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Sandia scientists help enhance advanced nuclear reactor analysis

March 15, 2023 10:14 am

Nuclear power is a significant source of steady carbon-neutral electricity, and advanced reactors can add more of it to the... View Article

Now available: Partnerships for Clean Energy Demonstrations Webinar

March 13, 2023 8:00 am

Are you part of a rural, remote, island, or islanded community planning a clean energy project? The recorded webinar, Partnerships for... View Article

New Report and Upcoming Webinar: State Energy Storage Policy on Best Practices for Decarbonization

March 1, 2023 12:48 pm

Decarbonization of electricity generation is one of the most pressing issues of our time and scaling up energy storage deployment... View Article

Two researchers stand in the desert. Power transformers are on the horizon in the background.

A fresh look at restoring power to the grid

January 31, 2023 8:50 am

Climate change can alter extreme weather events, and these events have the potential to strain, disrupt or damage the nation’s grid.... View Article

Two researchers stand by battery testing equipment

International team plans to transform battery databases

January 30, 2023 8:51 am

A consortium of researchers, including Sandia battery experts Yuliya Preger and Valerio De Angelis, are working together to stimulate battery... View Article

A team of Sandia National Laboratories researchers is testing materials to make the next generation of fusion reactors. This container is used to expose the samples to nuclear fusion. It holds seven samples of innovative tungsten alloys, post exposure. (Photo by Jonathan Coburn.)

Sandia work at the heart of next generation nuclear reactor

January 16, 2023 9:33 am

A team of Sandia National Laboratories researchers working on the reactor at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility is testing materials to make... View Article

Sandra Begay, center, talks with interns about how a photovoltaic panel works to generate electricity. The DOE has offered the internship program through Sandia since 2002. Picture taken at the Mission San Esteban Rey in the Pueblo of Acoma. Photo credit: Randy Montoya

Webinar: Partnerships for clean energy demonstrations

November 30, 2022 8:00 am

Dec. 13 webinar will focus on Sandia’s capabilities and expertise available for clean energy demonstration projects in rural, remote, island,... View Article

Kaedi Sanchez plugs in her car at a City of Albuquerque electric vehicle charger before heading to work. Sandia National Laboratories researchers have been studying the vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, including public chargers, to better inform policymakers. (Photo by Craig Fritz)

Sandia studies vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure

November 17, 2022 6:53 am

With electric vehicles becoming more common, the risks and hazards of a cyberattack on electric vehicle charging equipment and systems also increases. Jay Johnson, an electrical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, has been studying the varied vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure for the past four years.

Sandians visit Puerto Rico to participate in grid resilience and distributed energy conversations in wake of Hurricane Fiona

November 9, 2022 9:02 am

Sandians Summer Ferreira, Matt Lave, and Olga Hart recently visited San Juan, Puerto Rico, where they participated in an Advisory... View Article

Sandia National Laboratories atomic physicist Jongmin Lee examines the sensor head of a cold-atom interferometer that could help vehicles stay on course where GPS is unavailable. (Photo by Bret Latter)

At Sandia Labs, a vision for navigating when GPS goes dark

October 25, 2022 8:00 am

Words like “tough” or “rugged” are rarely associated with a quantum inertial sensor. The remarkable scientific instrument can measure motion... View Article

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