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PV performance and modeling collaborative seeks 2025 workshop topics
News Article, January 10, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories, CFV Labs and GroundWork Renewables are soliciting technical presentation proposals from the photovoltaic community for the 2025 PVPMC Workshop to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 13-15, 2025. The workshop’s Call for Abstracts seeks submissions from stakeholders on topics such as modeling approaches, new data and other noteworthy...
PV Performance Modeling Collaborative accepting workshop proposals
News Article, February 1, 2023 • The PV Performance Modeling Collaborative (PVPMC) is currently accepting presentation proposals from the PV community for the 2023 PVPMC Workshop to be held May 9-10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Co-sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories, GroundWorkRenewables and CFV Labs, the two-day workshop will examine the technical challenges and opportunities...
PV performance modeling collaborative releases workshop call for abstracts
News Article, January 8, 2026 • The PV Performance Modeling Collaborative has released a call for abstracts for its 2026 workshop set to take place May 12-14 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This year's workshop will focus on the technical aspects of photovoltaic module and system performance, covering topics such as solar resource assessment, uncertainty quantification, performance...
PV Performance Modeling Workshop to take place in May 2023
News Article, April 24, 2023 • The 2023 PV Performance Modeling Workshop will take place May 9-10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Join Sandia National Laboratories, Groundwork Renewables, and CFV Labs for an exciting program including photovoltaic (PV) topics such as solar resources assessment, PV capacity testing, innovations in PV system monitoring, and modeling tools...
pyNUMAD
Page • pyNUMAD Python-Numerical Manufacturing And Design Tool or pyNuMAD is an object-oriented, open-source software program written in Python which simplifies the process of creating a three-dimensional model of a wind turbine blade. The tool organizes all blade information including aerodynamic and material properties and material placement into an intuitive application programming interface for...
Rachid Darbali-Zamora
Staff Page • Principal Member of Technical Staff. Biography Rachid Darbali-Zamora is a Principal Member of Technical Staff (PMTS) in the Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems Integration (RDSI) group at Sandia National Laboratories. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez in 2013 and 2016,...
Radar Friendly Blades
Page • Radar Friendly Blades A representative Doppler spectrum showing the impact of multiple blade rotations (red signals) on the radar background signal. Some wind farms have the potential to cause interference with the normal operation of radar systems used for security, weather forecasting, and air-traffic control. An object’s shape, material, size,...
Randy Brost
Staff Page • Concentrating Solar Optics Laboratory Lead. Biography Randy Brost leads optical metrology research within Sandia National Laboratories’ Concentrating Solar Technologies group. His work focuses on developing improvements to indoor and outdoor heliostat optical metrology to benefit the CSP industry, research and education. He is trained as a computer scientist, and throughout...
Randy Shurtz
Staff Page • Mechanical Engineer, Fire Science. Biography Randy has worked in the Fire Sciences and Technology Department at Sandia since 2016. His research interests include advancing understanding and predictive capabilities in areas relevant to fire safety, including thermal testing in fire scenarios and modeling of thermal runaway in lithium ion battery systems....
Ray Byrne
Staff Page • Program Manager, Energy Storage. Biography Ray Byrne is manager of the Energy Storage program at Sandia National Laboratories where he has been employed since 1989. Prior serving as manager, he was a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff. He completed a B.S. in electrical engineering at the University of Virginia,...
Recently installed spinner lidar to improve accuracy, prediction of Sandia and wind industry simulation tools
News Article, July 10, 2023 • Sandia National Laboratories’ Wind Energy Technologies researchers successfully installed and deployed the spinner lidar on the hub of a General Electric wind turbine in Lubbock, Texas. The instrument was deployed as part of a cooperative research agreement between Sandia, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and GE for the Rotor Aerodynamics,...
Record-Breaking, Ultrafast Devices Step to Protecting the Grid from EMPs
News Article, April 6, 2022 • New Sandia diode can shunt excess electricity in a few billionths of a second Scientists from Sandia National Laboratories have announced a tiny, electronic device that can shunt excess electricity within a few billionths of a second while operating at a record-breaking 6,400 volts — a significant step towards protecting...
