaner future. To further our knowledge and share information, NECPUC Commissioners...

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Webinar Series
Page • Energy storage is the key to unleashing the power of renewables, relieving generation, transmission, and distribution demands, and hastening the energy transition to a decarbonized future. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Commissioners, Staff and invited representatives from other State agencies participated in a series of energy storage webinars...

New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Webinar Series
Page • The Energy Transition Act of NM (NM ETA) requires the state’s retail electricity sales to be carbon free by 2050. The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NM PRC) began meeting that objective recently when it unanimously approved a plan to replace the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington, N.M.,...

New Microgrid Design Toolkit tutorial site
News Article, April 30, 2024 • Sandia National Laboratories developed the Microgrid Design Toolkit (MDT), a decision support software for microgrid designers that is publicly available for download. Intended for use in the early stages of the design process, MDT uses powerful search algorithms to identify and characterize alternative microgrid designs in terms of user-defined inputs and...
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New report uses data to uncover similarities across Permian Basin counties
News Article, November 4, 2024 • A new report by the Permian Energy Development Lab provides a framework for studying a large and diverse geographic area by aligning counties based on shared characteristics rather than just physical proximity. The report, “Community archetypes in the Permian Basin and their relationship to energy resources,” highlights the differences and...
A map showing the Permian Basin region which stretches from southeast New Mexico into southwestern Texas

New software advancements provide cutting-edge energy storage analytics and planning
News Article, June 10, 2025 • QuESt 2.0 is an evolved version of the original QuESt, an open-source Python software designed for energy storage (ES) analytics. The software provides centralized access to multiple tools and improved data analytics, aiming to simplify ES analysis and democratize access to these tools. New improvements Exciting advancements were recently made...
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New tool models viability of closed-loop geothermal systems
News Article, November 20, 2023 • Web tool looks belowground for an economically viable renewable energy source ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Geothermal power has a lot of promise as a renewable energy source that is not dependent on the sun shining or the wind blowing, but it has some challenges to wide adoption. One of these challenges is...
Illustration of a closed-loop geothermal system with various important factors labeled.

New virtual tour that’s got the power
News Article, April 3, 2023 • It hasn’t harnessed the power of Shazam, yet, but the Distributed Energy and Technologies Laboratory (DETL) is exploring how to integrate emerging technologies into today’s energy grid. Discover everything DETL is doing with solar power, electric vehicles, battery technology and more, all from the comfort of your desktop or mobile...

News & Publications
Page • Explore advances and publications from our geothermal research program. Publications Looking for more publications? Visit Sandia’s publications database.

Nhu (Jessica) Nguyen
Staff Page • Postdoctoral Researcher. Biography Nhu (Jessica) Nguyen is a postdoctoral researcher in the Hydrodynamic Energy Systems Program at Sandia National Laboratories. Nhu investigates the performances of marine and hydrokinetic systems through theoretical and numerical modeling (CFD, BEM, and WEC-Sim). Her research area also includes river and coastal modeling for the optimization...

Nicholas Gurule
Staff Page • Senior Member of Technical Staff. Biography Nicholas Gurule began working with in the Distributed Energy Technologies Laboratory (DETL) at Sandia in 2016 as a student intern while finishing his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and became a member of staff after completing his master’s degree in 2019. In his time...

Nick Johnson
Staff Page • Wind Technology and Design Manager. Biography Nick Johnson is the manager of Sandia’s Wind Energy Design and Experimentation Department. Research under his portfolio includes maintaining the Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) facility in Lubbock, Texas, which demonstrates and tests new rotor designs, improves understanding of turbine to turbine wake interference,...
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