Page • Researchers demonstrate the clarity of a patented polyphenyline membrane developed at Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia has expertise in synthesizing and characterizing ion-containing separators employed in fuel cells and electrolysers. Sandia has developed and patented a novel class of poly(phenylene)s that has shown promise in both acidic and alkaline fuel cells,...
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Fueling Safety
Page • Safety standards for maintenance facilities of liquid and compressed gas fueled large-scale vehicles ensures proper facility design and operations. Sandia provides technical assistance to the Department of Energy, Clean Cities coordinators, Clean Cities stakeholders, and advanced technology end-users to investigate natural gas vehicle (NGV) leak scenarios inside maintenance facilities. ...
Future of geothermal in New Mexico
News Article, January 5, 2026 • New Mexico is known for bringing the heat with its famous green chiles, but a new report points to another source of heat that’s causing excitement. Project Innerspace’s report titled “Future of Geothermal in New Mexico” lays out the opportunities — and challenges — to harnessing the state’s geothermal resources...
GAF Energy Partners with Sandia National Labs on Solar Roofing Technology
News Article, December 2, 2021 • Sandia National Laboratories tested GAF Energy’s next generation solar roof using the most rigorous and meticulous testing to ensure the highest levels of performance from the new product. Read the complete article at GAF Energy. Go to the article
Geochemistry Laboratories
Facility • Sandia’s Geochemistry Laboratories support fundamental research into material behaviors at mineral-fluid interfaces and the influence of chemical environments on fracture processes. Experimental geochemistry studies enable researchers to develop and validate quantitative models across multiple spatial and temporal scales.
Geoff Klise
Staff Page • Department Manager. Biography Geoff Klise currently leads the Sandia Wind Energy Computational Data Sciences Department, which focuses on research and development (R&D) to better understand wind turbine and wind farm flow regimes, including turbine to turbine wake interference, model validation, and uncertainty quantification for multi-fidelity simulations. The department also carries...
Geologic Hydrogen
Page • Exploring Geologic Hydrogen: A New Frontier for Affordable, Reliable Energy Security Recent successes in the exploration, drilling, and discovery of geologic hydrogen have generated notable excitement. This new energy resource has the potential to make an important contribution to our nation’s energy supply, resiliency, and security. Contemporary studies of geologic...
Geologic Hydrogen
Page • Geologic Hydrogen Sandia’s decades of hydrogen and geoscience research provides a foundation to solve complex challenges related to the development of geologic hydrogen. Most of these existing capabilities, including scientific hydrogen reservoir management techniques, subsurface access methodologies, and systems analysis, are directly applicable to the exploration, simulation, and storage of...
Geomechanics Laboratory
Facility • The Geomechanics Laboratory provides advanced facilities to measure rock properties under a wide range of simulated service conditions, including very high pressures, elevated temperatures, and complex loading paths. These capabilities support research and development efforts in underground construction, geothermal drilling and development, mining, oil and gas production, reservoir management, and...
Georgios Fragkos
Staff Page • Principal Member, Technical Staff. Biography Dr. Georgios Fragkos is a Principal Member of the Technical Staff on the Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems Integration program. He obtained his 5-year joint diploma degree in Computer Science from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 2018. He received his M.S. and...
Geothermal
Page • What is geothermal energy? Geothermal energy is an abundant energy resource and refers to energy generated by extracting natural heat from rock deep beneath the Earth’s surface. Geothermal energy can be used to generate electricity, heat buildings, and drive industrial processes while emitting few to zero greenhouse gases. It is...
Geothermal Research Facilities
Page • Sandia sustains many different, unique capabilities for designing, characterizing, and assembling novel geothermal technologies. Learn more about the various facilities used by our geothermal research program. .highlight-article { padding: 16px 16px 40px 16px; width: auto 100%; } .lower-btn { position: absolute; bottom: 10px; margin-top: 16px; } .highlight-title { font-size: .8em;...
