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Page • Whether it is the ability to monitor a sensitive area or prevent unauthorized access to equipment such as grid or critical infrastructure controls, physical security systems in the Arctic must be reliable and sustainable. Physical security equipment and systems in the Arctic must meet the requirements of their users in...

Page • Technical Assistance to Support Resiliency by Design in Cordova, Alaska Sandia supports communities’ recovery and resilience through technical assistance, offering expertise in electric grid operations, energy resilience, microgrid design, renewable energy integration, and the social impacts of loss of power. Alongside partners and with funding from the Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium,...

Page • Sandia is advancing power conversion system (PCS) technologies for utility-scale energy storage applications. The role of the PCS in an energy storage installation is equal parts energy conversion and control. The PCS is responsible for accomplishing the physical connection between energy storage resources and the utility interface and for controlling...

Page • A three-dimensional rendering of an electric vehicle chassis equipped with in-wheel motors and a solid-state battery pack. Sandia is a member of the Department of Energy’s Next-Generation Reliable Electric Drive Systems for Medium and Heavy-Duty Vehicles (NEXT-DRIVE) Consortium, a partnership with three other national laboratories (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the National...

Page • An Integrated Approach Sandia’s work in power electronics and controls supports grid modernization by developing ways to increase resiliency, performance, and efficiency. The Secure Scalable Microgrid Test Bed can be configured to simulate complex power systems. Sandia has an established history of applying engineering principles to achieve complete systems-view solutions....

Page • Sandia’s work in power systems dynamic performance is aimed at ensuring a grid that operates safely, reliably, and economically while being resilient to the most challenging conditions. Sandia uses advanced control techniques that leverage the power of wide-area measurements and inverter-based resources to meet this goal. Sandia’s work in power...

Page • This sub-program focuses on optimal decision-making in the power system on time scales ranging from minutes to years. Decisions made on these time scales aim to economically ensure reliability and resilience of the power system and are often driven by electricity markets. Sandia’s work in this area proposes and develops...

Page • Protective relaying is a critical aspect of the electric power grid to provide safe and reliable operation.  Sandia is working to improve power system protection to make it faster and more accurate by developing novel cutting-edge protection techniques.  Fault testing of inverters in Sandia’s DETL facility Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) simulation...

Page • The ocean seascape is an immense, relatively unexplored part of our earth with tremendous potential to provide global social, economic, and environmental benefits. Sandia National Laboratories’ Water Power Technologies program performs research and development that aligns with the U.S. Department of Energy’s initiative to power ocean-based industries. Powering ocean-based industries seeks...

Page • PR100-Distributed Wind A recent study by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office set out to analyze variable energy in Puerto Rico. Researchers at six national laboratories supported the Puerto Rico Grid Resilience in a Renewable Energy Study (PR100). Scientists developed a final report and Implementation Roadmap detailing a range of results and...

Page • Sandia’s research programs span the breadth of work in energy — from electric grid modernization to renewable energy, from nuclear power plant safety to electric vehicle technologies. Through fundamental and applied R&D and physical and computational research, we are leveraging our capabilities to solve complex energy problems. Our research programs...

Page • Photovoltaic Projects Sandia’s Photovoltaic (PV) core capabilities include field testing combined with indoor characterization and energy prediction systems modeling to optimize PV performance, reliability, and degradation. Commercial off-the-shelf and emerging technologies such as cell type, module composition and architectures, and balance of systems components are studied. Sandia partners with national...

Page • Key Projects Advanced WEC Dynamics & Controls Numerous studies have shown that advanced control of a wave energy converter (WEC) power take off (PTO) can provide significant increases (on the order of 200-300%) in WEC energy absorption. These increases can in turn lead to reductions in levelized cost of energy...

Page • Sandia’s geothermal research program employs and develops technologies to reduce the cost and risk of generating electricity from geothermal sources and advance national R&D capabilities. Browse examples of our research below, which include work in rock stimulation, geothermal resource exploration, and subsurface instrumentation sensing and communications.   $(document).ready(function () {...

Page • Science and research are critical to inform national policy and responses to rapid Arctic change. Conducting this science requires a world-class Arctic research facility with year-round access.   What We Do Sandia and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) have teamed up to advance the concept of a permanent, comprehensive...

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Page • PV Connectors Mission The mission of the PV Connectors project is to increase the robustness of the US solar infrastructure by identifying, quantifying and mitigating the risks posed by poorly installed, mismatched and/or poorly designed and manufactured connectors.       Project Objectives This U.S Department of Energy-funded project has three primary objectives,...