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PV Performance Modeling Workshop to take place in May 2023
News Article, April 24, 2023 • The 2023 PV Performance Modeling Workshop will take place May 9-10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Join Sandia National Laboratories, Groundwork Renewables, and CFV Labs for an exciting program including photovoltaic (PV) topics such as solar resources assessment, PV capacity testing, innovations in PV system monitoring, and modeling tools...
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Record-Breaking, Ultrafast Devices Step to Protecting the Grid from EMPs
News Article, April 6, 2022 • New Sandia diode can shunt excess electricity in a few billionths of a second Scientists from Sandia National Laboratories have announced a tiny, electronic device that can shunt excess electricity within a few billionths of a second while operating at a record-breaking 6,400 volts — a significant step towards protecting...
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Registration is now open for the 2022 Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop
News Article, August 2, 2022 • We are pleased to announce registration is now open for the virtual 2022 Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop, hosted by Sandia National Laboratories. The workshop will be held August 23-24, 8AM to 4PM MT, via zoom. The goal of this workshop is to identify research directions and priorities for...
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Registration is now open for the 2024 Sandia Blade Workshop
News Article, July 1, 2024 • We are pleased to announce registration is now open for the 2024 Sandia Blade Workshop.   To register, please visit the Eventbrite webpage, and keep in mind that your registration is not complete until also paying the registration fee on Sandia Pay. The registration fee is waived for invited speakers and...

Registration is now open for the 2025 Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop
News Article, June 12, 2025 • The Sandia Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop (PEEC), held annually, focuses on the latest technical advancements in power electronics and energy conversion technologies. The workshop features technical sessions and panels that delve into topics across applications, converter topologies, and components. By bringing together experts from academia, industry, and government,...
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Registration now open for the 2024 PVPMC Workshop
News Article, March 29, 2024 • The 2024 PV Performance Modeling Collaborative Workshop will take place May 7–9, 2024, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Registration is now open.   The popular workshop addresses the current state of photovoltaic system models, works to develop a path forward for establishing best practices on PV system performance modeling and sets the...
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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...
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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...

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...
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Safer, more powerful batteries for electric cars, power grid
News Article, March 15, 2022 • Solid-state batteries with little liquid electrolyte are safer than lithium-ion batteries Solid-state batteries, currently used in small electronic devices like smart watches, have the potential to be safer and more powerful than lithium-ion batteries for things such as electric cars and storing energy from solar panels for later use. However,...
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Sandia addresses barriers to hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines
News Article, November 18, 2024 • Pre-ignition is one of the key barriers preventing hydrogen-fueled combustion engines from achieving efficiency and power-density parity with current diesel powertrains. To address this issue, Sandia has developed an experimental framework to isolate and study various sources of pre-ignition. The research team recently updated the framework with a new methodology...
Conceptual schematic of the pre-ignition mechanisms in a hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine (left). A multi-camera, high-speed system for testing and visualizing oil pre-ignition using Sandia's optical engine (right).

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...
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Sandia conducts cybersecurity research to reduce threats to nation’s wind fleet
News Article, February 17, 2023 • Wind energy-specific cybersecurity research and development is critical to the defensive protection of wind assets from cyber threats. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) recognizes the need to assess risks and consequences associated with malicious activities—whether physical or cyber—and has prioritized the strengthening of the...

Sandia contributes nuclear science expertise to the International Youth Nuclear Congress
News Article, November 14, 2022 • Sylvia Saltzstein, Sandia’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technologies Senior Manager, will travel to Japan to participate in the upcoming International Youth Nuclear Congress November 27 through December 2. The conference presents an opportunity for young nuclear science professionals to discuss research, collaborate, network, and learn from senior leaders who share their...
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Sandia develops mobile cybersecurity test for electric vehicle charging stations
News Article, November 1, 2024 • Sandia, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, developed a new approach that allows for agile, mobile testing of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The new testing method, which focuses on communications and cybersecurity functionality of electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), could fill a critical need in the future of grid...

Sandia economist selected fellow of energy association
News Article, January 10, 2024 • Peter Kobos, an economist and manager of Sandia National Laboratories’ water power research program, was recently selected as a senior fellow of the United States Association for Energy Economics. (Photo by Lonnie Anderson) Peter Kobos, an economist and manager at Sandia National Laboratories, has been selected as a senior fellow...
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Sandia engineer elected fellow of two prestigious national societies
News Article, March 2, 2022 • Babu Chalamala, an engineer and manager of Sandia National Laboratories’ energy storage group, was recently elected fellow of two prestigious national societies. On Jan. 26, he became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. On Dec. 7, he became a fellow of the National Academy of...

Sandia hosts first workshop devoted to photovoltaic connectors
News Article, July 16, 2024 • The Sandia-EPRI co-hosted Photovoltaic (PV) Connector Reliability Workshop will take place Wednesday, July 17, 2024, from 1-5 p.m. ET, in Charlotte, N.C. The event will occur in tandem with the larger EPRI 7th Annual Wind and Solar Operation and Management (O&M) Innovation Workshop held July 16-18, 2024. The specialized gathering...
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Sandia joins global consortium focused on AI applications for improving the grid
News Article, December 16, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories signed a Memorandum of Understanding to become a member of the Open Power AI Consortium. Led by the Electric Power Research Institute, this consortium aims to develop and deploy cutting-edge AI solutions for the electric sector with the goals to reduce operating costs and to improve customer...
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Sandia launches new cyber labeling webpage
News Article, August 1, 2024 • Sandia partnered with five other DOE national laboratories to investigate the applicability of a labeling program for operational technology, such as solar inverters and smart meters. We are now excited to share research findings on our new cyber labeling webpage.   Our cyber labeling research is intended to answer a variety...
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