Page • Reliability, Operations and Management, Standards Development Building on a foundation of analysis capabilities, methods, and industry partnerships established in the Continuous Reliability Enhancement for Wind Database and the Blade Reliability Collaborative, and incorporating Sandia’s high-performance computing resources and expertise, this work fosters the emergence and establishment of standards that influence...
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Renewable Energy
Page • Renewable Energy Research that advances renewable energy technologies Sandia National Laboratories has performed advanced research in renewable energy since the 1970s. The more than 100 researchers in our program work to reduce the cost and improve the resilience and reliability of renewable energy technologies. Our research builds on many of...
Reports
Page • DateTitleReport No.Author(s)Links2025Direct Transfer Trip With Distributed Energy Resources,and AlternativesSAND2025-01668OMichael E. RoppView report2023Self-healing, self-assemblingislanded power systems using only local measurementsSAND2023-09936RMichael E. Ropp, Olga Lavrova, Matthew J. Reno, Elijah Silva, McKendree A. Densel,Lara N. Kassabian, Milan Biswal, Ada Ramoko, Satish J. RanadeView report2023Features and Limitations of Cell Phone Mobility Data for Disaster...
Research Capabilities
Page • Key Capabilities Code Development Sandia National Laboratories develops and maintains open source code for a wide range of marine renewable energy applications, including resource assessment, environmental effects analysis, device performance, hydrodynamic response, extreme conditions, and others. Open source code development is an ongoing area of research in Sandia’s Water Power Technologies...
Researcher makes the most of Sandia’s educational opportunities
News Article, April 13, 2022 • Sandia Water Power program researcher Chris Chartrand recently completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering thanks to educational opportunities offered through Sandia National Laboratories’ University Education Programs. Sandia offers these benefits to build the professional capabilities of the Laboratories’ employees and designs individual programs to support special technical talent acquisition, workforce...
Researcher wins distinguished achievement award for vehicles’ “electrification-enabling” research
News Article, June 4, 2024 • While electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more common, additional research and development is needed to reduce their cost and increase their performance — which is essential for increased consumer adoption. In particular, improved materials for EV motor components and inductors are considered to be one viable pathway to help achieve...
Researchers share HyBlend Phase I results and progress at H2IQ Webinar
News Article, December 11, 2023 • Sandia hydrogen and metallurgy expert Chris San Marchi joined collaborators from other national labs for the Department of Energy Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office monthly H2IQ Hour in October. The researchers provided an overview of materials and analysis research conducted under the HyBlend initiative. The recorded webinar and slides are...
Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems Integration
Page • Resilient Energy & Distributed Systems Integration Sandia’s Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems Integration (REDSI) program is helping to develop and validate solutions to the challenges facing the nation’s electricity systems. Our research on distributed energy grid integration addresses reliability, resilience, and cybersecurity. We are helping design and build the next...
Resilient Node Cluster Analysis Tool
Page • The Resilient Node Cluster Analysis Tool (ReNCAT), developed by Sandia National Laboratories, is publicly available for download. This desktop application provides decision support for stakeholders to identify potential portfolios of microgrids within a community or set of communities that maximize residents’ access to critical services while minimizing the investment costs needed...
Resource Characterization
Page • Sandia National Laboratories catalogues key statistics needed to assess energy conversion opportunities, constraints and risks at wave and tidal energy sites, including power density and metrics for environmental loads required for current energy converter (CEC) and wave energy converter (WEC) design. Marine energy resource classification systems developed by Sandia facilitate...
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