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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 Water Power Technologies 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,...

Noah Schorr
Staff Page • Chemist. Biography Noah B. Schorr is a Postdoctoral Appointee at Sandia National Laboratories in the Photovoltaics & Materials Tech organization. He received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Western Washington University in 2015 and his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2019. His research...

Norman Jost
Staff Page • Postdoctoral Researcher. Biography Norman Jost is a postdoctoral researcher in the Photovoltaics and Materials Technology program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research focuses on photovoltaic system modeling/failure detection and projects for the DuraMAT consortium predicting module performance loss. He contributes to open-source software projects and data-hubs. Education Norman holds a...

NQA1 Quality Systems
Page • Click image to enlarge Over many decades, the Department of Energy has made significant investments in developing, building, and maintaining a large-scale testing capability at Sandia. These capabilities are used to provide qualification evidence for complex systems and materials used in packaging, storage, and transportation of radioactive materials. The testing...

Nuclear Energy
Page • Nuclear Energy Ensuring environmental stability for national security, Sandia’s Nuclear Energy teams provide research and analysis to help ensure safe, secure, viable, and sustainable solutions to nuclear energy challenges, ranging from power generation to space launch safety to the management of spent nuclear fuel. Sandia develops innovative technologies and methodologies...

Nuclear Energy Cybersecurity by Design
Page • Sandia’s nuclear facility cybersecurity risk research is focused on understanding the cybersecurity risk unique to the commercial nuclear energy sector. This research considers the use and designs of nuclear power plant safety control systems, the formal regulatory licensing process, and nuclear community stakeholder capabilities. Nuclear Energy Security Foundational Research Our initial...

Nuclear Energy Safety Studies
Page • Sandia has played a pivotal role in the development of safety and risk assessment technologies for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) since the Browns Ferry event in 1975. The Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant fire highlighted the breadth of safety challenges that could arise beyond those assumed in developing...

Nuclear Energy Security
Page • Sandia is the nation’s leading security laboratory, expressly missioned to support the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) with commercial nuclear power risk management. We integrate diverse capabilities to provide the scientific basis for risk-informed, performance-based advanced reactor security. Sandia’s nuclear security research has two areas of focus: Nuclear Energy Cybersecurity by Design,...

Nuclear Energy Work Complex (NEWC)
Facility • The Nuclear Energy Work Complex (NEWC) consists of two separate facilities: Surtsey and the Cylindrical Boiling facility (CYBL). Surtsey acts as the base of operations for the Nuclear Energy Work Complex and includes a machine shop, electronics shops, outdoor testing facilities, and a blast pad for high-energy tests. CYBL features...

Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Page • Click image to enlarge Sandia is a recognized world leader in non-proliferation capabilities and leads the Center for Global Security and Cooperation (CGSC). The CGSC and its predecessors have supported global security and nonproliferation for more than 70 years and works to achieve global security through international technical engagement. We work with...

Nuclear Waste Management
Page • Nuclear Waste Management Providing scientific information and analyses, as well as programmatic guidance, to both national and international entities, to facilitate resolving nuclear waste management challenges. Sandia started working in the nuclear waste research area in the early 1970’s and published its first report on nuclear waste in 1973. Sandia...

Numerical Manufacturing And Design Tool (NuMAD)
Page • NuMAD (Numerical Manufacturing And Design) 3.0 is an open-source software tool which simplifies the process of creating a three-dimensional model of a wind turbine blade. The tool manages all blade information, including aerodynamic and material properties, as well as material placement. The blade information can be modified manually or automatically...

Offshore Design Optimization
Page • Offshore Design Optimization Advancing technology, siting offshore turbines and wind farms, and reducing offshore wind’s cost of energy Leveraging our rotor systems optimization capabilities in wind plants, we couple controls, loads, and dynamics to optimal floating topologies, lowering the cost of energy of future coastal power plants. Sandia National Laboratories...

Offshore wind roadmap addresses operations and maintenance challenges and opportunities
News Article, June 27, 2024 • Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories’ Wind Energy Technologies program and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Offshore Wind Research program recently completed a first-of-its-kind report, “An Operations and Maintenance Roadmap for U.S. Offshore Wind.”  Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office, the roadmap assesses current operation and...
Offshore Wind Turbines lined up out at sea

Oil & Gas Midstream
Page • Sandia draws on materials science, risk assessment, pipeline, and rail safety experience to create new approaches for pipeline inspection, repair, and optimization. Our research examines safe rail transportation of oil and its many byproducts, fire safety for pipelines and plants, and cybersecurity for all forms of the fossil energy infrastructure....

Oil & Gas Upstream
Page • Sandia is a leading resource for novel and innovative solutions to problems involving: Subsurface characterization Target detection and monitoring Multi-scale physics of fluid-rock interactions We specialize in computational modeling, lab and field measurement, and analytical capabilities for improved oilfield awareness — including the length scale of interstitial pore spaces to...
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