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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...

Page • Thank you for attending the 2024 Sandia Blade Workshop! Be sure to check our 2024 Sandia Blade Workshop webpage for archived presentations and the full workshop program. We look forward to meeting again in 2026!

Page • Optimal, accurate experimental design and rigorous data analysis deliver robust validation. Sandia leads robust validation efforts to forward the industry, in particular for complex flow and load problems. Accurate data and sensing is the pathway to smarter wind technologies, where Artificial Intelligence (AI) ultimately provides better answers and optimal performance....

Page • FY23 Abbas, Nikhar J., Pietro Bortolotti, Christopher Kelley, Joshua Paquette, Lucy Pao, Nick Johnson, “Aero-servo-elastic co-optimization of large wind turbine blades with distributed aerodynamic control devices,” Wind Energy, (August 2023): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/we.2840. Brown, K., P. Bortolotti, E. Branlard, M. Chetan, S. Dana, N. deVelder, P. Doubrawa, N. Hamilton, C. Ivanov, J....

Page • Sandia maintains ongoing efforts to develop computational tools to significantly improve the structural and aeroelastic analysis capability available to the wind industry. These analytical capabilities may be used to guide the design of new blades as well as to verify/improve the design of existing blades. The validity of these tools...

Page • The National Solar Thermal Test Facility performs systems characterization and testing for concentrating solar technology stakeholders. Collaborations with industry, small businesses, universities, government agencies, and other labs bring new technologies to the marketplace and contribute to the economic well-being of the nation. At Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility, we...

Page • Work With Us Sandia National Laboratories’ energy programs partner with large and small businesses, universities, and government agencies. With multiple agreement types to select from, partners can access world-class science, engineering, experts, and infrastructure. Get to know Sandia’s history and mission. Explore Sandia’s energy-related programs, cutting-edge facilities, and Technology Deployment Centers. Browse partnership success...

Page • Recent Workshops 2024 Sandia-EPRI Hosted PV Connector Reliability Workshop Day 2, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 Session 1: View From the Trenches Why this Workshop/Why NowLaurie BurnhamSandiaAn EPC PerspectiveKyle PhelpsMcCarthyAn Independent Engineer’s OutlookBill BrooksBrooks EngineeringAn Asset Owners Perspective: Solar Connectors and Grass FiresCraig RichardsonEntergy Session 2: Connector Failures: Field and Lab...

Page • Wind Turbine Radar Interference Mitigation (WTRIM) This effort is aimed at solving deployment barriers for wind-energy systems by testing and evaluating mitigation methods which reduce or eliminate wind turbine effects on radar systems. This effort includes collaboration with industry, five government organizations (DOE, DOD, DHS, DOT-FAA, and NOAA) and two...