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Page • Presented by 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 energy transition to a decarbonized future. DOEE Staff & Stakeholders are invited to participate in a...

Page • The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is the nation’s only licensed and operating deep geologic repository for transuranic nuclear waste disposal. Sandia supports activities including modifications to the repository’s operating permits, periodic recertifications of the repository, and on-going monitoring of the repository performance against regulatory requirements. Building on a fifty year history...

Page • The continued security and economic health of the United States depends on a sustainable supply of energy and water. The availability of adequate water supplies has a profound impact on the availability of energy, while energy production and power generation activities affect water availability and quality. Thermoelectric power plants in...

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

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Page • Staff Contact an expert within Water Power Technologies Program. Support Staff Abby Bearden Business Operations Analystamshupe@sandia.gov Marisa Montes Technical Business Development Specialistmmontes@sandia.gov

Page • What We Do Sandia’s decision support analysis for water utilities increases the security and resilience of water distribution networks. Example connectivity analysis showing critical hydraulic pathways upstream from a tank (red) and downstream to customers (blue). Water distribution systems are a crucial component of urban infrastructure. They provide essential services,...

Page • What We Do Since the early 2000s, Sandia has addressed the security challenges associated with growing limitations on water availability through novel water treatment technology development and simple, low-cost solutions to complex water challenges. Our Capabilities Our science and engineering capabilities include: Atomistic to Molecular Chemical and Geochemical Modeling Advanced...

Page • Sign up to be Notified About Future Webinars Check back soon for more Water Power webinars, or complete the form below to be notified of the next one. In case you missed it Pioneer WEC Concept Design Report Webinar – Apr. 2024 MASK4 Test Report and Data Webinar – March...

Page • In the United States, thermoelectric power plants are collectively the largest users of water, accounting for nearly half of all water withdrawals. As demands for water are projected to grow and more stringent regulations are put in place, power plants will increasingly see water as a key limit on operations. To...

Page • Overview Artist’s impression of a wave energy farm (Illustration by Alfred Hicks, NREL) Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are teaming to develop assessment methods and identify technical challenges, both common and unique to the US WEC industry. This effort, known as Wave-SPARC (Systematic Process and Analysis...

Page • WECs are unique from other existing energy generation technologies. Instead of converting relatively steady input mechanical energy that fluctuates about some mean (e.g., wind, nuclear, hydroelectric), WECs must absorb a purely oscillatory energy input. This unique quality necessitates the usage of advanced control to maximize energy generation and minimize levelized...

Page • Wave energy converter (WEC) designs to date have mostly followed a traditional design/build/test approach that requires potentially costly iteration. This approach, illustrated in the upper half of Figure 1, limits the performance of end designs due to its iterative and expensive nature. This project will create an open-source tool that...

Page • Sandia's National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) performs research and development activities to advance concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies for electricity, process heat, hydrogen, and fuels.​ Tower-based systems Our expertise in CSP systems is based on decades of experience and service to industry. Read more about our CSP performance and...

Page • Our research is focused on advancing cutting edge technologies from fundamental first principles to high-Technology Readiness Level demonstrations ready for commercialization. Our research spans a broad range of technologies with applications in the next generation of concentrating solar power, systems integration and demonstrations for industrial processes from 100-2000°, thermal energy...

Page • Protecting Our Electric Grid from Wildfires and Eliminating Grid Initiated Wildfires Sandia’s wildfire grid resilience program aims to mitigate the ignition and decrease consequences of major wildfires through new tools and improved information pre-wildfire, early response during wildfires to increase safety and minimize damage, and accelerated recovery following wildfires to...

Page • Advancing technology, siting wind farms both on and offshore, and reducing wind’s cost of energy. Sandia’s Wind Energy Technologies department leads scientific research that furthers the modernization, reliability, and security of our nation’s critical energy assets. As a trusted DOE laboratory, we strive to advance innovation using world-class testing and...