Reed Wittman
Staff Page • Materials Scientist. Biography Reed earned his BSE in Material Science Engineering at Arizona State University in 2013. He then went on to complete a PhD in Energy Science and Engineering through the Bredesen Center, an interdisciplinary degree program centered on all aspects of energy, at the University Tennessee and Oak...
Reference Model Project (RMP)
Page • The Reference Model Project (RMP), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), was a partnered effort to develop open-source marine hydrokinetic (MHK) point designs as reference models (RMs) to benchmark MHK technology performance and costs, and an open-source methodology for design and analysis of MHK technologies, including models for...
Regional Test Centers
Facility • Manufacturers of solar technologies partner with the Regional Test Centers program to have the performance of their products validated at one or more of six climatically distinct sites in the United States, including locations in New Mexico, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Nevada and Louisiana. The resulting performance data, which is rigorously analyzed...
Register for the 2026 Energy Storage Symposium
News Article, February 3, 2026 • Register to join fellow researchers, innovators and technology scouts as they convene in Raleigh, North Carolina, March 10-12 for the 2026 Energy Storage Symposium of TechConnect! The symposium will cover energy storage topics, such as: Grid-Scale Battery Innovation (Sodium, Zinc, Flow, Lithium, etc.) Non-Battery Storage (Thermal, Mechanical, Chemical Storage) Storage Integration...
Registration is now open for the 2022 Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop
News Article, August 2, 2022 • We are pleased to announce registration is now open for the virtual 2022 Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop, hosted by Sandia National Laboratories. The workshop will be held August 23-24, 8AM to 4PM MT, via zoom. The goal of this workshop is to identify research directions and priorities for...
Registration is now open for the 2023 Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop
News Article, June 1, 2023 • We are pleased to announce registration is now open for the 2023 Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop, hosted by Sandia National Laboratories. The workshop will be held in person August 2 and 3 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. MT, at the offices of the State Bar of New...
Registration is now open for the 2024 Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop
News Article, April 5, 2024 • We are pleased to announce registration is now open for the 2024 Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop, hosted by Sandia National Laboratories. The workshop will be held in person Tuesday, July 30 and Wednesday July 31, at the State Bar of New Mexico. Space is limited, so register soon!...
Registration is now open for the 2024 Sandia Blade Workshop
News Article, July 1, 2024 • We are pleased to announce registration is now open for the 2024 Sandia Blade Workshop. To register, please visit the Eventbrite webpage, and keep in mind that your registration is not complete until also paying the registration fee on Sandia Pay. The registration fee is waived for invited speakers and...
Registration is now open for the 2025 Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop
News Article, June 12, 2025 • The Sandia Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop (PEEC), held annually, focuses on the latest technical advancements in power electronics and energy conversion technologies. The workshop features technical sessions and panels that delve into topics across applications, converter topologies, and components. By bringing together experts from academia, industry, and government,...
Registration is open for Sandia’s SWEPT (Sandia Wave Energy Power Take-off) Lab Virtual Launch Party
News Article, August 17, 2022 • Join Sandia National Laboratories as it hosts the “SWEPT (Sandia Wave Energy Power Take-off) Lab Virtual Launch Party,” on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, from 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. MDT via Teams. Take a virtual tour of Sandia’s newest wave energy laboratory and listen as marine energy researchers explain Sandia’s wave...
Registration now open for the 2024 PVPMC Workshop
News Article, March 29, 2024 • The 2024 PV Performance Modeling Collaborative Workshop will take place May 7–9, 2024, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Registration is now open. The popular workshop addresses the current state of photovoltaic system models, works to develop a path forward for establishing best practices on PV system performance modeling and sets the...
Registration opens for bioenergy cybersecurity workshop
News Article, July 5, 2023 • To help ensure the security of rapidly emerging U.S. bioproduction infrastructure, the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office is hosting a half-day workshop, organized by Sandia National Laboratories and focused on bioenergy production cybersecurity. Join us for a workshop to identify cybersecurity risks in biofuel and bioproduct production and...
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