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Boost your H2IQ: Newly available webinar provides overview of hydrogen internal combustion engine (H2ICE) technologies

News Article, March 23, 2023 • Sandia hydrogen expert Aleš Srna joined researchers from Argonne National Laboratory on February 22nd to present an overview of hydrogen internal combustion engine (H2ICE) technologies as part of the monthly H2IQ webinar series organized and hosted by the Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office. The February...

Illustrated cars adjacent to a fuel pump labeled with the atomic symbol for hydrogen

Exploring explosives for expanding geothermal energy

News Article, June 23, 2022 • Sandia researchers test explosives and propellants to create geothermal power sites Why are scientists setting off small-scale explosions inside 1-foot cubes of plexiglass? They’re watching how fractures form and grow in a rock-like substance to see if explosives or propellants, similar to jet fuel, can connect geothermal wells in a...

$Technicians and students examine a plexiglass cube fractured by a small explosion$

International team plans to transform battery databases

News Article, January 30, 2023 • A consortium of researchers, including Sandia battery experts Yuliya Preger and Valerio De Angelis, are working together to stimulate battery innovation by developing battery databases. Ultimately, they hope to expand the role of batteries in supporting the transformation of electric grid infrastructure including the integration of renewable energy resources and...

Two researchers stand by battery testing equipment

New tool models viability of closed-loop geothermal systems

News Article, November 20, 2023 • Web tool looks belowground for an economically viable renewable energy source ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Geothermal power has a lot of promise as a renewable energy source that is not dependent on the sun shining or the wind blowing, but it has some challenges to wide adoption. One of these challenges is...

Illustration of a closed-loop geothermal system with various important factors labeled.

Registration opens for bioenergy cybersecurity workshop

News Article, July 5, 2023 • To help ensure the security of rapidly emerging U.S. bioproduction infrastructure, the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office is hosting a half-day workshop, organized by Sandia National Laboratories and focused on bioenergy production cybersecurity. Join us for a workshop to identify cybersecurity risks in biofuel and bioproduct production and...

3 researchers stand backlit by purple light which is contrasted by the green algae tanks and raceways they stand adjacent to

Sandia cloud-resolving climate model meets world’s fastest supercomputer

News Article, April 13, 2023 • Focused on the accuracy of climate predictions, a computational team led by Sandia National Laboratories recently achieved a major milestone with a cloud-resolving model they ran on Frontier, the world’s first exascale supercomputer. “We have created the first global cloud-resolving model to simulate a world’s year of climate in a...

A snapshot of a global simulation superimposed on a view of the earth from space

Sandia National Labs joins DOE’S SHASTA initiative to advance underground hydrogen storage capabilities

News Article, September 8, 2022 • The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Subsurface Hydrogen Assessment, Storage and Technology Acceleration (SHASTA) collaboration, a project designed to use unique capabilities and expertise of key national laboratories to determine the viability, safety, and reliability of storing hydrogen in subsurface environments, has added Sandia National Laboratories as its fourth research...

Sandia switches to hydrogen weather balloons

News Article, May 24, 2023 • Hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle, Sandia National Laboratories researchers ensure the collection of important weather and climate data. By switching the gas used in their weather balloons, they have reduced their metaphorical footprint on the fragile Arctic ecosystem. More than three years ago, the Sandia-operated atmospheric measurement...

A hydrogen-filled weather balloon launches automatically from a Department of Energy atmospheric measurement facility in Utqiaġvik, formerly known as Barrow. About three years ago, Sandia National Laboratories switched from launching helium-filled balloons to launching hydrogen-filled balloons to reduce costs and carbon emissions. (Photo by Ben Bishop)

Society of Women Engineers bestows awards on 3 Sandia staff, including its highest honor

News Article, October 24, 2022 • The Society of Women Engineers has bestowed awards on three Sandia National Laboratories employees. Senior scientist Tina Nenoff received the society’s highest honor, the Achievement Award, chemical engineer Yuliya Preger received a Rising Technical Contributor Award and researcher Nedra Bonal received a Patent Recognition Award. The society bestows awards annually...