Geothermal Technologies Field Evaluation Site
Facility • A large plot of land, known as Tech Area III, allows Sandia’s geothermal research program to evaluate large systems. For example, the program has 1,000 feet of drilling pipe that was used for evaluating acoustic communications for logging-while-drilling tools, 160 feet of wired pipe for permanent subsurface monitoring, and short-depth...
Geothermal Technology Evaluation Lab
Facility • Sandia maintains a large laboratory facility for the development, assembly, and testing of geothermal technologies. Sandia’s evaluation and assembly facility provides several testing, processing, and packaging stations and capabilities for high-temperature packaging, high-temperature and high-pressure testing, high-temperature and high-pressure rheometer, chemical processing, and a dynamometer test station. Image depicts the...
Giorgio Bacelli
Staff Page • Dynamics & Control Engineer. Biography Giorgio Bacelli is a research engineer in Sandia’s Hydrodynamic Energy Systems Program. Giorgio is working on the development and implementation of control strategies for Wave Energy Converters (WECs). He received his Master of Science in electronic engineering from Universita’ Politecnica delle Marche and his doctorate...
Glaring impact, TAOS trajectory, quantum boom
News Article, June 16, 2026 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Question: What do a solar glare analysis tool, the trajectory and optimization software known as TAOS, and the quantum boom in New Mexico all have in common? Answer: They were all developed at Sandia National Laboratories and are all winners of the 2026 Federal Laboratory Consortium awards for...
Global database for PV system performance
News Article, May 13, 2025 • Sandia scientists are part of the PV international consortium that created an international database for PV system performance bringing together photovoltaic performance data and meteorological values from PV systems located in all climate zones. Read more in this article from PV Magazine. Go to article
Gopal Yalla
Staff Page • Postdoctoral Researcher. Biography Dr. Gopal R. Yalla joined Sandia in 2023 as a member of the Wind Energy Computational Science Department. Prior to joining Sandia, Gopal earned his PhD in Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics with a concentration in Teaching and Mentoring from the Oden Institute at The University of...
Grid Integration and Power Systems
Page • Grid Integration and Power Systems Sandia National Laboratories leverages expertise and capabilities across the laboratory to investigate the integration, operation and control of wind power into energy systems to increase system reliability. As wind power deployment increases, new research challenges and opportunities continue to arise in a range of topics,...
Grid Resilience and Energy Storage Research
Page • Cybersecurity work at Sandia leverages extensive federal investment over many decades and the laboratory’s 60-year history ensuring a safe, reliable nuclear stockpile. Since the dawn of electronic information processing, Sandia has been required to ensure secure operations from the level of individual computing devices to national-scale networks. This mission has...
Grid System Planning for Wind: Wind Generator Modeling
Page • Grid System Planning for Wind: Wind Generator Modeling Because transmission planners are required to study wind technologies’ impact on the grid, wind generation dominates the interconnection queues and the need for generic, standard, and validated publicly available models for variable generation technologies. Sandia continues its effort to fully develop, validate,...
H. Evan Bush
Staff Page • R&D, S&E Systems Engineering. Biography Dr. H. Evan Bush is an R&D, S&E Mechanical Engineer and Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the Concentrating Solar Technologies group. Evan’s research focuses on solar thermochemical cycles, materials, and reactors for thermal energy storage, H2 generation, and the production of chemical commodities...
HAMQEA
Page • To accurately understand physical processes and their potential relationship to environmental stressors at a marine hydrokinetic (MHK) site, a Spatial Environmental Assessment Tool (SEAT) has been developed by combining numerical models and spatial analysis techniques to facilitate understanding of the potential risks involved within environmental assessments. This tool has been...
Hard Rock Drilling Facility
Facility • Geothermal resources are typically associated with igneous and metamorphic rocks, which are harder than the sedimentary rocks through which most oil and gas wells are drilled. The Hard Rock Drilling Facility features a vertical coring machine designed and developed at Sandia. It is used for: Evaluating hard-rock penetration technologies, Researching...
Hawaii Public Utilities Commission Energy Storage Systems Workshops
Page • Presented by: Hawaii Public Utilities Commission,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 transition to a decarbonized future. Policymakers, regulators, and other employees affiliated with state energy...
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