News Article, February 1, 2021 • In a preliminary study into the effects of ‘over-irradiance' events on PV power generation, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and colleagues in Brazil, the UK and Germany found that sudden spikes can affect the components of large scale PV power plants, especially if they last longer than a minute and...
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Packaging, Storage and Transportation
Page • Click image to enlarge The U.S. inventory of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from commercial nuclear power plants is estimated to reach approximately 135,000 metric tons by mid-century. Sandia performs research and development (R&D) to support the safe management and integration of the continued storage and transportation of commercial SNF, safeguards...
PACT Center hosts first workshop in Albuquerque
News Article, January 6, 2023 • Sandia National Laboratories’ (Sandia’s) Perovskite PV Accelerator for Commercializing Technologies (PACT) Center held its first workshop Oct. 18, 2022, at CFV Labs in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The event included four sessions of presentations on a variety of topics, as well as a tour and demonstrations of PACT and other relevant...
Partnerships and Collaborations
Page • While Sandia’s energy storage efforts reach broadly across the Labs’ multidisciplinary research and engineering space, Sandia also actively seeks collaboration and partnerships with a range of stakeholders, including other national laboratories, universities, electric utilities, industry, federal and state agencies, and international consortia. These partnerships help enable the rapid adoption of...
Patents
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Patents
Page • DATETITLEPATENT NO.AUTHOR(S)2021Passive high-power-density grid interface device10,886,841Brocato, R.W., Neely, J.C., Rashkin, L.J., Delhotal, J.J., Flicker, J.D., Kaplar, R., Stewart, J. and Richards, J., National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC, 20212019Arc Plasma-Generating Systems and Methods Thereof10,261,120 B1E.J. Schindelholz, K.M. Armijo, J. Johnson, R.K. Harrison, B.B. Yang2019Systems, Methods and Computer Program...
Pedro Barba
Staff Page • Senior Member of Technical Staff. Biography Pedro Barba is a Senior Member of Technical Staff in the Electric Power Systems Research Department at Sandia. His current research focuses on modeling traveling waves on transmission and distribution systems, and on optimization methods for energy storage systems. Before joining Sandia, he was...
Peter Kobos
Staff Page • Manager. Biography Peter H. Kobos has been a research economist at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, since 2003, and is currently the Water Power Technologies Program manager. He has published in Contemporary Economic Policy, Energy Policy, Environmental Science and Technology, the International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, the Journal...
Photovoltaic Collaborative to Advance Multi-climate Performance and Energy Research (PV CAMPER)
Page • Photovoltaic Collaborative to Advance Multi-climate Performance and Energy Research (PV CAMPER) The mission of the Photovoltaic Collaborative to Advance Multi-climate Performance and Energy Research is to create a global technical platform that enables pioneering photovoltaic research, validates the performance of emerging technologies in specific climates and helps accelerate the world’s...
Photovoltaic panels catch the sun despite the snow
News Article, July 20, 2022 • Alaska trials of icephobic coating show 85% increase in energy output A Sandia-led research team has developed a transparent, polymeric-based coating that helps photovoltaic panels continuously shed snow and ice. Early field trials in Alaska demonstrated that coated panels can produce 85% more energy, compared to uncoated panels. Preliminary data...
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