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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...